“What’sNewinDistanceLearning?”KelvinBentley

eLearningConsultant

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FactorsShapingHigherEdLandscape

WorkforceDevelopment

Needs

Individualswithsomecollegebut

nodegreeUSEconomy

Reducedstatefunding

Performance-basedfunding LimitedFootprints

Employerdoubtsabouttheefficacyofcredentials

FactorsShapingtheDigitalLearningLandscape

ExpandingRoleofOER

AdaptiveCourseware NGDLE

Competency-based

Education

StudentIdentityandAcademic

IntegrityTutoring

Analytics eTranscripts

ExpandingRoleofOER

LumenLearning

District-WideOERInitiative

OERDegreeExample:TidewaterCC

PersonalizedLearning

PersonalizedLearning

PriorLearningAssessment

AdaptiveCourseware

MicrocredentialingandDigitalBadges eTranscripts

PriorLearningAssessment

AmericanCouncilofEducation’sAlternativeCreditProject

Source:https://online.dcccd.edu/cd/special-programs/pages/alternative-credit.aspx#accept

Source:http://bit.ly/kctcslearnondemand

SkillCertification:Degreed

Source:https://degreed.com/skill-certification

DigitalBadges:CredlyExample

AdaptiveCourseware

LumenLearning’sWaymaker

OpenStax TutorBeta

CengageOpenNow

SmartSparrow’sBioBeyond

• SRIInternationalcompared1,8000studentcoursegradesacross4HEinstitutions:• Improvementsinstudentsuccessin3ofthe4institutionsincludingASUandMiamiDadeexperiencingalmostahalflettergrade

Source:https://campustechnology.com/articles/2017/10/02/adaptive-bio-course-for-non-majors-finds-success-with-simulation-virtual-field-trips.aspx

CoursewareinContextFramework

NextGenerationDigitalLearningEnvironment

Educause’sNGDLE

FromJohnO’Brien,fromEducause:www.tinyurl.com/y75hpuyq

LearningAnalytics

ExamplesofSourcesofData

SIS LMS Courseware

CRM Other(e.g.,tutoring)

LMSExample

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm_TvoNpzQg

OnlineTutoringExample

PurdueUniversity’sPattern

http://bit.ly/CTArticleonPattern

Civitas Learning

WordsofCaution

Competency-BasedEducation

TowardaDefinition

• “Competency-basededucationallowsstudentstoprogressoftenattheirownpace,astheydemonstratemastery-measuredthroughauthenticassessment-ofadefinedsetofknowledgeandskills.Programsmaybeorganizedaroundtraditionalcourse-basedunits,butthisisnotrequired.Amajorityofthecurriculummustincluderegularandsubstantivefaculty-initiatedinteraction.”TexasA&MUniversity-Commerce’s InstituteofCompetency-based

Education-March2016

RedefiningtheHighSchoolTranscript

eTranscript Example:UMUC

https://www.imsglobal.org/activity/extended-transcript

StrategiestoSupporttheFutureofDigitalLearning

TrackandSupportDigitalLearning

EnsureInstructionalContentReflectsUniversalDesign

Standards

EnsuretheIdentityoftheDigital

Learner&ProtectAcademicIntegrity

Revise“ALTLearn”Strategiesthrough

ContinualImprovement

TrackandSupportDigitalLearning

• OfferIntrusiveadvisingandnudging• DevelopandsendEarlyAlerts• CoursewareExample:LumenLearningWaymaker• OnlineTutoringExample:Tutor.com• SystemssuchasHobsonsStarfish

• Leveragetheuseofpredictiveanalytics• OfferSupplementalInstruction• TargetpoorstudentsuccesscoursessuchasMath• Whatdoesthismodellooklikewhenofferedfullyonline?

AlignInstructionalContentwithUDLStandards

• Provideongoingprofessionaldevelopmentforfaculty• IncludemodulesonADAininitialonlinefacultycertificationcourse• Invite”kick-offsemester”ADAguestspeaker

• InvestigatethefeasibilityofusinganevolvingaccessibilitycheckerlikeBlackboard’sAlly• CreateandsharearubrictohelpfacultyassesstheircoursesagainstUDLstandards• Example:https://ctfd.sfsu.edu/sites/default/files/Preliminary-Assessment-of-Faculty-Implementation-of-UDL.pdf

BlackboardAlly

StudentAuthenticationandAcademicIntegrity

StudentAuthenticationandAcademicIntegrity

• Howdoyouknowthedigitallearneriswhoshesayssheis?• Howdoyouconfirmadigitalstudent’sidentity?• Howdoyousafeguardagainstcheating?Plagiarism?• Howdoyouensurethatexamquestionsarenotcopiedand/orpostedononlinestudysites?

Source:http://www.chronicle.com/article/The-New-Cheating-Economy/237587#maincontent

Whathappened?

QualityAssurance

Source:http://bit.ly/insidehigheredgwu

Source:http://bit.ly/insidehigheredscottsdale

EQUIP,CHEA,andDCCCD

Source:https://youtu.be/r5F27FX5iog

QualityAssuranceStrategies

• Reviewallapplicabledata(e.g.,coursegrades,courseevaluationdata,classobservations,LMSactivityofstudentsandfaculty)todeterminehowbesttoimprovedigitallearning• Formyearlystudentandinstructorfocusgroupsandsurveystodiscussandrate,respectively,thequalityofoveralldigitallearningefforts• CollaboratewithemployerstoassesstheirsatisfactionwithKSA’sofalumni

AnImportantReminder

ImageSource:https://goo.gl/images/6tCM63

“Here’sthethingaboutthefuture.Everytimeyoulookatit,itchanges—becauseyoulookedatit—

andthatchangeseverythingelse.”

And…

NicholasCage’scharacterinthe2007movie“Next”abouthisabilitytoseeintohisfutureby2minutes.

ContactInformation

• Cell:810-513-6192• Email:timelord33@gmail.com• Twitter:blacktimelord

Questions?