reTHINK PSU keynote presentation at Portland State University on Jan. 16, 2013 from Dr. George Mehaffy, Vice President for Academic Leadership and Change, American Association of State Colleges and Universities.
Pharma IQ’s Cold Chain & Temperature Management Summit provides the largest and most comprehensive forum for Canadian pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device professionals involved in the temperature-controlled supply chain. Attendees are able to network with and learn from other organizations who face similar challenges in monitoring, controlling, and maintaining temperatures of products throughout the supply chain. All new discussions will include: review of Health Canada’s revised <0069>, Canadian importation strategies, specialty logistics, stability data and risk mitigation.
The document summarizes a presentation by the Instructional Technology Referral Office (InTRO) at the University of Oregon (UO) on trends in digital education at comparator institutions. It finds that most comparators have centralized units for distance education, faculty development, online education, and educational technology. When educational technology administers the learning management system, digital innovation is limited. Institutions leading in digital education follow strategic visions tied to planning and objectives. The presentation proposes further research on comparators and outlines an annual report on InTRO, comparator findings, an inventory of service providers, observations, and conclusions.
This document outlines Richard Voorhees' presentation to Community Colleges of Spokane in October 2010. The presentation discusses the changing landscape of higher education, including trends like non-traditional students, online learning, and workforce skills needs. It emphasizes the national goal to increase the percentage of Americans with postsecondary degrees or credentials from 39% to 60% by 2025. This will require increasing the number of degrees awarded each year. The presentation also discusses strategies for community colleges to develop strategic plans focused on student success through collaboration and a SWOT analysis.
Student involvement, assessment and the production of a university experienceRichard Hall
1. The document discusses the role of assessment in higher education and how it is being disrupted by increasing changes in the world.
2. It considers how students could play a more active role in assessment through a "student-as-producer" model where students are involved in the academic project of universities rather than just consuming knowledge.
3. This would involve redesigning the relationship between teaching and research to be more collaborative with students and academics working together.
EDD612ASSIGNMENTCASE1Trident International University .docxtidwellveronique
EDD612ASSIGNMENTCASE1
Trident International University
James Newton
EDD 612
Assignment Case 1
Dr. Susan Compton
November 5, 2018
Introduction
Inside Queensland, Australia and education evaluation program introduced by the Edmund Rice Education which for Youth and a totally funded program by Queensland government is introduced named as the Bridge Program. The program helps the youth of the state mainly between the ages of 13 to 15 which need engagement with the study otherwise disengaging from their main goal and also they are involved in youth projection system. Making students engage with their educational system is the main purpose of the program (Apte J, 2011). The Evaluation was made to check if the program was executed as intended or it needed modifications. A mixed method design a well-known technique used for information regarding the outcomes and process. Some of the data fetched from the report were.
· A basic literature review of the issue and alternative techniques implemented in the past
· Bridge Program report and data
· Program policies and documentation
· A case study involving interviews with staff and stakeholders to know how the program assisted in betterment.
The Bridge program is an important component for youngsters. The programme was initiated in 2010 January, a lot of students were referred from different departments of child safety services, police, school guidance officers and youth justice services. It is observed that mainstream education for these children as they also required formal education. 104 children were enrolled for the program. Everyone was trained according to the type of education they needed.
1. 52 percent of them were enrolled in education training
2. 29 percent are in regular contact but not in education training
3. 16 percent of them attending mainstream
4. 6 percent with a traineeship
5. Some of them were also attending alternative education
Youthfulness can be a tempestuous and troublesome time for some youngsters. It is a period of advancement and changes from youth to adulthood, with new obligations and openings. Most youngsters advance through immaturity with insignificant issues and achieve formative objectives. Be that as it may, for some youngsters, this change is more entangled. They may encounter challenges in a scope of zones throughout their life – one of which can be the unsuccessful fruition of auxiliary training Young individuals who can't accomplish school competency are in danger of various antagonistic results. School consummation is a fundamental prerequisite for most businesses in the Australian work advertise and in numerous different nations. However, not all Australian youngsters are effectively finishing this prerequisite (Baldridge B J, 2011).
Youngsters who can't effectively accomplish auxiliary instruction or comparability might be in danger of a scope of negative short and long-haul results: joblessness, destitution, poor confidence, medical issues.
Dr. Robert Hill, Ed.D., a professor in Nova Southeastern University's Ed.D. in Higher Education Leadership program, speaks on "Managing the Enrollment Funnel in these Challenging Times" as part of the first webinar presented by the New England Association of Graduate Admissions Professionals (NEGAP). Dr. Hill, an expert in student services, will discuss how admission strategy can be tailored to meet the needs of prospective students in the current economic environment.
The Red Balloon Project Re-Imagining Undergraduate Educationleadchangeagent
“ The Red Balloon contest serves as a metaphor for the newly-networked world. This new way of generating, aggregating and disseminating information has profound implications for higher education. It challenges long-held practices of teaching and learning, institutional organization and structure, and the very notion of expertise. The Red Balloon contest also serves as an analogy for how a community of higher education institutions and their national association can work together to promote and support change in higher education.” http://www.aascu.org/programs/redballoon/
Korea Development Institute (KDI) SchoolUnggul Sagena
The KDI School was established in 1997 to prepare future leaders for globalization challenges. It offers master's and PhD programs in public policy and development policy. The school has a diverse international student body and partners with over 30 universities globally. It aims to foster experts with a global perspective and contribute to balanced economic development. The school has top faculty and provides student support services and scholarships. It conducts development research and capacity building through its research centers.
Pharma IQ’s Cold Chain & Temperature Management Summit provides the largest and most comprehensive forum for Canadian pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device professionals involved in the temperature-controlled supply chain. Attendees are able to network with and learn from other organizations who face similar challenges in monitoring, controlling, and maintaining temperatures of products throughout the supply chain. All new discussions will include: review of Health Canada’s revised <0069>, Canadian importation strategies, specialty logistics, stability data and risk mitigation.
The document summarizes a presentation by the Instructional Technology Referral Office (InTRO) at the University of Oregon (UO) on trends in digital education at comparator institutions. It finds that most comparators have centralized units for distance education, faculty development, online education, and educational technology. When educational technology administers the learning management system, digital innovation is limited. Institutions leading in digital education follow strategic visions tied to planning and objectives. The presentation proposes further research on comparators and outlines an annual report on InTRO, comparator findings, an inventory of service providers, observations, and conclusions.
This document outlines Richard Voorhees' presentation to Community Colleges of Spokane in October 2010. The presentation discusses the changing landscape of higher education, including trends like non-traditional students, online learning, and workforce skills needs. It emphasizes the national goal to increase the percentage of Americans with postsecondary degrees or credentials from 39% to 60% by 2025. This will require increasing the number of degrees awarded each year. The presentation also discusses strategies for community colleges to develop strategic plans focused on student success through collaboration and a SWOT analysis.
Student involvement, assessment and the production of a university experienceRichard Hall
1. The document discusses the role of assessment in higher education and how it is being disrupted by increasing changes in the world.
2. It considers how students could play a more active role in assessment through a "student-as-producer" model where students are involved in the academic project of universities rather than just consuming knowledge.
