National Research Center for Distance Education and Technological

Advancements (DETA)

Tanya Joosten, DETA Co-Director and PI, @tjoosten, tjoosten@uwm.edu

Laura Pedrick, DETA Advisory Board, lpedrick@uwm.edu

Diane Reddy, DETA Co-Director and PI, reddy@uwm.edu

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DETA goals

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Understand and determine distance education outcomes

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Identify practices (instructional and institutional) that impact those outcomes

Conduct rigorous, interdisciplinary, and standardized research

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Ensure outcomes for all students, including those with disabilities

An example, UWMs U-Pace instructional approach

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DETA partner institutions

Year 1 goal: Develop research model

Outcomes

Framework of inquiry

Measures

Instrumentation

Year 1 activity: Host national summit

Year 1 goal: Implement technology for data collection

Year 1 activity timeline

Year 2 goal: Collect data

Year 2 activities: RFP for pilot grant awards

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Year 2/3 goal: Produce effective use cases

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Content

Text

Images

Audio

Video

Interactivity

Discussions

Groups

Feedback

Assessment

Written and oral examination

Discursive

Portfolio

Year 2/3 goal: CBE success factors

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Year 2/3 activities: Evaluation rubric

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Learner support Organization Design

Delivery Assessment Evaluation

Engagement Integration Technology

Appropriateness

Year 3 goal: Technological diffusion

Technology Rubric

Easy

503b compliant

Engagement

Learning

Satisfaction

Cost

Dissemination

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Partners: UW-System, UW-Extension, Milwaukee Area Technical College, EDUCAUSE Year Goals Activities

1-2

Develop National Distance Education and Technology

Advancements (DETA) research models for online

education

1. Host national summit

2. Determine desired outcomes

3. Establish framework of inquiry

4. Formulate measures

5. Establish research instrumentation

1-2

Implement technology systems for data collection,

storage, and retrieval

1. Develop protocols for data collection

2. Implement software for the collection of data

3. Establish guidelines for data storage

4. Develop protocols for data retrieval

5. Implement hardware and software for the storage and retrieval of data

2-3

Collect data by replicating research models at the

course, program, and institutional level

1. Produce research toolkits

2. Evaluate pilot grant proposal submissions

3. Engage research fellows in research projects

4. Ensure data collection addresses audiences of interest

2-3

Produce effective use cases for instructional

improvement to enhance student learning through

identification of success factors

1. Develop blueprints for best practices

2. Tag items for specific audiences

3. Develop rubric for course and program evaluation

2-3

Identify and disseminate success factors for

competency-based distance education

1. Conduct research on CBE

2. Develop best practices blueprints for CBE

3

Develop guidelines and a rubric for the diffusion of

technological advancements

1. Advance guidelines for technology diffusion

2. Develop technology evaluation rubric

1-3

Include disability in all aspects of the research goals 1. Embed disability specific questions/data fields within research instrumentation 2. Create curricular disability accessibility assessment tools

3. Identify which interventions impact learning for which type of disabilities

Questions

Tanya Joosten, @tjoosten, tjoosten@uwm.edu Laura Pedrick, lpedrick@uwm.edu Diane Reddy, reddy@uwm.edu