deta center presentation at wcet
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Presented at WCET#14, Portland, November 21st, 2014TRANSCRIPT
National Research Center for Distance Education and Technological
Advancements (DETA)
Tanya Joosten, DETA Co-Director and PI, @tjoosten, [email protected]
Laura Pedrick, DETA Advisory Board, [email protected]
Diane Reddy, DETA Co-Director and PI, [email protected]
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About UWM Online
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, UWM’s U-Pace instructional approach
u-pace.uwm.edu
DETA partner instutions
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 IntegrationTechnology
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, EDUCAUSEYear 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, [email protected]
Laura Pedrick, [email protected]
Diane Reddy, [email protected]