3. This would involve redesigning the relationship between teaching and research to be more collaborative with students and academics working together.
EDD612ASSIGNMENTCASE1Trident International University .docxtidwellveronique
EDD612ASSIGNMENTCASE1
Trident International University
James Newton
EDD 612
Assignment Case 1
Dr. Susan Compton
November 5, 2018
Introduction
Inside Queensland, Australia and education evaluation program introduced by the Edmund Rice Education which for Youth and a totally funded program by Queensland government is introduced named as the Bridge Program. The program helps the youth of the state mainly between the ages of 13 to 15 which need engagement with the study otherwise disengaging from their main goal and also they are involved in youth projection system. Making students engage with their educational system is the main purpose of the program (Apte J, 2011). The Evaluation was made to check if the program was executed as intended or it needed modifications. A mixed method design a well-known technique used for information regarding the outcomes and process. Some of the data fetched from the report were.
· A basic literature review of the issue and alternative techniques implemented in the past
· Bridge Program report and data
· Program policies and documentation
· A case study involving interviews with staff and stakeholders to know how the program assisted in betterment.
The Bridge program is an important component for youngsters. The programme was initiated in 2010 January, a lot of students were referred from different departments of child safety services, police, school guidance officers and youth justice services. It is observed that mainstream education for these children as they also required formal education. 104 children were enrolled for the program. Everyone was trained according to the type of education they needed.
1. 52 percent of them were enrolled in education training
2. 29 percent are in regular contact but not in education training
3. 16 percent of them attending mainstream
4. 6 percent with a traineeship
5. Some of them were also attending alternative education
Youthfulness can be a tempestuous and troublesome time for some youngsters. It is a period of advancement and changes from youth to adulthood, with new obligations and openings. Most youngsters advance through immaturity with insignificant issues and achieve formative objectives. Be that as it may, for some youngsters, this change is more entangled. They may encounter challenges in a scope of zones throughout their life – one of which can be the unsuccessful fruition of auxiliary training Young individuals who can't accomplish school competency are in danger of various antagonistic results. School consummation is a fundamental prerequisite for most businesses in the Australian work advertise and in numerous different nations. However, not all Australian youngsters are effectively finishing this prerequisite (Baldridge B J, 2011).
Youngsters who can't effectively accomplish auxiliary instruction or comparability might be in danger of a scope of negative short and long-haul results: joblessness, destitution, poor confidence, medical issues.
Dr. Robert Hill, Ed.D., a professor in Nova Southeastern University's Ed.D. in Higher Education Leadership program, speaks on "Managing the Enrollment Funnel in these Challenging Times" as part of the first webinar presented by the New England Association of Graduate Admissions Professionals (NEGAP). Dr. Hill, an expert in student services, will discuss how admission strategy can be tailored to meet the needs of prospective students in the current economic environment.
The Red Balloon Project Re-Imagining Undergraduate Educationleadchangeagent
“ The Red Balloon contest serves as a metaphor for the newly-networked world. This new way of generating, aggregating and disseminating information has profound implications for higher education. It challenges long-held practices of teaching and learning, institutional organization and structure, and the very notion of expertise. The Red Balloon contest also serves as an analogy for how a community of higher education institutions and their national association can work together to promote and support change in higher education.” http://www.aascu.org/programs/redballoon/
Korea Development Institute (KDI) SchoolUnggul Sagena
The KDI School was established in 1997 to prepare future leaders for globalization challenges. It offers master's and PhD programs in public policy and development policy. The school has a diverse international student body and partners with over 30 universities globally. It aims to foster experts with a global perspective and contribute to balanced economic development. The school has top faculty and provides student support services and scholarships. It conducts development research and capacity building through its research centers.
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Central Piedmont Community College's SIFE team conducted several projects in the Charlotte community to promote financial literacy, business ethics, and environmental sustainability. They delivered seminars on financial management to 175 adult high school students and 22 middle schoolers. They hosted discussions on global issues and business ethics that reached over 400 business students. In total, their 8 ongoing projects impacted over 2,000 people in the community and addressed criteria such as entrepreneurship, success skills, and sustainability.
This discovery of yours will create forgetfulness in the learners. They will ...alanwylie
The Australian and New Zealand Keynote Panel presentation by Colin Latchem for the DEHub/ODLAA Education 2011 to 2021- Global challenges and perspectives of blended and distance learning the (14 to 18 February 2011).
Dr. Linda Baer - D2L Keynote Asia-Pac Conference - 9/15/12Barry Dahl
The document discusses several topics related to higher education:
1. It discusses the completion challenge facing higher education institutions, including low completion rates, the need to better align K-12 and postsecondary education to support college readiness, and the need for adults to have opportunities to return to college.
2. It discusses the capacity challenge, including the need to build organizational capacity, attract talent and develop skills, increase collaboration, and shift institutional culture.
3. It discusses the funding challenge facing higher education institutions, including state budget cuts and the rising costs of college leading to increased student debt.
4. It discusses the innovation challenge, including the need to move beyond isolated "islands of innovation" and overcome
The document discusses the Fort Hays State University Red Balloon Project, which is an initiative to transform teaching and learning at the institutional level in response to the "unwinding" of higher education. The project focuses on blended learning, collaborative learning, and using new technologies and open resources to support collaborative knowledge creation. It aims to incentivize learning and outcomes through exploring innovative approaches like flipped classrooms and reimagining course development and academic strategies. The Red Balloon Project is a metaphor for how knowledge can be created, aggregated, and disseminated in new ways through collaborative problem solving.
The document discusses the methodology used for the Times Higher Education World University Rankings from 2011-2012. It outlines the key pillars used to evaluate universities: teaching, research, international outlook, and industry income. It also provides details on the specific indicators and weightings used to measure performance in each pillar, including academic reputation surveys, citation impact, staff to student ratios, and international collaboration. Feedback from university administrators and academics is presented, both in support of and with some criticisms of the methodology.
Globalization poses challenges to school stakeholders like administrators, teachers, and students. Schools must actively respond to these challenges by developing an international outlook in their students through curriculum, activities, and language education. This will help prepare students as global citizens. Some key challenges for administrators include responding to trends like increasing enrollment, improving learning environments, and addressing issues like facilities, funding, technology, and unfunded mandates. Teachers face challenges like adapting to increasing diversity, managing time, and helping students meet long-term goals. Students deal with academic pressure, competition, health issues, peer pressure, addictions, and financial stability concerns.
The role of simulation for authentic learning: blending theory and practicedebbieholley1
Debbie Holley discusses using simulation and virtual/augmented reality to create engaging learning experiences for students. She notes that only 20% of students currently have real-life simulation experiences. Holley provides examples of how her university has used VR/AR technologies for nursing, geology and archaeology simulations. However, she acknowledges that digital poverty can impact some students' ability to access such online resources and simulations. Scaling innovations to reach more learners poses additional challenges.
