Serving More with Serving More with LessLess

Susan PowersSusan Powers Indiana State UniversityIndiana State University

Hilarie NickersonHilarie Nickerson University of North CarolinaUniversity of North Carolina

Phil MossPhil Moss Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Oklahoma State Regents for Higher EducationEducation

MERLOT at ISU

Support of Laptop Initiative

• Main focus at this time• Goes active Fall 2007• Address “how to use in the

classroom” questions of faculty• Blended initiatives to appear “as

one”

Faculty Development

• Introduction to MERLOT• How to Use MERLOT• Using MERLOT in the classroom• Extended faculty development with

other MERLOT work

Not Without Challenges

• Difficult to ascertain level of university support

• Balancing faculty and administration in MERLOT approaches

• Just “one more thing”

Perspectives from Perspectives from North CarolinaNorth CarolinaHilarie NickersonHilarie NickersonUNC Teaching and Learning UNC Teaching and Learning with Technology Collaborativewith Technology Collaborative

Public Higher Education Public Higher Education

UNCUNC

16 campuses16 campuses

200,000 students200,000 students

10,000 full-time 10,000 full-time facultyfaculty

NCCCSNCCCS

58 campuses58 campuses

200,000 FTE 200,000 FTE (800,000 headcount)(800,000 headcount)

6000 full-time 6000 full-time facultyfaculty

Collaboration, Part 1:Collaboration, Part 1:Intra-System InitiativesIntra-System Initiatives

NCCCS Common Curriculum ProjectNCCCS Common Curriculum Project Shared curriculum standardsShared curriculum standards Common course libraryCommon course library Standard course description formatStandard course description format

Collaboration, Part 1:Collaboration, Part 1:Intra-System InitiativesIntra-System Initiatives

UNC Information Technology Strategy UNC Information Technology Strategy ProjectProject Teaching and Learning with Technology Teaching and Learning with Technology

CollaborativeCollaborative Shared Services AllianceShared Services Alliance Office of Coordinated Technology Office of Coordinated Technology

ManagementManagement

Collaboration, Part 2:Collaboration, Part 2:Linking UNC and NCCCSLinking UNC and NCCCS

Driving factorsDriving factors Evolution of distance / e-learningEvolution of distance / e-learning Need to support simpler student transitions Need to support simpler student transitions

between institutionsbetween institutions State finances Legislative mandatesState finances Legislative mandates

Evolution ofEvolution ofDistance / e-LearningDistance / e-Learning

Correspondence coursesCorrespondence courses TelecoursesTelecourses Videoconferencing Videoconferencing

NCREN, NCIHNCREN, NCIH

Course and learning management Course and learning management systemssystems

Digital content repositoriesDigital content repositories

SupportingSupportingStudent TransitionsStudent Transitions

Goal to establish uniform and high quality Goal to establish uniform and high quality access, opportunity, and serviceaccess, opportunity, and service

Agreement to establish and abide by Agreement to establish and abide by standardsstandards

Alignment of technical and procedural Alignment of technical and procedural solutionssolutions

Working TogetherWorking Togetherin New Waysin New Ways

General education articulation agreementsGeneral education articulation agreements 2+2 programs in specific disciplines2+2 programs in specific disciplines Additional partners for PreK-20 expansionAdditional partners for PreK-20 expansion

Department of Public InstructionDepartment of Public Instruction NC Virtual Public SchoolNC Virtual Public School

LEARN NCLEARN NC Teacher professional development, AP coursesTeacher professional development, AP courses

Web AcademyWeb Academy Cumberland CountyCumberland County

Legislative InvolvementLegislative Involvement

E-Learning Commission reportE-Learning Commission report PreK-20 focusPreK-20 focus Develop high quality instructor training and Develop high quality instructor training and

support toolssupport tools Develop student support resourcesDevelop student support resources Establish North Carolina Learning Object Establish North Carolina Learning Object

Repository (NCLOR), library of sharable Repository (NCLOR), library of sharable digital contentdigital content

Legislative InvolvementLegislative Involvement

SB622SB622 2+2 NCCCS / UNC initiative2+2 NCCCS / UNC initiative Develop online resources for education Develop online resources for education

programsprograms $1 million recurring for NCCCS, $1 million $1 million recurring for NCCCS, $1 million

for UNCfor UNC Later: Recurring for UNC also?Later: Recurring for UNC also?

