ADEC Experience & Best Practices

1. ADECExperience & Best Practices Learning Shapes the World

2. The World Shapes Learning Who, What, Where, When, Why, How

3. ADEC-www.adec.edu • Advancing Learning, Science, Access…Anytime, Anyplace • Growing Global Networks • Collaboratories • Strategic Planning • Research and Development • Partnerships

4. ADEC Vision • To provide affordable science based global access to higher education learning resources, programs, courses, degrees and research opportunities

5. ADEC Mission • Assists member institutions to become fully engaged in ADEC, an international consortium of educational institutions and organizations, and provides economical distance education programs and services via the latest and most appropriate information technologies

6. ADEC Programs • Designed for active and effective learning • Support the needs of learners • Develop and maintain the technological and human infrastructure • Sustain administrative and organizational commitment

7. Institutional Challenges • Living with increased competition and limited funding • Addressing new learners and methods of learning • Organizing internally for efficiency and effectiveness; encouraging innovation, cooperation and collaboration • Managing Change – overcoming resistance

8. ADEC Core Values • Excellence is standard for all programs • Diversity and inclusion that ensures gender, racial and social balance • Responsive and accountable to learners, communities and audiences served • World class programs that meet global needs • Expand the public awareness of educational programs and benefits

9. ADEC Strategic Initiatives • Global Science & Education Programs • Disaster Relief and Homeland Security • Innovation: Research & Development • Human Capacity: Workforce Development & Commonwealth of Courses • Digital Infrastructure (Digital Libraries and Knowledge Repositories)

10. Sample Programs/Projects • Western Hemisphere Initiative • NSF Advanced Internet Satellite Extension Program • China – Advanced Networking – Distance Education & Digital Libraries • Educational Effectiveness Research and Best Practices • E-Commerce

11. Sample Program/Projects • Cooperative Agreement with USDA National Agricultural Library – Development of Thesaurus in Spanish for Latin America and Mexico • Strategic Planning with Latin American Institutions • Sloan Foundation Partnership: Minority Serving Institutions, CAM, Leadership

12. Sloan and ADEC Partnership • The Pillars • Learning Effectiveness • Student Satisfaction • Access • Faculty Development • Cost Effectiveness

13. The Book: NSF Results

14. Digital Inclusion • Communities • Connections • Costs • Options

15. Teaching & Learning with Technology • E-learning • Online learning • Blended Learning • Distance Learning • Learning

16. ROI • Benchmarking • Accountability • Values and Ethics

17. E-Science • Field Stations • Collaboratories • Transparency • Visualization • Simulation

18. Academic Trends - Global • Knowledge and information growing exponentially – no one can be expert – networks critical • Instruction is becoming more learner centers, non-linear and self directed • Growing emphasis on academic accountability-demonstrate competency • Outsourcing and partnerships increasing

19. E-Learning to Change the World Survey November 2004 – nonprofits and associations www.nten.org Entering the Mainstream: Quality and Extent of Online Education in the U.S. 2003 and 2004-Sloan-C A Nation Online: Entering the Broadband Era Sept. 2004 – U.S. Dept. of Commerce

20. Key Findings • Widespread Use of E-Learning: 54% of respondent organizations are using or planning to use this year – 36% more are interested • Vast majority of organizations satisfied: 88% • Wide variety of uses: self-paced E-Learning most common • Key benefits: convenience, access and cost effectiveness

21. Sloan C Survey • Approximately two million students studying online • Online enrollment growth expected to accelerate

22. Sloan C (cont.) • Students as satisfied with online as face to face • Schools believe online learning is critical to their long-term strategy • Three quarters of academic leaders at public colleges and universities believe that online learning quality is equal to or superior to face-to-face instruction

23. Online Learning Continuum • No online learning content: TRADITIONAL • 1-29% may use a CMS, web pages, modules, virtual field trips, simulation, visualization to small degree: WEB ENHANCED • 30-79% Substantial proportion of content is delivered online: BLENDED/HYBRID • 80%+ Little or no face to face: ONLINE