This document discusses the shortcomings of traditional remedial assessment and placement in college. It argues that viewing readiness as a dichotomy of remedial vs college-ready is flawed. Instead, it proposes a comprehensive readiness model that assesses students across four dimensions of readiness to varying degrees. This model would provide a richer dataset to guide students and help colleges match interventions to support success. However, implementing this solution faces challenges for colleges to change policies and programs.
Challenges for policies, strategies and leadership in an increasingly more open and online world. Distance and e-Learning Policy and Strategy, EDEN Annual Conference 2012, Porto, 7 June 2012. Gard Titlestad, Secretary General, ICDE
Learning Futures: lessons from the Beyond Current Horizons Programmekerileef
The document discusses findings from the Beyond Current Horizons project in the UK, which aimed to develop long-term future scenarios for education through 2025. It outlines probable futures such as an aging population, increased human-machine collaboration, and greater access to information. Preferable futures emphasized quality learning experiences, tackling inequality, and preparing individuals. Key issues for education include developing curriculum around human-machine relations, lifelong learning, and ensuring fairness in a complex learning landscape.
This document discusses the need for universities to innovate their models of pedagogy and knowledge production to better suit the digital age. It argues that the traditional lecture-based "broadcast" model of education is becoming obsolete and failing to meet the needs of today's students. Instead, it advocates for a new model of "collaborative learning" where students actively participate in the learning process through discussion and peer-to-peer interaction. It also calls for "collaborative knowledge production" where course content is created collaboratively across institutions through open sharing of educational resources on a global scale. The document asserts that universities must embrace these new models of collaborative learning and knowledge production, or risk becoming outdated relics like encycloped
The document describes the EnquiryBlogger project, which uses blog-based learning analytics to support the development of learning power and authentic enquiry. It discusses challenges in current education and the need to develop lifelong learning dispositions. The Effective Lifelong Learning Inventory (ELLI) is presented as a framework for assessing seven dimensions of learning power. The concept of authentic enquiry is introduced as a way to connect learning to personal curiosity, values and passion. The EnquiryBlogger platform and WordPress plugins are described as a way to support blogging, reflection, and the addition of learning analytics visualizations related to ELLI dimensions and the authentic enquiry process. The tools were piloted with primary, secondary and tertiary students
The Role Of External Factors That Affect Student...Nicole Gomez
The document discusses best practices used in a learning skills and algebra classroom. It describes utilizing a student information system to track grades, attendance, medical needs, and IEP information. Formative assessments are used to monitor progress and guide instruction. Lessons incorporate visual, auditory and kinesthetic learning styles through interactive activities, technology, and collaborative work. Data-driven instruction and co-planning with other teachers ensures individual student needs are met.
Presentation to Admissions staff on the Global Citizenship Programbumbaugh
Now that a new general education program has been approved, we begin implementation. This presentation reviews the genesis and rationale of the program, the program structure and content, and the implementation process -- all in terms relevant to prospective students and those who interact with them in the admissions process
The document is the final report of the Florida Blue Ribbon Task Force on State Higher Education Reform from November 2012. It provides recommendations on accountability, funding, and governance for the Florida State University System. The task force organized their work around these three areas and provided a strengths/weaknesses analysis of the system. They recommend a set of linked accountability, funding, and governance changes intended to improve understanding between universities and funding stakeholders and help the system better demonstrate its value and operational innovation.
This document provides an introduction to "The HERE Project Toolkit", which aims to help programme teams improve student engagement and retention. It discusses key findings from the HERE Project, which explored factors related to student doubting and retention. The toolkit contains 9 recommendations for programme teams to consider, such as identifying students at risk, helping with the transition to university, building student-staff relationships, and improving social integration and sense of belonging. It outlines a 3-step process for programme teams to review their practices using the recommendations and reflection questions in the toolkit.
This document provides an introduction to "The HERE Project Toolkit", which aims to help programme teams improve student engagement and retention. It discusses key findings from the HERE Project, which explored factors related to student doubting and retention. The toolkit contains 9 recommendations for programme teams to consider, such as identifying students at risk, helping with the transition to university, building student-staff relationships, and improving social integration and sense of belonging. It outlines a 3-step process for programme teams to review their practices using the recommendations and reflection questions in the toolkit.
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Central Piedmont Community College's SIFE team conducted several projects in the Charlotte community to promote financial literacy, business ethics, and environmental sustainability. They delivered seminars on financial management to 175 adult high school students and 22 middle schoolers. They hosted discussions on global issues and business ethics that reached over 400 business students. In total, their 8 ongoing projects impacted over 2,000 people in the community and addressed criteria such as entrepreneurship, success skills, and sustainability.
This discovery of yours will create forgetfulness in the learners. They will ...alanwylie
The Australian and New Zealand Keynote Panel presentation by Colin Latchem for the DEHub/ODLAA Education 2011 to 2021- Global challenges and perspectives of blended and distance learning the (14 to 18 February 2011).
Dr. Linda Baer - D2L Keynote Asia-Pac Conference - 9/15/12Barry Dahl
The document discusses several topics related to higher education:
1. It discusses the completion challenge facing higher education institutions, including low completion rates, the need to better align K-12 and postsecondary education to support college readiness, and the need for adults to have opportunities to return to college.
2. It discusses the capacity challenge, including the need to build organizational capacity, attract talent and develop skills, increase collaboration, and shift institutional culture.
3. It discusses the funding challenge facing higher education institutions, including state budget cuts and the rising costs of college leading to increased student debt.
4. It discusses the innovation challenge, including the need to move beyond isolated "islands of innovation" and overcome
The document discusses the Fort Hays State University Red Balloon Project, which is an initiative to transform teaching and learning at the institutional level in response to the "unwinding" of higher education. The project focuses on blended learning, collaborative learning, and using new technologies and open resources to support collaborative knowledge creation. It aims to incentivize learning and outcomes through exploring innovative approaches like flipped classrooms and reimagining course development and academic strategies. The Red Balloon Project is a metaphor for how knowledge can be created, aggregated, and disseminated in new ways through collaborative problem solving.
The document discusses the methodology used for the Times Higher Education World University Rankings from 2011-2012. It outlines the key pillars used to evaluate universities: teaching, research, international outlook, and industry income. It also provides details on the specific indicators and weightings used to measure performance in each pillar, including academic reputation surveys, citation impact, staff to student ratios, and international collaboration. Feedback from university administrators and academics is presented, both in support of and with some criticisms of the methodology.
Globalization poses challenges to school stakeholders like administrators, teachers, and students. Schools must actively respond to these challenges by developing an international outlook in their students through curriculum, activities, and language education. This will help prepare students as global citizens. Some key challenges for administrators include responding to trends like increasing enrollment, improving learning environments, and addressing issues like facilities, funding, technology, and unfunded mandates. Teachers face challenges like adapting to increasing diversity, managing time, and helping students meet long-term goals. Students deal with academic pressure, competition, health issues, peer pressure, addictions, and financial stability concerns.
The role of simulation for authentic learning: blending theory and practicedebbieholley1
Debbie Holley discusses using simulation and virtual/augmented reality to create engaging learning experiences for students. She notes that only 20% of students currently have real-life simulation experiences. Holley provides examples of how her university has used VR/AR technologies for nursing, geology and archaeology simulations. However, she acknowledges that digital poverty can impact some students' ability to access such online resources and simulations. Scaling innovations to reach more learners poses additional challenges.
