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Strategic Decisions Related to Digital Learning Course/Program Development: Institution and Faculty Considerations. Institutional Considerations. Why are we going online? Enhance Enrollment/Revenue Generation Save Shrinking Programs Brand Promotion Does it fit our mission?.
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Strategic Decisions Related to Digital Learning Course/Program Development: Institution and Faculty Considerations
Institutional Considerations • Why are we going online? • Enhance Enrollment/Revenue Generation • Save Shrinking Programs • Brand Promotion • Does it fit our mission?
Institutional Considerations • Are we prepared to provide the necessary resources? • New Faculty • New Staff (e.g., advisors, student support staff, enrollment experts, financial aid, student billing) • Distance Education Experts • Marketing/Recruiting Experts
Institutional Considerations • What do we want to put online? • Where is the market? • Where is our talent? • Where are the willing participants? • Be strategic • Complete Degrees • Large Enrollment Courses • Bottle Neck Courses
Institutional Considerations • How to do it • Go it alone? • Partnerships with others? • Outsource aspects of the process?
“The difficulty lies, not so much in developing new ideas, but in escaping from old ones.”J. M. Kenyes
Institutional Considerations • Don’t Underestimate the importance of change management • This can be extremely “disruptive”
Faculty Considerations • IP issues • Compensation for development and teaching • Who teaches the course? Is it the same as the developer of the course? • Importance of Faculty Development & Support • Importance of Backfill to the department
Faculty Considerations • Workload Issues • In-load or overload? • Opportunities to enhance research • Not tethered to the classroom • Consider alternate work patterns
UT Arlington • AY 2011/2012 • 1332 DE Sections * • 13,290 Students with fully online schedules • 20,755 Students took at least one online course
UT Arlington • www.uta.edu/distance • Complete Degree Programs • Bachelor: • Solo: RN-BSN, BSN • Consortium: CRCJ, University Studies • Master: • Solo: MPA, MSN (Admin), MEd (C&I – Literacy, C&I-Math Ed, C&I-Science Ed, Ed Administration), MSW
UT Arlington Core Courses • 6 Hours of English ENGL 1301, ENGL 1302 • 3 Hours of Literature ENGL 2309, ENGL 2319, ENGL 2329 • 3 Hours of Liberal Arts Elective CRCJ 2334, CTEC 2300, GERM 2313, 2314 SPAN 2313, 2314, FREN 1441, • 6 Hours of US History HIST 1311, HIST 1312 • 6 Hours of Political Science POLS 2311, POLS 2312 Some used for Dual Credit Program • 6 Hours of Mathematics MATH 1302, MATH 1308 • 8 Hours of Lab Science ASTR 1445, ASTR 1446, BIOL 1433, BIOL 1434, GEOL 1425, GEOL 1426 CHEM 1451 • 3 Hours of Social/Cultural Studies ECON 2305, ECON 2306, SOCI 1311 • 3 Hours of Fine Arts ART 1301
UT Arlington • Notable Courses • Intro to Psych (PSYC 1315) • Developmental Psyc (PSYC 3310) • Developmental English and Math • Cell and Molecular Biology (BIOL 1441) • Anatomy and Physiology (BIOL 2457,2458) • Microbiology (BIOL 2460) • Money and Banking (ECON 3303) • Technical Writing (ENGL 2338) • Health Lifestyle (HEED 1340)
Case Study – UT Arlington College of Nursing • Context – State and National Nursing Shortage • 27,000 nurses short in 2010 and predicted to reach 70,600 n 2020 • 8,000 – 12,000 qualified students not admitted • Constraints • Clinical Sites • Budget for expansion • Faculty Shortage
Case Study – UT Arlington College of Nursing • Started with RN-BSN, Later BSN • Innovations • Partnered with a vendor • Partnered with employers of registered nurses • Re-envisioned the curriculum • Prerequisite re-evaluation • Course sequencing reconsideration • Unintended consequence – improvement in F2F program
Case Study – UT Arlington College of Nursing • Innovations • Re-envisioned Instructional Process • Class size • Clinical sites
Case Study – UT Arlington College of Nursing • RN – BSN • 1st Start Date (November 17, 2008): 27 students • 26th Start Date (Jan, 16, 2012): 549 • 38 Month Enrollment Total: 6, 689 • Average graduation time: 16 months • Student, Employer, Faculty Feedback positive • BSN – Allowed us to admit apx. 100 new BSN • NCLEX Pass Rates for F2F and Online the same (94% vs 93.5%) • Additional Benefit: Revenue for the College and University