Mo Cuevas, PhD, LCSWRebecca Gomez, PhD, LCSWKimberly Barnett Gibson, PhD

Do You Have What it Takes? Resources, Support & Systems Needed to Develop an Online MSW Program

THE CHALLENGE

Maintaining who we are…

while transforming at light speed.

Early Online Program ParadigmsCorporate Academic

Efficiently designed, scalable courses created by SME and Instructional Designer and taught primarily by adjunct faculty.

Courses designed and taught by single full-time faculty with limited consultation or oversight.

All courses built in professionally designed course template.

All courses built by individual faculty member.

Program and courses “owned” by University.

Program owned by Department. Courses “owned” by individual faculty.

OLLU Online Program ParadigmCollaborative Design

Collaboratively designed, highly interactive, multi-modal, scalable courses created by SME, Instructional Designer, Instructional Technologist, and Department following University guidelines. Taught by full-time and adjunct faculty.All courses built in professionally designed course template.Program and courses “owned” by Department and University.

Building an Online Program

Program Redesign, Individual Course Redesign, Field Redesign, Faculty Redesign, and Administrative Support Redesign

Moving to Online

• If you build it, they might come….then what?

Who are Online Students?

Maintaining “Familia” with a changing Demographic

• What does it mean to be an OLLU grad?

• What does it mean to be a Worden grad?

A Day in the Life

• What it takes every day to get here?– Over 90% retention rate.– Online students meeting or exceeding on campus

student competencies.– Over 90% faculty retention rate– Continued program growth

Questions?• Mo Cuevas, PhD, LCSW

Director, Worden School of Social Servicemccuevas@ollusa.edu

• Rebecca Gomez, PhD, LCSWMSW Program Director

rjgomez@ollusa.edu

• Kimberly Barnett Gibson, PhDAssistant Vice President for Academic Affairs in Online Learningkgibson@ollusa.edu

Worden School of Social ServiceGet to Know Us…

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