This document discusses the shortcomings of traditional remedial assessment and placement in college. It argues that viewing readiness as a dichotomy of remedial vs college-ready is flawed. Instead, it proposes a comprehensive readiness model that assesses students across four dimensions of readiness to varying degrees. This model would provide a richer dataset to guide students and help colleges match interventions to support success. However, implementing this solution faces challenges for colleges to change policies and programs.
Challenges for policies, strategies and leadership in an increasingly more open and online world. Distance and e-Learning Policy and Strategy, EDEN Annual Conference 2012, Porto, 7 June 2012. Gard Titlestad, Secretary General, ICDE
Learning Futures: lessons from the Beyond Current Horizons Programmekerileef
The document discusses findings from the Beyond Current Horizons project in the UK, which aimed to develop long-term future scenarios for education through 2025. It outlines probable futures such as an aging population, increased human-machine collaboration, and greater access to information. Preferable futures emphasized quality learning experiences, tackling inequality, and preparing individuals. Key issues for education include developing curriculum around human-machine relations, lifelong learning, and ensuring fairness in a complex learning landscape.
This document discusses the need for universities to innovate their models of pedagogy and knowledge production to better suit the digital age. It argues that the traditional lecture-based "broadcast" model of education is becoming obsolete and failing to meet the needs of today's students. Instead, it advocates for a new model of "collaborative learning" where students actively participate in the learning process through discussion and peer-to-peer interaction. It also calls for "collaborative knowledge production" where course content is created collaboratively across institutions through open sharing of educational resources on a global scale. The document asserts that universities must embrace these new models of collaborative learning and knowledge production, or risk becoming outdated relics like encycloped
The document describes the EnquiryBlogger project, which uses blog-based learning analytics to support the development of learning power and authentic enquiry. It discusses challenges in current education and the need to develop lifelong learning dispositions. The Effective Lifelong Learning Inventory (ELLI) is presented as a framework for assessing seven dimensions of learning power. The concept of authentic enquiry is introduced as a way to connect learning to personal curiosity, values and passion. The EnquiryBlogger platform and WordPress plugins are described as a way to support blogging, reflection, and the addition of learning analytics visualizations related to ELLI dimensions and the authentic enquiry process. The tools were piloted with primary, secondary and tertiary students
The Role Of External Factors That Affect Student...Nicole Gomez
The document discusses best practices used in a learning skills and algebra classroom. It describes utilizing a student information system to track grades, attendance, medical needs, and IEP information. Formative assessments are used to monitor progress and guide instruction. Lessons incorporate visual, auditory and kinesthetic learning styles through interactive activities, technology, and collaborative work. Data-driven instruction and co-planning with other teachers ensures individual student needs are met.
Presentation to Admissions staff on the Global Citizenship Programbumbaugh
Now that a new general education program has been approved, we begin implementation. This presentation reviews the genesis and rationale of the program, the program structure and content, and the implementation process -- all in terms relevant to prospective students and those who interact with them in the admissions process
The document is the final report of the Florida Blue Ribbon Task Force on State Higher Education Reform from November 2012. It provides recommendations on accountability, funding, and governance for the Florida State University System. The task force organized their work around these three areas and provided a strengths/weaknesses analysis of the system. They recommend a set of linked accountability, funding, and governance changes intended to improve understanding between universities and funding stakeholders and help the system better demonstrate its value and operational innovation.
This document provides an introduction to "The HERE Project Toolkit", which aims to help programme teams improve student engagement and retention. It discusses key findings from the HERE Project, which explored factors related to student doubting and retention. The toolkit contains 9 recommendations for programme teams to consider, such as identifying students at risk, helping with the transition to university, building student-staff relationships, and improving social integration and sense of belonging. It outlines a 3-step process for programme teams to review their practices using the recommendations and reflection questions in the toolkit.
This document provides an introduction to "The HERE Project Toolkit", which aims to help programme teams improve student engagement and retention. It discusses key findings from the HERE Project, which explored factors related to student doubting and retention. The toolkit contains 9 recommendations for programme teams to consider, such as identifying students at risk, helping with the transition to university, building student-staff relationships, and improving social integration and sense of belonging. It outlines a 3-step process for programme teams to review their practices using the recommendations and reflection questions in the toolkit.
1. Peril and Promise
Red Balloon Project
in a
New Age
Portland State University
Winter Symposium 2013
George L. Mehaffy
January 16, 2013
2. Red Balloon Project
We are confronting a period of massive
change and great uncertainty.
Our institutions are challenged as never
before.
3. The Overarching Theme of This New Age:
Shifting Power
Red Balloon Project
• The loss of power by traditional
institutions to control events and
processes.
• The increased power of individual
students to create and recreate. The power
of students to interact and learn without
mediating agents.
• The power of organizations and groups
outside of traditional providers to enter and
compete in the marketplace.
4. 7 Critical Challenges
Red Balloon Project
1. Core Concept
2. Structural Model
3. Funding Model
4. Cost Model
5. Business Model
6. Evidence of Success
7. Public Opinion
5. 1. Our University
Model
Red Balloon Project
Was created in the
11th century
To prepare our students
Operates on a 19thst
century
for life in the 21 century
agrarian calendar
6. 2. Structural Model
In The Innovative University, Christensen
Red Balloon Project
and Eyring argue that higher education
has developed a common DNA:
Face-to-face instruction, self-governance,
departmentalization, summer recess,
athletics, general education, majors, tenure,
externally-supported research.
Their conclusion… We have created
• confused, multiple-purpose missions…
and
• unsustainable institutions
As a result, we are vulnerable to disruption.
7. 3. Funding Model
National Governors Association (NGA):
Red Balloon Project
“…state budgets will not be balanced until the
latter part of the decade.”
“Health, criminal justice, and the K-12 schools
will consume an increasingly larger share of the
state’s resources.”
“Many states have structural deficits…”
http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=711
Based on the trends since 1980, average state
fiscal support for higher education will reach
zero by 2059.
State Funding: A Race to the Bottom. Thomas G. Mortenson
http://www.acenet.edu/the-presidency/columns-and-features/Pages/state-funding-a-race-to-the-
bottom.aspx
8. Red Balloon Project
44 states are
reporting
fiscal year 2012
shortfalls
New York Times, January 23, 2011, p. 3.
10. Red Balloon Project
Sources: College Board, “Trends in College Pricing, 2008”; Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2009, www.bls.gov ; U.S. Census,
Current Population Study-ASEC, 2008. From the Delta Project. Courtesy Jane Wellman
11. 5. Business Model
Red Balloon Project
Higher education is a set of cross-subsidies:
graduate education subsidized by
undergraduate; upper division subsidized by
lower division
Jane Wellman, Delta Project
http://www.deltacostproject.org/
12. Credit Hour Distribution and Average
Instructional Costs
Public-four Year Averages, 4-state cost study
Red Balloon Project
(SUNY, Florida, Ohio, Illinois)
% of total
% of all credits spending on Avg weighted
taken instruction cost/credit
Lower Division 36% 23% 1.00
Upper Division 48% 44% 1.42
Grad 1 12% 23% 2.88
Grad 2 4% 9% 4.00
100% 100% 1.55
SHEEO, 2010
Courtesy Jane Wellman
14. Moody’s Inventor Services
Report January 23, 2012
Red Balloon Project
Mixed outlook for higher education.
