An Introduction to Online Course Development for Engaged Learning at UO
1. Welcome to Online Course
Development for Engaged
Learning!
Fall 2015
Cohort #1
2. Online Learning at UO: Fast Facts
UO began offering online courses in the mid-1990s. We were modest
leaders through the early 2000s. Since then, our local and AAU peers
have significantly outpaced our own incremental growth.
UO currently offers one fully online master’s degree (Applied
Information Management, 2000-present).
Individual undergraduate courses have been delivered online since
2010.
Over 90% of students taking individual online courses indicate that they
are living on campus or in the Eugene area.
Approximately 96% of students enrolled in online courses are
matriculating students.
4. Schedule Conflict
(Courses/Extra-
curricular activities)
21%
Meet UO
Requirement
18%
Work
11%
Subject Interest
10%
Only offered online
10%
Out of Area
(Traveling/Live too
far from campus)
9%
Prefer online
8%
Cost
7%
Health/Family
Responsibilities
5%
Other
1%
Requirement
outside of UO
0%
Military
0%
Reasons Students Choose Online Courses
Winter 2012–Winter 2015
(Taken from a survey sent to students in online courses)
5. UO Student Perspectives
Keep expanding the offerings! For us non-traditional students, online courses
are a godsend. It would be great to work toward offering entire degrees online.
--UO Distance Education student, Summer 2015
In what type of learning
environment do you tend
to learn most? To what extent do you agree with the following statements?
UO Student
Response
No preference 9.5%
One with no online
components 11.4%
One with some
online components 76.3%
One that is
completely online 2.8%
UO Student
Response
Don’t
Know
Strongly Disagree /
Disagree Neutral
Agree /
Strongly Agree
I get more
actively involved
in courses that
use technology
2.5% 22.0% 33.3% 42.3%
Technology
makes me feel
connected to
instructors
2.2% 20.1% 27.3% 50.5%
Technology
makes me feel
connected to
other students
2.2% 21.9% 29.0% 47.0%
ECAR Student/IT Survey 2014, responses for University of Oregon
6. UO Faculty Perspectives
Students have also noted that they actually feel like they have had more
interaction with me in the online class than they would have had in the face-to-
face class. While most of this interaction has been electronic, they value it
highly.
--Deborah Bauer, Lundquist College of Business
ECAR Faculty/IT Survey 2015 raw data, responses for University of Oregon and comparators
To what extent do you agree with the following statements about online learning?
Online learning helps students learn more effectively.
Faculty Response UO
U.S. Public
Institutions
All U.S.
Institutions
Don’t Know 3.7% 2.8% 2.4%
Strongly Disagree /Disagree 46.3% 41.6% 40.0%
Neutral 37.0% 33.5% 31.8%
Agree / Strongly Agree 13.0% 22.1% 25.8%
7. Meet The Team
Teaching
Effectiveness
Program
Lee Rumbarger
Teaching
Effectiveness
Program
Robert Voelker-Morris
Teaching
Effectiveness
Program
Jason Schreiner
Center for
Media and
Educational
Technologies
Karen Matson
Academic
Extension
Deborah Cooke
Academic
Extension
Skipper McFarlane
Instructional
Technology
Referral
Office
Gregory Milton
Instructional
Technology
Referral
Office
Lindsey Freer