Tanya Joosten, PhDCo-Director and PINational Research Center for Distance Education and Technological Advancement

Director, eLearning Research and DevelopmentUniversity of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

@tjoosten, tjoosten@uwm.edu

slideshare.net/tjoostenuwm.edu/DETAPromoting Student

Access and Success Through Research

How do we ensure all students have access to a quality higher education?

Access through distance education

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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

National Research Center for Distance Education and Technological Advancements (DETA)

Year 1 goal: Develop research model

Outcomes Research questions

Framework of inquiry Measures

Instrumentation

Year 1 activity: Host national summit

Desired Outcomes

Access

Learning Effectiveness

Instructional Effectiveness

Satisfaction

http://uwm.edu/deta/desired-outcomes/

Research questions

Research questions

What are the definitions of success from students’ perspective? 33

What are the different design components (content, interactivity, assessments) that impact student learning? 29

What patterns of behaviors lead to increased student learning for different populations? 26

How can we define and measure student success beyond traditional outcomes? 25

What support structures are critical to providing quality access to online instruction? 22

What is the currency of student learning beyond the existing credit hours? 22

What are the key components that promote a sustainable and an effective teaching and learning ecosystem? 21

Framework of inquiry

Framework of inquiry

Research toolkits

Shared measures – Student performance is based on numerical representation of grade converted to a 4.0 scale received in the course on assessments and as an overall grade.

RQs - What are the different design components (content, interactivity, assessments) that impact student learning?

Year 2 goal: Collect data

Year 2 activities: RFP for pilot grant awards

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Year 2/3 goal: CBE success factors

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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

Dissemination

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

1-2

Develop National Distance Education and Technology Advancements (DETA) research models for online education

1. Host national summit2. Determine desired outcomes3. Establish framework of inquiry4. Formulate measures5. Establish research instrumentation

1-2

Implement technology systems for data collection, storage, and retrieval

1. Develop protocols for data collection2. Implement software for the collection of data3. Establish guidelines for data storage4. Develop protocols for data retrieval5. Implement hardware and software for the storage and retrieval of data

2-3Collect data by replicating research models at the course, program, and institutional level

1. Produce research toolkits2. Evaluate pilot grant proposal submissions3. Engage research fellows in research projects4. 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 practices2. Tag items for specific audiences3. Develop rubric for course and program evaluation

2-3

Identify and disseminate success factors for competency-based distance education

1. Conduct research on CBE2. Develop best practices blueprints for CBE

3

Develop guidelines and a rubric for the diffusion of technological advancements

1. Advance guidelines for technology diffusion2. Develop technology evaluation rubric

1-3

Include disability in all aspects of the research goals 1. Embed disability specific questions/data fields within research instrumentation2. Create curricular disability accessibility assessment tools3. Identify which interventions impact learning for which type of disabilities

Questions

National Research Center for Distance Education and Technological Advancements (DETA)

UWM.edu/DETA

Tanya Joosten, @tjoosten, tjoosten@uwm.edu

Twitter | @tjoosten

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