digital learning and the transformation of the academic

Thomas Cavanagh, Ph.D.Vice Provost for Digital LearningUniversity of Central Florida

Digital Learning and the Transformationof the Academic EnterpriseBreaking the Iron Triangle

Over 13,000 faculty and staff224 degree programs26% Hispanic, 47.3% minority54.9% female22% over age 2572,000+ students (Fall 2020)

Center for Distributed Learning• Design and production of online/blended courses• Webcourses@UCF Support for all students/faculty• Pegasus Innovation Lab• Faculty Multimedia Center

UCF Online• Delivery and support of 100+ fully online programs via virtual campus• Marketing and recruitment• Student success coaching and support

Continuing Education• Non-credit programs, in-class and online• Market rate and self-supporting graduate academic programs

Mobile Strategy & Innovation• UCF Mobile app and related mobile initiatives

160 staff: Faculty, A&P,

USPS, OPS

Online Learning at UCF

Pegasus Innovation

Lab

Blended Adaptive

Pilot

Adaptive Learning

Learning Analytics

Online Courses

Online Programs

Mixed-Mode

Lecture Capture

Web-Enhanced

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The Iron Triangle

IRONTRIANGLE

Immerwahr, Johnson, & Gasbarra, 2008

ACCESS

ACCESS

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Academic Year 2019-20

• 49.4% total university SCH online and blended• 33% fully online SCH

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Colleges over 50% digital SCHo Hospitality

80.6% | 42.1% online onlyo Community Innovation & Ed

72.6% | 58.8% online onlyo Nursing

68.3% | 54.2% online onlyo School of Communication

68.8% | 44.9% online onlyo Business

58.4% | 10.5% online onlyo Arts and Humanities

57.2% | 45.9% online onlyo Undergrad Studies

53.8% | 46.3% online only

Colleges over 25% digital SCHo Health Professions & Sciences

43.9% | 33% online only

o Sciences 36.3% | 28.4% online only

o Graduate Studies 39.5% | 14.5% online only

o Engineering & Comp Sci25.8% | 18.1% online only

Academic Year 2019-20

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UCF Today:72,000+ Students

UCF Today:

Without Digital Learning: 44,000 students

Online Exclusive Headcount by Semester

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*Terms associated with significant redesign of Business courses from online lecture capture to blended/active

8,810

6,304 6,546

9,916

6,971 6,957

10,389

7,160 7,444

11,110

7,873 7,675

11,947

9,125 8,945

14,177

9,98710,495

14,709

10,65410,405

15,694

10,26710,449

16,205

11,03910,973

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4,000

6,000

8,000

10,000

12,000

14,000

16,000

18,000

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UCF Online Growth Trends

UCF Online Enrollment

• Fall 2020: 6,730

46%

45%

9%

UCF Online Location

Central Florida Other Florida Out of State

UCF Online Demographics

QUALITY

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Student Success

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Student Withdrawal

Blended Learning 57%Fully Online 55%Face-to-Face 53%Video (fully online) 47%Video (blended) 45%

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N = 1,431,907

– Dziuban & Moskal, 2017

Overall “Excellent” Student Ratings

UCF Online vs. Non-UCF Online

Grades

UCF Online Success Measures

UCF Online vs. Non-UCF Online

Grades

Achievement gaps are smaller for Pell and minority students in mixed modality & online courses

92 91 85 92 83 96 9289 88 91 89 90 94 9091 91 92 91 91 93 9187 87 89 88 88 90 8989 89 93 89 90 93 8984 85 88 85 85 88 85

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50

100

Fall 13

% of students receiving A, B or C grades in the course

Fall 15Summer 15Spring 15Fall 14Summer 14Spring 14

Generally, mixed & online courses have slightly smaller achievement gap for Pell vs. face-to-face

...and slightly smaller achievement gap for minorities1 vs. face-to-face

Face-to-face, Pell eligibleFace-to-face, non Pell eligible

Fully online, Pell eligibleFully online, non Pell eligible

Mixed mode, Pell eligibleMixed mode, non Pell eligible

92 91 95 92 92 96 9291 88 92 90 90 94 9090 91 92 90 90 93 9188 88 89 88 89 90 8988 89 83 89 89 9385 86 89 85 86 89 8588

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50

100

% of students receiving A, B or C grades in the course

Fall 15Summer 15Fall 13 Spring 15Fall 14Summer 14Spring 14

Face-to-face, minorityFully online, minorityFace-to-face, non minorityFully online, non minority

Mixed mode, minorityMixed mode, non minority

1. Minority includes American Indian/Alaskan Native, Asian, Black/African American, Hispanic, Latino, Multi-racial, Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander. Note: Data shows course-level success rates by modality, split by demographics. Students are not exclusively in one modality, and may be taking courses across different modalities and changing that mix each term, so it is not possible to make connections between demographics and modality outcomes.Source: Data shared by UCF Research Initiative for Teaching Effectiveness (RITE) unit, BCG analysis

Full-time faculty teaching % of online SCH comparable to or higher than % for face-to-face...

22%14% 15% 13%

79%86% 85% 88%

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60

40

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100106,603

Face-to-face Grad

Face-to-face

Undergrad

Web Grad

982,592% SCH (and total SCH along top of graph)

Modality and level

Web Undergrad

435,571 38,180

23% 18%9% 13%

87%91%82%77%

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0

60

40

80

100

% sections (and total sections along top of graph)

Modality and level

8,405

Face-to-face Grad

Face-to-face

Undergrad

4,884

Web Undergrad

1,731 905

Web Grad

Adjunct or GTAFull time faculty

Share of SCH in each modality1 taught by faculty vs. adjuncts or GTAs, AY15-16

Share of sections in each modality1 taught by faculty vs. adjuncts or GTAs, AY15-16

Full time faculty

shares likely to increase as UCF has dedicated

funds to hire ~250 more

tenure track faculty

1. For this analysis, figures provided use the same modality definitions as are used for monitoring compliance with regional accreditation standards; mixed-modality courses are considered among the face-to-face activity since there is a physical presence expectation that requires physical resources not required for fully online courses. Note: All figures shown are for AY15-16 (Summer, Fall, Spring). Source: UCF Office of Academic Affairs, UCF interviews, BCG analysis

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Faculty Development

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Faculty Development

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COST

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Online % and Speed to Graduation (FTIC Full-time)

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UNDERGRADUATE

22.2% savings 15.5% savingsGRADUATE

UCF Online Student Savings

POST-COVID-19 Considerations

• 200,000+ SCH to 700,000+ SCH

• 300+ faculty trained in summer 2020

• Future of synchronous learning

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