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Enhancing Education: Leveraging Distributed Tools and Support

Explore how structured activities in a welcoming environment, supported by old and new distribution tools, can transform education. With a focus on markets, financing, and readiness, drive innovation through tech-savvy strategies. Discover the key to improving faculty readiness, courses, and fostering experimentation.

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Enhancing Education: Leveraging Distributed Tools and Support

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  1. Distributed Education • Education • Distribution • Tools • Support Issues • Markets • Financing • Northwestern Readiness • Conclusion

  2. Education • Structured activities to bring about learning • An hospitable environment to support these structured activities • Facilities • Resources • Administration

  3. Distribution • Old • Television, mail,recordings, etc. • New • Internet portals

  4. Tools • Old • Production facility, specialist, etc. • New • Software tools plus expert advice

  5. Support Issues • Administration • Built into the web portal • Support Services • Through the web portal

  6. Markets • Alumni Organizations • High Schools • Other Colleges and Universities • Corporate Training Departments

  7. Financing • Production Expenses • Marginal to on campus production • Management/Marketing Expenses • Other organizations • Revenue • High prices

  8. Northwestern Readiness • Students • Faculty • Infrastructure • Support

  9. Students • 100% of undergraduates use CourseInfo • Personal and academic use of technology began in elementary school • Transact business/entertainment on-line

  10. Faculty • Current blackboard courses 420 of 3,578 courses being offered (12%) • Blackboard Course sites 1,539 • Other central course Web sites 40 • Other school Web sites 538

  11. Blackboard Rate of Increase

  12. Infrastructure • Network • Campus, regional, national and international • Server Farm • Centralized/back-up/security/7x24 • Desktop • Thin clients • All Associated Services

  13. Support • IT • Library • Schools • Enrollment Services • Student Affairs ? • …

  14. Conclusion • Philosophy • DE a part of our educational plans • DE support a part of our normal support • DE infrastructure a part of our infrastructure • Use the research enterprise as a model • Think Distributed Education • Improve Faculty’s Readiness • Improve Present Courses • Encourage Experimentation

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