“Tuition levels are at a tipping point”
Higher education must innovate to remain
viable
• Collaborations between colleges
• More centralized management
• More efficient use of facilities
• Reduction in number of tenured faculty
• Geographic and demographic expansion of
course offerings
http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/130434/
15. We get lots of advice from business
about the way we do business.
Red Balloon Project
Bain and Co. found $ 112 million in
annual savings at the University of
California, Berkeley.
“A growing percentage of our colleges
and universities are in real financial
trouble. And if the current trends
continue, we will see a higher education
system that will no longer be able to
meet the diverse needs of the US
student population in 20 years.”
The Financially Sustainable University. July 2012
http://www.bain.com/publications/articles/financially-sustainable-
university.aspx
16. 6. Evidence of Success
Red Balloon Project
Academically Adrift
R. Arum & J. Roksa
45% of students did not demonstrate any
statistically significant improvement in
Collegiate Learning Assessment (CLA)
performance during the first two years of
college.
A further study has indicated that 36% of
students did not show any significant
improvement over four years.
17. Real Consequences for CLA Outcomes
Spring 2011 Unemployed
Red Balloon Project
Top 20% CLA …. 3.1%
Bottom 20% …. 9.6%
Moved Back Home After Graduation
Top Quintile …. 18%
Bottom Quintile …. 35%
Significant Credit Card Debt
High Scorers …. 37%
Low-scorers …. 51%
http://highered.ssrc.org/wp-
content/uploads/2012/01/Documenting-Uncertain-Times-2012.pdf
18. 2006 American Institutes of Research (AIR)
20% of U.S. college graduates
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only have basic quantitative literacy skills
…unable to estimate if their car has enough
gasoline to get to the next gas station or
calculate the total cost of ordering office
supplies
More than 50% of students at 4-yr colleges do
not score at the proficient level of literacy...
lack the skills to perform complex literacy
tasks, such as comparing credit card offers
with different interest rates or summarizing
the arguments of newspaper editorials.
http://www.air.org/news/index.cfm?fa=viewContent&content_id=445
19. Graduation Rate, 2010 Study
63.2% of 2003 students who began at a
4 -year college earned bachelor’s degree
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by 2009.
Beginning Postsecondary Survey, National Center for Education
Statistics, U.S. Department of Education.
http://www.quickanded.com/2010/12/u-s-college-graduation-
rate-stays-pretty-much-exactly-the-same.html
New Study 2012
Full time students: 75% in 6 years
Part time students: 32% in 6 years
Public 4 year starters: 60% in 6 Years
New National Tally of College Completion Tries to Count All
Students. http://chronicle.com/article/New-National-Tally-of-
College/135792/
20. Student Debt
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Student loan debt outpaced credit card
debt for the first time last year and is
likely to top $ one trillion dollars this
year.
Average debt for those with loans is
now
$ 24,000.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/12/education/12college.ht
ml?_r=2
21. 7. Public Opinion
60% (six out of ten) of Americans in 2010
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said that colleges today … focused more on
the bottom line than on the educational
experience of students. (Increased by five
percentage points in the last year alone
and is up by eight percentage points since
2007).
http://www.highereducation.org/reports/squeeze_play_10/squeeze
_play_10.pdf
In a recent survey, 80% said that at many
colleges, education received is not worth
the cost.
Time Magazine, October 29, 2012, p. 37
22. “…the choice for higher
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education during this critical
juncture is “reinvention or
extinction.”
E. Gordon Gee
Ohio State University
Robert H. Atwell Lecture
American Council on Education Annual Meeting, February 2009.
http://www.acenet.edu/media/mp3s/AM09_Gee.mp3
23. Is Disruption Coming?
Clayton Christensen
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Disruption comes from cheaper and simpler
technologies that are initially of lower
quality. Over time, the simpler and cheaper
technology improves to a point that it
displaces the incumbent.
He argues that technology, and especially the
on-line course, is the disruption enabler.
The Innovative University.
Clayton Christensen and
Henry J. Eyring. 2011
24. AASCU’s Red Balloon
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Project
• Declining Funding
• Increasing Expectations
• Technology Revolution
25. Defense
Advanced Research Projects
Agency
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Red Balloon Contest
40th Anniversary of the Internet
1969 - 2009
Contest: Find Ten (10) Bright Red
Helium-filled Balloons
Located Somewhere in
the United States
Prize: $ 40,000
27. How long did it take to find 10
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randomly placed 8 foot high bright
red weather balloons, suspended 30-
50 feet above the ground,
somewhere in the United States?
8 hours, 52 minutes
28. The Red Balloon Contest Is Both:
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A Metaphor
And
An Analogy
29. The Red Balloon Contest is a
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Metaphor for the new ways
that knowledge is now being:
• Created
• Aggregated
• Disseminated
30. The Red Balloon Contest Is an
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Analogy for the way that we
might work together
collaboratively to re-design
undergraduate education
32. Think about the impact of
technology:
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On journalism…
On the music business…
On the photography business…
On the book publishing/selling
business…
The Long Tail.
Chris Anderson (Hyperion, 2006)
33. The new era of TECHNOLOGY will
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challenge our historic models of:
1.Institutional Organization and
Structure
2.Teaching and Learning
3. Our Concept of Expertise
34. 1. Institutional Organization
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and Structure
Technology is creating opportunities for
the unbundling or disaggregation of
educational activities and processes,
within a course, within a program,
within an institution, and beyond.
35. 2. Teaching and Learning
Technology Changes Instructional Design
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• From instruction to discovery
• From individual to
collaborative learning
• From broadcast to interactive
learning
• From teacher-centric to
student-centric
Don Tapscott. Grown Up Digital. McGraw-Hill, 2009.
36. 3. The Concept of Expertise
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Study in the journal Nature
comparing the accuracy of entries in
two well-known on-line
references:
Encyclopedia Britannica
Wikipedia
Found that error rates were about 3
per entry for Encyclopedia, 4 per
entry for Wikipedia
37. Encyclopedia Britannica
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Founded in 1768, on-line version started
in 1994, the first internet encyclopedia.
English print edition is (was) a 32 volume
set, 64,000 articles, 4,300 contributors,
latest print edition 2005.
Breaking News. 13 March 2012
After 244 years, Encyclopedia Britannica has
decided to stop publishing its famous and
weighty 32-volume print edition.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17362698
38. Wikipedia
Edited by anyone, 7th most visited
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website in the world.
78 million readers in U.S., 365 million
worldwide, each month.
250+ languages
3,514,326 articles in English, 14 million
articles total. 22,711,389 pages
Staff of 30, started 2001, not-for-profit
organization
Wikipedia’s Evolving Impact. Stuart West. TED2010
39. A more recent example
Researchers at the Jefferson Cancer Center
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(Philadelphia) compared Wikipedia entries on
10 forms of cancer to entries in the National
Cancer Institute’s online Physician Data
Query (PDQ) and oncology textbooks.
