Hello, dear students My name is Claudia Yuliana Ramírez Ospina, I am from La Tebaida and I have a Bachelor degree in Modern Languages from the University of Quindío. I have been living and teaching in Medellín for four years. I have taught children, teenagers and adults in schools, language institutes and universities. I have been a virtual tutor from UNAD since 2013 and I am a Certified English Virtual Tutor from UNAD. At the moment, I am studying a Master's degree in Foreign Languages Teaching and Learning at University of Antioquia.

I will be with you, during this period, in Educational Management course, as Director.

Our course focuses on theories and practice related to the educational management through the whole description of the incidence of management in current schools and universities. In the same way, the course explores possible ways in which these could be used in the classroom to get a successful educational community.

At the end, students will understand and will be able to take action in real situations taking part in the planning and organization of strategic development at schools by using the strategies related to educational management. The general competences are as follows:

GENERAL COMPETENCES

1. DISCIPLINARY COMPETENCES: Students analyze critically trends about Educational Management.

2. COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCES:

a. Interpretative: Students identify the transition from traditional model to online education from the perspective of educational management.b. Argumentative: Students discuss critically concerning the transition to online education from the perspective ofeducational management.c. Propositional: Students take a critical point of view concerning the implications of educational management inuniversities and schools.

TRANSVERSAL COMPETENCES

Students are able to both use web 2.0 tools for supporting learning and training and, understand online education from the perspective of educational management.

COURSE CONTENTS

UNIT 1 Meaning of educational management in our context

• Meaning of educational management• Theories of educational management• Higher education in Latin America• An exploratory analysis of educational management

UNIT 2 Educational management: One perspective to understand new trends

• The transistion form distance to online education: Perspectives from educational management horizon• Educational leadership and management: policy, theory and practice• Building human capital: is Latin American education competitive?• New technology trend in educational management

You are invited to read, check and visit each environment.

Don´t hesitate to contact your tutor if you have any questions.

Welcome to this new experience!

Course director