technology alliance (4-13-11)
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Tech Alliance Board meeting @ Google (4-13-11)TRANSCRIPT
Strategic Implications of
eLearning Growth & Open
Education
• Old: eLearning as delivery mechanism.
• New: eLearning as learning effectiveness strategy.
Shifting our Thinking…
• Engaging broad segments of our population in higher education requires we collectively recognize and use the immense power of digital technologies and shared educational resources to support 21st century teaching and learning.
Shifting our Thinking…
• eLearning up 31%– increase of 7,307 FTEs to…–30,911 state FTES (“5 ½ Colleges”)
• All funding sources, all eLearning = 37,110 FTEs
–Of all state funded FTE growth: • 58% of the growth was eLearning
–eLearning is now 19% of all state funded instructional activity
eLearning Growth …2008 / 09 to 2009 / 10
Source: SBCTC Data Warehouse
• 111,000 students learn Online each year + 51,000 Hybrid (headcount)
• Online learning is the most popular form of eLearning, comprising 65 percent. – up 3,276 state FTES: 20% growth
• Hybrid courses (online + face-to-face) are growing rapidly. – up 3,504 state FTES: 67% growth
eLearning Growth …2008 / 09 to 2009 / 10
Source: SBCTC Data Warehouse
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5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
30,000
35,000
2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10
eLearning FTESState Supported
All Other*
Hybrid
Online
13,621
23,604
30,911
18,86815,892
*Includes Telecourses, Correspondence and ITV
eLearning Growth …2008 / 09 to 2009 / 10
Source: SBCTC Data Warehouse
Why does this growth matter?
Educate More CitizensI. Raise educational attainment
to create prosperity, opportunity
Policy Goal: Increase the total number of degrees and certificates…
By 2018, raise mid-level degrees and certificates to 36,200 annually, an increase of 9,400 degrees annually.
HECB Master Plan
• 2.2M round trips avoided= reduced traffic congestion
• 3.3M gallons of gas saved
• 64.4M pounds of CO2 not in the air
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Gas / Trips / CO2 Savings
http://techplan.sbctc.edu
• ANGEL: online, hybrid, web-enhanced learning
• Tegrity: lecture capture• 24 / 7 Help Desk• Elluminate: web conferencing• 24 / 7 Library Reference• NW eTutoring Consortium: online
tutoring• Streaming Media Server (Amazon)• Faculty Professional Development
Implementing: Strategic Technology Plan
WA Community & Technical Colleges save: $6 million / year
All Students, Faculty & Staff at all 34 Colleges have access.
Efficient Purchasing = Access
eLearning
… but what about sharing digital content?
We have…
a problem...
The high cost of textbooks has reduced Washington citizens’ access to higher education.
Full-time students spend approximately $1,000 on textbooks every year.
College Board Report: Trends in College Pricing (2007)
English Composition I
• 50,000+ enrollments / year
• x $100 textbook
• = $5+ Million every year
• …the current Higher Education textbook market is estimated at $8.2 billion, and is expected to reach in excess of $9 billion by 2014.
Total market size based on Eduventures Textbook Market Study and the National Association of College Stores, 2009.
Open Education Goal: increase access and completion by providing high quality, affordable, openly licensed educational resources.
Open Education
• Open Course Library– designing and sharing 81 high
enrollment, gatekeeper courses– for face-to-face, hybrid and/or online
delivery– to improve course completion rates– lower textbook costs for students (<$30)– provide new resources for faculty to use
in their courses– for our college system to fully engage the
global open educational resources discussion.
Open Education
• All digital software, educational resources and knowledge produced through competitive grants, offered through and/or managed by the SBCTC, will carry a Creative Commons Attribution License.
New State Board “Open” Policy
• What are the kinds of decisions that will lead us to optimal use of technologies, content and talent to support student achievement for all Washingtonians?
So what’s next?
• What would happen to the quality of curriculum if all system digital content was shared and course (re)design was data driven?
• How can we use technologies and shared content to significantly increase completion rates?
Questions
• Carnegie Mellon Open Learning Initiative courses… (article)
Questions
• OLI Research Results:– OLI students completed course in half
the time with half the number of in-person meetings
– Accelerated learning study (Statistics): 33% more content, learning gain in standardized test 13% OLI vs 2% in traditional face-to-face class.
– OLI Online vs. traditional. OLI 99% completion rate vs 41% completion rate traditional.
Questions
Lovett, M., Meyer, O., & Thille, C. (2008). The Open Learning Initiative: Measuring the effectiveness of the OLI statistics course in accelerating student learning. Journal of Interactive Media in Education.
• What if all state funded educational content was open access?
• What kind of efficiencies could higher education yield?
• Simple idea: public access to publicly funded educational materials. – NIH & DOE are leading the federal
government to do just that.
Questions
• $2 Billion Department of Labor Grant
• All $2B of programs / courses produced must be openly licensed (CC BY)– WA Colleges can download, modify and
use any of it!
• Simple idea: public access to publicly funded educational materials.
Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College andCareer Training Grants Program
Dr. Cable GreenDirector of eLearning & Open
EducationSBCTC
twitter: cgreenblog.oer.sbctc.edu