“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
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“Here’sthethingaboutthefuture.Everytimeyoulookatit,itchanges—becauseyoulookedatit—
andthatchangeseverythingelse.”
And…
NicholasCage’scharacterinthe2007movie“Next”abouthisabilitytoseeintohisfutureby2minutes.
ContactInformation
• Cell:810-513-6192• Email:[email protected]• Twitter:blacktimelord
Questions?
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