24. Learner Centered – Active LearningPew Grant Lessons Learned • Continuous assessment and feedback • Student-to-student discussion and projects • Interactive learning modules • Use of undergraduate learning assistants • Increase flexibility but students need structure • Student centered concrete learning plan with specific mastery components and milestones of achievement

25. Pew Lessons Learned (cont) • Online course management system • Online tutorials • Online CMC system • Online automated assessment of exercises, quizzes and tests • Shared resources – collaboration and partnerships – don’t do it all locally

26. Pew Lessons Learned (cont) • Increase efficiency: larger student enrollments, blended classes, reduce costs, consolidate sections and courses • Faculty who are willing to use an appropriate blend of homegrown and free or purchased learning materials from others have a large head start – critical success factor

27. Today’s Learners • The modern college student is interested in online learning, small modules and short programs…and in learning that can be done at home and fitted around work, family and social obligations (Tony Bates)

28. Learners Today • Information-age learners prefer doing to knowing, trial and error to logic and typing to handwriting. Multitasking is a way of life for them, staying connected is essential and there is zero tolerance for delays. Modern literacy includes not only text but also image and screen literacy – it involves navigating information and assembling knowledge from fragments (Oblinger; Jones and Pritchard)

29. Today’s Adult Learner • Pragmatic, problem solver • Self-directed and goal and relevancy oriented – they need the rationale for what they are learning. They are motivated by professional advancement, external expectations, the need to better serve others, social relationships, and pure interest in the subject.

30. Items Being Studied • Completion and retention rates • Maturity and learner motivation • Division of labor – unbundling faculty role – new kinds of instructional staff – adjusts – team including administrators, instructional designers,

31. What It Means to Pioneer • Be first or early in settling new territory…..first mover • People who open up an area or prepare the way

32. Indigenous Knowledge • Learning from the edges of the network • Sharing and exchange in real-time

33. A Flat World • World has been flattened by convergence of political events, innovations and companies

34. The World Is Flat • “I would rather be a genius born in China than an average guy born in Poughkeepsie” – Bill Gates • Virtual World – China and India loom large • We can’t stop the wave • We can do BETTER in so many ways -- rich – poor divide • Soaring health care costs – burden in global race

35. Pioneers: Early & On-Time • Take risks • Learn from mistakes • Build the infrastructure • Don’t give up!

36. Myths & Tall Tales • There is nothing at the edges of net • It’s about technology • It’s BW & video lectures

37. Myths & Tall Tales • It’s only for the young/teens • We are building tools that fit the need, user,”hand” • Distance ed is not as good • Regulation is benign

38. The Journey Continued • Cyber infrastructure • Collaborations • Wireless/Anywhere • Blurring research/education

39. On Campus Workforce Retirees International New Distance Education Immigrants

40. Clicks & Mortar

41. Leading for Access & Success • Know culture • Read context • Just in time • Share glory • Build trust • Connect

42. Leading for Access & Success • Learn from mistakes • Be accountable • Build hope & confidence • Construct partnerships • Broker talent

43. Leadership Leverage Points • Leadership team establishes system level (high) aims and benchmarks for continuous improvement • Aligns system measures (transparent), strategy and projects in a leadership learning system • Leadership level leads a trusting respectful assessment

44. Leadership Leverage Points • Get the right team with the right skills on the expedition • Be certain your financial backers are in for long haul • Shared leadership means engaging key people from the four cultures • Keep building internal capability

45. Mainstreaming & Sustainability • Student Services • Institutional Evaluation • Admissions • Financial Aid • Advising • Library

46. Digital LibrariesKnowledge Repositories • Institutional Infrastructure • Open & Decentralized • Bridging • Greenstone & DSpace=StoneD

47. Materials for “e” Dissertations E-prints Proceedings PPT Slides Tech Reports Working Papers E-books

48. Journals Newspapers Data Sets Special Collections Museum Collections Online Materials

49. Going Digital Publications Musical scores Records Exhibitions Images Performances Audio Transcripts Moving images Maps

50. E-Stuff Plan and Blueprints Software Course Content Learning Objects E-portfolios Blogs, Webpages, Lab protocols, etc.