Less than 2% of the Wikipedia entries
differed from either the PDQ or textbooks.
But the Wikipedia entries were college level
reading, while PDQ entries were 9th grade
level.
http://jop.ascopubs.org/site/er/JOP000209.pdf
40. Red Balloon Project
We now live in a world where
solitary expertise is still
important, but increasingly we
use networked knowledge and
linked/shared information to
advance knowledge and
understanding.
41. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon
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University have found that
“crowd-sourced” articles
written piecemeal by dispersed
writers stack up well against
those drafted by one author.
CrowdForge
http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/carnegie-mellon-
researchers-find-crowds-can-write-as-well-as-
individuals/29440?
sid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
42. Red Balloon Project
Networked knowledge…
The wisdom of crowds…
And now, perhaps the most critical
component…
Vast improvements in technology
43. “WISCONSIN appears to be in the driver’s seat
en route to a win, as it leads 51-10 after the
third quarter. Wisconsin added to its lead
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when Russell Wilson found Jacob Pedersen for
an eight-yard touchdown to make the score
44-3 ... . ”
A typical sports article that might appear in
a local newspaper?
Yes…but this one was written 60 seconds
after the 3rd quarter by a computer…that
charges less than $10 for articles of less than
500 words.
In Case You Wondered, a Real Human Wrote This Story. Steve Lohr,
The New York Times, September 10, 2011
44. IBM’s Watson played Jeopardy
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For each question, Watson evaluated
information from about 200 million pages
of content, or 1 million books, in 3
seconds.
Watson won the 3 rounds, with 3 times
($ 77,147) as much as the next competitor,
Ken Jennings ($ 24,000).
45. “ Artificial intelligence machines are getting
so good, so quickly, that they’re poised to
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replace humans across a wide range of
industries…
…diagnosing your diseases, dispensing your
medicine, handling your lawsuits, making
fundamental scientific discoveries and even
writing stories just like this one.
Farhad Manjoo. “Meet Mr. Bot. He’s the competition.”
Washington Post. October 2, 2011. P. G5.
46. Soon …military robots will be able to pick out
human targets on the battlefield and decide
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on their own whether to go for the kill.
An Air Force report predicted …
“by 2030 machine capabilities will have
increased to the point that humans will have
become the weakest component in a wide
array of systems.”
A dangerous future of killer robots
Tom Malinowski, Washington Post, November 23, 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-dangerous-future-of-
killer-robots/2012/11/22/4d66ed72-3050-11e2-a30e-
5ca76eeec857_story.html
47. At a conference last month in Tianjin, China,
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Microsoft’s top scientist, Richard Rashid, gave a
lecture while a computer program
simultaneously displayed the words in English
on a large screen.
He paused after each sentence and the words
were translated into Mandarin Chinese
characters, accompanied by a simulation of his
own voice in that language, which Dr. Rashid
has never spoken.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/24/science/scientists-see-advances-in-
deep-learning-a-part-of-artificial-intelligence.html?ref=global-
48. Science Fiction?
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Brave New World?
End of Civilization?
Evolutionary changes take hundreds,
sometimes thousands of years.
Meanwhile, every 18 months,
computing power doubles while
computing costs drop by half.
49. What’s Changing?
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1.The Role of Venture Capitalists
2.The Models of College
3.The Course Models
4.Data Analytics
5.The Cost: Reduced and Free
6.Measuring Success
7.Threats to the Credential
50. 1. The Role of Venture Capitalists
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New Start-Ups
Udacity
Udemy
University Now
Coursebook
Coursekit
Courseload
CourseRank
http://chronicle.com/article/A-Boom-Time-
for-Education/131229/
51. 2. The Models of College
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University of the People (UoPeople):
Tuition-free online institution, 1,000
students in 115 countries. In June,
New York University announced it
would consider transfer
applications from students who
complete a year at UoPeople.
http://chronicle.com/article/A-College-Education-for-All/128162/
Advisors: John Sexton, NYU; Stephen Trachtenberg, GWU; Michele
Gendreau-Massaloux, Academy of Paris; Devang Khakhar,
Indian Institute of Technology; Colin Lucas, Oxford University
52. DIYU (Do It Yourself University)
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DIY_U Anya Kamenetz
Western Governors
Western Go
University (WGU)
University
Competency-based model
now also WGU Indiana, WGU Washington
(state), and WGU Texas
53. Peer to Peer University P2PU P2PU
“The Peer 2 Peer University is a grassroots
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open education project that organizes
learning outside of institutional walls and
gives learners recognition for their
achievements.”
http://p2pu.org/en/
Udacity
Sebastian Thrun, David Stavens, Mike
Sokolsky
“We believe university-level education can be
both high quality and low cost. Now we're a
growing team of educators and engineers, on
a mission to change the future of education.”
54. Udemy:
We're a small team with a big vision
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- to democratize education:
1) Enabling the top experts in the world
to teach any student, anywhere, and
2) Radically lowering the price point on
a top quality education.
55. And new forms of collaboration and
sharing…
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The New Paradigm Initiative
The 16 liberal arts colleges of
the Associated Colleges of the South (ACS)
will join forces to offer online, interactive,
upper-level courses to students on any ACS
campus.
…blend traditional classroom instruction
with the latest technology—webinars,
teleconferences—so a student is no longer
limited to the curriculum at his or her home
college, but can select a course taught at
any participating ACS school.
http://www.rollins.edu/magazine/stories/brave-new-academics-new-
56. Analog
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The Associated Press is an American news
agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by
its
contributing newspapers, radio and televi
sion stations in the United States, which
both contribute stories to the AP and use
material written by its staff journalists.
Many newspapers and broadcasters
outside the United States are
AP subscribers, paying a fee to use AP
material without being contributing
57. 3. The Course Models
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•Cottage Industry Models
•Open University (UK) – University of
Phoenix Models
•Partnership Models (USC)
•Individual Course Models
•Massive Open Online Courses
58. Cottage Industry Model
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Everyone designs his or her own
course, from scratch, each semester.
And no one learns anything about the
most effective course content or most
effective teaching practices…
except that individual teacher, who
learns only from his or her own
experiences.
59. Open University of the UK -
University of Phoenix Model
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• Huge resources (money and
people) put into course design
• Taught by a large number of
adjuncts in a fairly similar way
• Evaluation of learning outcomes
conducted by another unit
• Huge scale involved (U of Phoenix
450,000 students)
60. Partnership Model (USC)
Venture capitalist partners with a public
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or not-for-profit university
• 2tor USC and John Katzman. MAT
• Academic Partnerships. Example,
Lamar University and Randy Best: MA
in Education – reduced cost and time
to completion.
• 2U. Semester Online. 10 universities
The last frontier, when outsourcing
finally penetrates the academic center.