NCCCS / UNC Plans for a NCCCS / UNC Plans for a Learning Object RepositoryLearning Object Repository

Initially, use SB622 2+2 funding to Initially, use SB622 2+2 funding to establish focused LORestablish focused LOR Resources for online 2+2 education programsResources for online 2+2 education programs

Expand to become full NCLOR (PreK-20)Expand to become full NCLOR (PreK-20) Join SREB SCORE initiativeJoin SREB SCORE initiative

SREB: Southeastern Regional Education BoardSREB: Southeastern Regional Education Board SCORE: Sharable Content Object Repositories in SCORE: Sharable Content Object Repositories in

EducationEducation

NCLOR Behind the ScenesNCLOR Behind the Scenes

LMS independentLMS independent Accessible by both commercial and open source Accessible by both commercial and open source

LMS productsLMS products Scalable, with aggregate FTE / enrollment Scalable, with aggregate FTE / enrollment

licensinglicensing Conform to existing protocols and standardsConform to existing protocols and standards

Cataloging, metadata, retrieval, sharingCataloging, metadata, retrieval, sharing Accessibility, intellectual propertyAccessibility, intellectual property ID management, securityID management, security SREB SCORE, IEEE, SCORM, CORDRASREB SCORE, IEEE, SCORM, CORDRA

The Oklahoma State System The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education of Higher Education

Total Educational Revenues per FTE by State: Percent Change and Current Standing Relative to U.S. Average

Source: SHEEO SHEF

OK

AL

AK

AZ

ARCA

CO

CT

DE

FL

GA

HI

ID

IL

IN

IA

KSKY

LA

ME

MD

MAMI

MN

MS

MO

MT

NE NV

NH

NJNM NY

NC

ND

OH

OK

OR

PA

RI

SC

SD TNTX

UT

VTVA

WA

WV

WI

WY

US

-30%

-20%

-10%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6

Indexed to the U.S. Average in FY 2004

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% CHANGE: below avgCURRENT: above avg

% CHANGE: above avgCURRENT: above avg

Notes: 1) Figures are adjusted for inflation, public system enrollment mix, and state cost of living.2) Funding and FTE data are for public non-medical students only.

OK

The Oklahoma ChallengeThe Oklahoma Challenge

“… “… by by working togetherworking together, faculty can , faculty can provide provide higher-quality learning higher-quality learning experiencesexperiences in more in more cost-effective cost-effective ways…The product of this work would ways…The product of this work would be a toolkit of teaching processes/ be a toolkit of teaching processes/ materials for materials for voluntaryvoluntary use by faculty use by faculty across Oklahomaacross Oklahoma colleges and colleges and universities…universities…

The PlanThe Plan•2 Disciplines

–A specialized, low-enrollment discipline (Ecology)

–A general, high-enrollment discipline (Mathematics)

•2 Levels of “Granularity”–Big

(Course Level)

–Small (Learning Objects/Modules)

IMPROVING QUALITY IMPROVING QUALITY AND REDUCING COSTS:AND REDUCING COSTS:Redesigning Campus Learning Redesigning Campus Learning EnvironmentsEnvironments

REDESIGN in REDESIGN in OklahomaOklahoma

• East Central UniversityEast Central University• Rogers State UniversityRogers State University• University of Central OklahomaUniversity of Central Oklahoma• Connors State CollegeConnors State College• Oklahoma City Community Oklahoma City Community

CollegeCollege• Tulsa Community CollegeTulsa Community College

Academic Efficiency Academic Efficiency The 99% SolutionThe 99% Solution

• RestructuringRestructuring small fraction of small fraction of courses (~1%)courses (~1%)

• Modules/Learning Objects Modules/Learning Objects all all coursescourses– Smaller increases in efficiency possible per Smaller increases in efficiency possible per

course, but in a much larger number of course, but in a much larger number of courses.courses.

– Less resource intensive & more flexible Less resource intensive & more flexible than redesignthan redesign

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Questions?Questions?