Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank the Online Learning Consortium (OLC) leadership, fellow peers across the U.S., Middle East, Africa, Australia, and Canada in the Institute for Emerging Leadership in Online Learning (IELOL), and the Southern African Regional Universities Association (SAURA), which includes Chancellors of public and private universities in the Southern African Development Community (SADC). We acknowledge the guidance of leaders at OLC and those at universities across the globe who gave much of their time to explore, expand, and grow our leadership capacity in online learning and development. In particular, we acknowledge the educational leaders we interviewed as part of the research for this starter guide, including Professor Nandita Abraham, President of Pearl Academy, Dr. Rick Aman, President of the College of Eastern Idaho, and Mr. Sumant Palepu, Head of Product Development at Edology.