61. Individual Course Offerings
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StraighterLine:
• offers courses for $ 99
• entire freshman year for
$ 999
Blackboard and K-12, Inc
• Selling online courses to
community colleges
62. Massive Open Online Courses
(MOOCs)
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Stanford University
Computer Science (CS) 221
Offered Fall 2011 by Sebastian Thrun and Peter
Norvig. Curriculum based on Stanford's
Introductory Artificial Intelligence course.
More than 160,000 students from 190 countries
enrolled. 44 languages. 23,000 students
completed. 200 Stanford students enrolled; by
the end of the course, only 30 were still
attending the lecture.
63. edX (https://www.edx.org)
Harvard and MIT (and now Georgetown, UT
System, Berkeley, Wellesley):
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“…offer online learning to millions of
people around the world for free.” No
university credit but certificates. $ 60
million committed.
Coursera (https://www.coursera.org)
Stanford, Michigan, Princeton, the
University of Pennsylvania (33 total)
“We offer high quality courses from the top
universities, for free to everyone.”
“…wide range of courses from our partner
institutions, spanning the humanities to
engineering. “
64. But MOOCs are not–for-credit.
So what’s the threat?
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• Pennsylvania State System of Higher
Education (PASSHE) will work with the
Council for Adult and Experiential
Learning (CAEL) to give college credit.
• UMUC, UMassOnline are looking at credit
options for MOOC courses.
• Colorado State University’s Global Campus
will give full credit for Udacity’s MOOC
computer science course.
65. • The campuses delivering MOOCs will learn
how to deliver high quality online
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education.
• “Shifting Ground: Technology Begins to
Alter Centuries-Old Business Model for
Universities.” Moody’s Investor Services Report (private
report available only to members)
• And now MOOCs will be offered by edX, by
Coursera, Semester Online, and lots of
others.
We are now in a hype-competitive
environment, unlike any we have seen before.
66. And at the end of 2012, the year of the
MOOCs,
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Semester Online
http://semesteronline.org
Fully online, credit-bearing courses,
a new form of MOOCs
10 universities- Emory, Washington
University, Duke, Brandeis, Northwestern,
UNC Chapel Hill, Notre Dame, Rochester,
Vanderbilt, and Wake Forest.
Partnership with 2U, John Katzman’s for-
profit company.
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/11/16/top-tier-
universities-band-together-offer-credit-bearing-fully-online-
courses
67. Watch for a variation of the MOOC…
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the “Supersized” classroom
A professor at Virginia Tech taught an
introductory course, World Regions, to 2,670
students.
Used Facebook and Twitter to communicate
with students. Used Skype to bring in world
figures. Allowed students to attend in
person or online.
http://thejohnboyer.com/world-regions/
68. 4. Analytics and Personalization
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A method of warehousing, organizing, and
interpreting the massive amounts of data
accrued by online learning platforms and
student information systems …
… in hopes of learning more about what
makes students successful…
… and by giving instructors (and the
platforms themselves) the chance to adjust
to improve learning outcomes.
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/11/09/completion
69. Analytics provides:
Information for the Institution
• Predicting academic demand
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• Tracking course success
• Dropout prevention, social integration
• Reporting information: state, federal,
accreditors
Information for Faculty Members
• Student Progress and Success
• Areas of Confusion or Misunderstanding
Information for the Student
• Course selection and progress
• Major selection
• Program progress
70. 5. Reducing Costs
Textbooks
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State of Washington: Community and Technical
Colleges. 81 highest enrollment courses. Course
materials capped at $ 30 per course, open to all
Chronicle, January 9, 2011 http://chronicle.com/article/State-of-
Washington-to-Offer/125887/
Rice University http://www.media.rice.edu/media/NewsBot.asp?
MODE=VIEW&ID=16745
Temple University
http://news.temple.edu/news/temple-faculty-experiment-alt-textbooks
Student-Created and Faculty-Created Books
• Big 5: Prentice Hall, Cengage Learning, McGraw-Hill, John Wiley, and
Macmillan. Pearson: Build your own textbook, Academic Pub, Flat
World, Connexions
71. Other Ways to Reduce Costs
Time to Completion
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A.120 hours for all majors
B.Reducing bottlenecks in program
completion
C.Charging out-of-state for 30+ credits
beyond graduation requirements
D.Intrusive advising and early
remediation
72. 6. Measuring Success
CAAP (ACT)
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MAPP (ETS)
CLA (CAE)
Lumina’s Degree Qualifications Profile
(DQP)
National Institute of Learning
Outcomes Assessment (NILOA)
New Leadership Alliance for Student
Learning and Accountability
73. 7. Threats to the Credential
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Free Degrees (MITx, etc.)
Badges (Kahn Academy, etc.)
Certifications (CLA and Straighter Line)
75. The Key Challenge
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How do we educate more
students, with greater
learning outcomes, at
lower costs?
76. The key institutional question:
What is the unique value
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the institution adds?
What does this institution do that
cannot be done as well or better by
others?
The key question for faculty
members:
What is the unique value I add?
What do I do that cannot be done
as well or better by someone else?
77. What is likely to change?
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Course Design
A.Flipped Courses
B.Open Learning Initiative (OLI) and Open
Educational Resources (OER)
C.Science Classes
D.Math Emporiums
E.Other NCAT Redesigns
F.Blended Courses
78. A. Flipped Courses
Used to transform courses from delivery
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of information to interaction and
comprehension, particularly in STEM
disciplines.
Delivering content is done as homework.
Class time is used for collaborating with
others, increasing understanding,
addressing misperceptions.
Eric Mazur at Harvard was one early
adopter.
http://media.convergemag.com/documents/CDE12+BRIEF+Echo
_V.pdf
79. Khan Academy:
2,400 videos covering everything from
arithmetic to physics, finance, and history.
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125 practice exercises. Goal: “to help you
learn whatever you want, whenever you
want, at your own pace.”
The “flipped” course. You do homework by
watching lectures. You go to class to work
on problems together.
http://www.khanacademy.org/
And now, TED-ED is creating powerful
educational videos from TED talks and other
YouTube videos.
http://www.ted.com/
80. B. Open Learning Initiative (OLI)
and Open Educational
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Resources (OER)
OLI Carnegie Mellon University
Free Courses include:
Biology, Media Programming
Engineering Statics, Chemistry, Statistics
French 1 & 2, Anatomy and Physiology
Speech, Logic and Proofs
http://oli.web.cmu.edu/openlearning/index.php
81. Study of a OLI Statistics Course
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Experiment
Results showed that OLI-Statistics students
learned a full semester’s worth of material
in half as much time and performed as well
or better than students learning from
traditional instruction over a full semester.
