NUTN Conference 2005 | June 11-13 Notes from sessions attended by CSU Chico was the Host Campus for this event |
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Opening Keynote New Benchmarking Approach: Open Educations Resources |
Keynote Speaker Sally M. Johnstone |
Sharing resources
Sharing drives up quality by inherent comparison Open Educational Resources (Hewlitt Packard funds OER)
Consortia forming MIT enrollment has gone up since sharing free content! If we don't figure out HOW to SHARE, we'll lose! We are losing international students and Korea and India are offering more Distance Ed. Differentiator is "service to students" |
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Quality Benchmarks for Student Satisfaction |
Panel Presentation Kim Scalzo, Dir. DE & MM, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Patricia Lambert, Dir. of Distance Credit Programs, College of Nursing, Michigan State University Leah Perlman, Ass. Dir. of Online Learning, Rochester Institute of Tech John Sener, Founder of Sener Learning Services |
Sloan-C Five Pillars of Quality Online Education
Evaluations are formative and summative (Survey Monkey and TLT, Flashlight Surveys) used for Nursing program. From 4% return old paper surveys to 40% return on electronic surveys. Biggest increase is to let students know their suggestions will be considered and changes will happen. Student/Faculty techno-proficiency gap; Net Geners expect more variety in learning styles; students as customers |
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Quality Assurance in Distance Learning: International Perspective |
Plenary Panel Donald E. Hanna, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison Ingrid Day, Univ. So. Australia, Adelaide Fred Lockwood, Dir. American Center for the Study of DE, Pennsylvania State Univ.
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Quality Assessment Issues Australian government audits universities. Universities are federally funded. Students are surveyed after graduation on:
UK also does institutional audits, with the NSS - National Student Survey, given the year before graduation with 60% return rate. U.S.A. doesn't have comparable measures to audits. |
I have a hard copy of their official report - Australian Universities Quality Agency: a Report of an Audit of the University of South Australia
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Quality Benchmarks for Faculty Satisfaction |
Panel Presentation Catherine Schifter, CITE Dept, Temple Univ. Gary Brown, Dir. CTLL, Washington State Univ. Robin Zuniga, Assoc. Dir. Flashlight Program, TLT Melody Thompson, Dir. American Center for Study of DE, Pennsylvania State Univ. |
Benchmarking for faculty teaching online There is a shortage of quality online faculty. At University of Phoenix only 30% of who apply get in. Definition of terms: teaching and learning crucial What's real "learning" is more important than teaching. Irony is that faculty are not trained in pedagogy. Training faculty to teach online is a real key issue. Faculty myth that distance education is 2nd rate, and not as prestigous as face to face teaching. Why? Much more instruction is blended now. We become what we measure. What do we want to become? Recognize faculty achievements. AQIP = Academic Quality Improvement Program |
Australian Universities Quality Agency (AUQA),
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Policy Benchmarks for Quality in eLearning Collaborations |
Plenary Panel Steven D. Crow, Ex. Dir. The Higher Learning Commission of NCA Robert Larson, Dir. No. Dakota Univ. System Online Lynette Olson, Assess.& Effective. Dir. Academic Innovations, Chancellor's Office, Minnesota State Colleges and Univ. Energy Techn. Center Michael Wahl, Ex. Dir. Michigan Community College Assoc., Virtual Learning Collaborative |
Minnesota has 32 institutions on 53 campuses (both 2 and 4 year). They focus on course readiness and program readiness. Motto of collaborative is "what's mine is mine and what's yours is mine." Consortia created out of a lack of funding. Community colleges in Michigan, No. Dakota, Minnesota, Colorado, Kansas, all sharing. "Good Practices in e-Learning Consortia" passed out. Nine page document is a working draft with this purpose:
It includes: Creation of a Consortium; Mission; Responsibilities of consortia, members and to students. |
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Special Award NUTN 2005 Distinguished Service Award |
John Chambers, President and CEO of Cisco, Systems, Inc. Acceptance speech by |
Special presentation about international learning and need for collaboration and cooperation among nations and universities to share content.
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Future Trends in Distance Learning: Lessons from the West |
Panel presentation Barbara Scott, Assoc. Provost for Extended Programs, So. Oregon University Bill McCaughan, Dean Extended Campus, Oregon State University Laird Hartman, Dean, Continuing Education, Weber State University |
Trends according to Bill McCaughan
Challenges
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Impact of Course Design on Quality |
Panel Presentation David Cillay, Dir. of Special Projects, Washington State Univ. Mark Merickel, Assoc. Dean, OSU Extended Campus, Oregon State Univ. Laura Sederberg, Manager, Tech. & Learning Program, CSU, Chico John Sener, Founder of Sener Learning Services
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Panel presented a variety of projects that call upon universities to examine the impact of the quality of course design. Laura presented CSU, Chico's Rubric for Online Instruction, and demonstrated the DVD for Exemplary Online Instruction. Mark talked about the "Quality Matter's Rubric." John talked about his online resources and services. David questioned the audience and drove discussion on the topics of course design. Results from the NUTN June 2005 Survey on Course Design were shared.
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Oregon State Univ. sites: Sloan-C Effective Practices, Minnesota Online's Portfolio site, mnolineportfolio.project.mnscu.edu Online Course Evaluation Project (OCEP), ocep.edutools.info/about/index.jsp CD of presentation was handed out. EOI DVD was handed out. |
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Special Presentation From ROI to VOI: Strategies for Thriving in Times of Disruptive Innovation |
Ellen D. Wagner, PhD, Senior Director, Global Education Solutions, Macromedia, Inc. | Disruptive Innovations
New Era
Legacy of 1984
1994 - Internet comes of age
Media convergencess 2004 Computers, telphony, televisions and wireless meet personal devices, ubiquitous connectivity and online services Innovator's dilemma for distance learning The logical competent decisions of manangent that are critical to the success of an enterprise are the same decisions that constrain innovation and force enterprises out of leadership positions. The challenge/opportunity: being read for the next big thing while continuing to respond to the needs of today. Pursuit of quality: as defined by whom? Benchmarking challenges Balancing Acts: Innovations, Best Practices, Effective Practices |
www.macromedia.com | ||||
Evening Event |
T-Shirt Exchange
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Submitted by Laura J. Sederberg
lsederberg@csuchico.edu
June 23, 2005
