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Setting the Stage: The Need for Collaborative Programs

Setting the Stage: The Need for Collaborative Programs. Steve Graham University of Missouri System. Governor Nixon’s Charge to Higher Education. Attainment Academic Program Review Cooperation Funding

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Setting the Stage: The Need for Collaborative Programs

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  1. Setting the Stage: The Need for Collaborative Programs Steve Graham University of Missouri System

  2. Governor Nixon’s Charge to Higher Education • Attainment • Academic Program Review • Cooperation • Funding • Changing Nature of Students (e.g., Vision of Students Today - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o) • NCAT course redesign • Lumina Foundation’s goal

  3. Ohio Calls on Blackboard To Create Statewide Online Learning Clearinghouse • Ohio's Board of Regentsworking with Blackboard to develop a program that will host distance learning courses for the state. • http://thejournal.com/articles/2010/08/05/ohio-calls-on-blackboard-to-create-statewide-online-learning-clearinghouse.aspx

  4. Minnesota Students First • Students First will allow students to benefit from the breadth of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system with and the diverse offerings from the many campuses. • Detailed information about the Students First initiative is available at www.studentsfirst.project.mnscu.edu

  5. Tennessee Board of Regents Online Campus • Using technology, the Regents Online Campus Collaborative strives to provide high quality, affordable, student-centered learning. Accomplished through collaboration among Tennessee Board of Regents’ institutions. • The Regents Online Campus Collaborative is a cooperative online effort with 6 universities, 13 community colleges and 26 technology centers in Tennessee. • http://www.rodp.org/home/mission-purpose

  6. Introducing WGU Indiana • WGU Indiana is online, competency-based and designed to increase access to higher education. For Indiana residents it becomes another public institution. • Established through a special partnership with Western Governors University. WGU Indiana was developed to serve the needs of Indiana citizens. • WGU Indiana offers 50 accredited bachelor’s and master’s degrees in high-demand fields. • http://indiana.wgu.edu/about_wgu_indiana/overview

  7. Colleges See 17 Percent Increase in Online Enrollment • 17 percent increase in online enrollment, with more than one in four students taking at least one online course in the fall of 2008, according the Sloan Consortium. • The growth rate surpassed12-percent increase last year. Dwarfs 1.2 percent growth rate seen in higher-education student population overall. • More than 4.6-million students enrolled online overall. Up from 3.9 million in previous year.

  8. National Trends • By 2014 online enrollment to skyrocket to 22 million Source: Ambient Insight, “US Self-paced eLearning Market,” via Webinar entitled “Innovation in Educational Technology: The Virtualization of K-12 and Higher Education,” October 2009.

  9. New Initiative Will Advance the Best Uses of Technology to Improve College Readiness and Completion • SEATTLE -- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced the Next Generation Learning Challenges, a collaborative, multi-year initiative to help improve college readiness and completion in the US using eLearning technology. • The program will provide grants to innovators and organizations in order to expand the use of technology tools for students, teachers, and schools.

  10. Next Generation Learning • Increase use blended learning models, i.e., combine face-to-face instruction with eLearning activities. • Deepening students’ learning and engagement with interactive applications, e.g., digital games, interactive video, simulations, and social media. • Support access of high-quality open courseware, especially for high- enrollment introductory classes - which may show lower rates of student success. • Help institutions, instructors, and students with learning analytics – tools that monitor student progress in real-time and customize support tools and interventions.

  11. Conference Format • Monday – • Collaborative programs • Tuesday – • National perspective • Discussions about redesign • What we hope to accomplish • New ways of offering courses • Collaborative programs - statewide • Networking and sharing expertise

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