http://oli.web.cmu.edu/openlearning/publications/71-
effectiveness-statistics
82. C. Science Classes
The Carl Wieman Science Education Initiative
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http://www.cwsei.ubc.ca/
Three strategies:
1. Reducing cognitive load
2. Addressing beliefs
3. Stimulating and guiding thinking
http://www.cwsei.ubc.ca/SEI_research/files/Wieman-Change_Sept-
Oct_2007.pdf
84. D. The Math Emporium
“Higher Education’s Silver Bullet” Carol Twigg
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http://www.changemag.org/Archives/Back%20Issues/2011/May-June
%202011/math-emporium-full.html
3 Keys To Success:
1.Interactive computer software
2.Personalized on-demand assistance
3.Mandatory Student Participation
Virginia Tech is the
most prominent
example of this
approach
85. E. Other National Center for
Academic Transformation (NCAT)
Redesigns
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00000
Six Models
1.Supplemental Model
2.Replacement Model
3.Emporium Model
4.Fully On-line Model
5.Buffet Model
6.Linked Workshop Model
www.thencat.org/PlanRes/R2R_ModCrsRed.htm
http://www.educationsector.org/usr_doc/NCAT-Report_RELEASE.pdf
86. In Twigg’s first cohort of 30 redesigned
large courses,
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• 20 of the 30 courses showed learning
gains (the others showed no
significant differences)
• Average savings of 40%
• Increased course completion and
retention rates
• Improved students attitudes about
the subject matter and course design
87. F. Blended Courses
Blended (hybrid) courses combine fact-to-face
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classroom instruction with online learning
and reduced classroom contact hours
(reduced seat time)
• Shift from faculty-centered to student-
centered
• Increased faculty-student, student-student,
student-content, and student-resources
interaction
• Integrated formative and summative
assessment mechanisms
Charles Dziuban, Joel Hartman, Patsy Moskal. Blended Learning.
EDUCAUSE. 2004 http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERB0407.pdf
88. Red Balloon Project Typical 3 Hour Course
F to F Web
Why Focus on Blended Learning?
1.Proven Success
2.Data Analytics
3.Entry Way to Collaboration
89. Proven Success
U.S. Department of Education Study
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Evaluation of Evidence-Based Practices
in Online Learning: Meta-Analysis and
Review of Online Learning Studies
September 2010
http://www2.ed.gov/rschstat/eval/tech/evidence-based-
practices/finalreport.pdf
90. Broad Course Re-Design
George Kuh High Impact Practices
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• First-year seminars and experiences
• Common intellectual experiences
• Learning communities
• Writing-intensive courses
• Collaborative assignments and projects
• Undergraduate research
• Diversity/global learning
• Service learning, community-based learning
• Internships
• Capstone courses and projects
George Kuh. High-Impact Educational Practices:
What They Are, Who Has Access to Them, and Why They Matter.
AAC&U, 2008.
91. What is likely to change?
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Free and Inexpensive Materials
•Free textbooks
•Creative Commons licensing
•Free courses
92. Open Educational Resources
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In 2002, the Hewlett Foundation launched
a bold initiative to make high-quality
educational materials openly available
anywhere in the world: the Open
Educational Resources (OER) initiative.
The Education Program has invested more
than $110 million in OER, which itself has
blossomed into a worldwide movement.
93. Estimated 15,000 on-line free courses.
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Growing number of MOOcs
How could free courses be used with
other activities to increase access,
reduce costs, and increase learning
outcomes?
94. “One potential future of higher ed …
more collaborative, social, virtual, and peer-to-
peer—and where introductory courses are
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commodities offered free or close to free.
That vision leaves room for a slice of traditional
colleges to compete either by essentially moving
down market or by validating such learning by
being the gatekeeper at the end by offering
capstone, upper-level courses and granting
degrees.”
Jeff Selingo. A Disrupted Higher-Ed System.
http://chronicle.com/blogs/next/2012/01/26/a-disrupted-higher-ed-
system/
What happens to your business model
if a substantial number of the first and
second year courses are free?
95. Randy Bass: The Post-Course Era
Where do significant learning experiences
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occur?
High impact – outside the classroom
Low impact – inside the classroom
Can you imagine the first year of college
without courses but with rich, powerful,
engaging learning activities?
What would that look like?
96. What is likely to change?
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The Nature of Faculty Work
• Changing Teaching from Solitary to
Collective Work
--- with other faculty
--- with other specialists
• Moving from Model of All Faculty
Doing the Same Thing to a Highly
Differentiated Model
97. Entry to Collaboration
Old Model: Single expert, my class-
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room, closed door (a
mysterious black box), re-
inventing the wheel
New Model: A networked world,
collaboration of
faculty, other experts, and
students across time and
space, continuous
improvement of the
course (materials, etc.)
98. What is likely to change?
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A Focus on Learning Outcomes
•New Tools (CLA, CAAP, and MAPP)
•New Organizations (NILOA, New
Leadership Alliance, etc.)
•New Initiatives (Degree Qualifications
Profile DQP)
•New Pressures (Academically Adrift)
•New Expectations (business, parents and
students, government, accreditors)
99. From Teaching to Learning – A New
Paradigm for Undergraduate Education
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Robert B. Barr and John Tagg
In the Instruction Paradigm, the mission of
the college is to provide instruction, to
teach. The means is the end.
In the Learning Paradigm, the mission of
the college is to produce learning. The
method and the product are separate. The
end governs the means.
Change Magazine. Vol 27, no. 6, 1995
Accessed by:
http://www.maine.edu/pdf/BarrandTagg.pdf
100. …the college takes responsibility for
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learning.
The point of saying that colleges are to
produce learning-not provide, not support,
not encourage - is to say, unmistakably, that
they are responsible for the degree to which
students learn.
The Learning Paradigm shifts what the
institution takes responsibility for: from
quality instruction (lecturing, talking) to
student learning.
101. Students, the co-producers of learning,
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can and must, of course, take
responsibility for their own learning.
Hence, responsibility is a win-win game
wherein two agents take responsibility
for the same outcome even though
neither is in complete control of all the
variables.
102. Focus on Student Success
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and Student Learning
A Shared Culture About
Student Success
„
A Particular Approach to
[Academic] Leadership
„
Diverse Programming
Driven by a Few Core
Features and Values
Peter Ewell. National Center for Higher Education Management Systems
(NCHEMS)
http://www.nchems.org/pubs/docs/AASCUGraduationRate.pdf
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The Ultimate Question For Our
Institutions
Can we transform ourselves
before we are disrupted?
105. The challenge is enormous. We
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have a confusion of purposes,
distorted reward structures,
limited success, high costs,
massive inefficiencies, and
profound resistance to change.
106. America's economy is caught
up in a "race between
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innovation and calcification--
between the power of new
ideas to lower costs and boost
quality, and the power of
entrenched interests to
protect their habits and
incomes."
Matt Miller, Washington Post, September 22, 2010
109. The Pony Express
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A Cautionary Tale
St. Joseph, MO to Sacramento, CA
1,900 miles
Stations set up every 10 miles (as far
as a horse can gallop); Riders changed
every 60 to 100 miles.
Reduced letter delivery
from 24 to 10 days
110. Started: April 3, 1860
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Ended: October 26, 1861
19 months later
Why?
The completion of the
transcontinental telegraph
111. “It is not the strongest of the
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species that survives, nor the
most intelligent.
It is the one that is the most
adaptable to change.”
Attributed (apparently incorrectly) to Charles Darwin
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For a detailed discussion of many of the issues
in this presentation, see:
“Challenge and Change.” EDUCAUSE Review.
George L. Mehaffy. (vol. 47, no. 5. September/ October
2012). http://www.educause.edu/ero/article/challenge-
and-change