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Emerging Quality Standards in Online Learning2014 VCU Online Learning Summit
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Presenters• Lisa Ames, e-Learning Specialist, LMS Admin
Division of Teaching and Learning Technologies University of Mary Washington
• Joy Taylor, Director Learning Support Services George Mason University
Networked Learning Collaborative of Virginia(NLCVA)
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What is NLCVA?• Networked Learning Collaborative of Virginia (NLCVA)
formerly known as Electronic Campus of Virginia (ECVA)
• 1997 by the Virginia Business Higher Education Council
• Mission: to advance learning technology activities and academic missions of member institutions
• Members - check our list, JOIN US!
• Membership - $350
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What is NLCVA’s goal?
• Knowledge sharing across multiple institutions
• Collaboration on innovative programs and ideas
• Support cross-institutional initiatives by leveraging collective resources
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Why are we here today?
• Identify potential areas of focus for NLCVA through conversation with YOU
• Address current ideas and issues related to teaching & learning technologies
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Emerging Quality Standards in Online Learning
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Questions
1. HOW do we know there are concerns about quality of online learning?
2. WHY might those concerns exist?
3. WHY does it matter?
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Agenda• Provide context/background • Examine 4 Quality Efforts• Reference Virginia Institutions• Open Floor for Discussion
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Why are there Concerns about Quality?• The percent of academic leaders rating the learning outcomes
in online education as the same or superior to those in face-to-face instruction had grown from 57 percent in 2003 to 77 percent in 2012. However, the upward trend was reversed this year, with a dip to 74 percent.
• The proportion of academic leaders who believe the learning outcomes for online education are inferior to those of face-to-face instruction increased from 23 percent last year to 26 percent this year.
Babson Survey 2014
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Concerns About Quality
• Employers are skeptical about quality of online learning due to perceived lack of developing soft skills (The Online Evolution, Norton, 2013, Australia)
• Anecdotal feedback • Students report avoiding online courses • Parents are skeptical
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Why do these Concerns Exist?• Preceding reputation of minimal student engagement• Horror stories of bad practice
• Relatively unknown vs. 100 years of tradition
• Assumptions/lack of experience
• Defense mechanism?
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Demographics are Changingthe “non-traditional” student
• Caucasian females • 35 years of age• Not the first in their family to attend college • Total family income of about $55,000• Live in suburban community• Married• No children under age 18 • Work full time• English is first language• High school diploma or 1-2 years of college
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Online Learning Students 2013, Aslanian and Clinefelter
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Online College Students 2013: Comprehensive Data on Demands and Preferences, Aslanian and Clinefelter, page 30
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The 2013 CIRP Freshman Survey included new items asking students to report the frequency with which they “used an online instructional website (e.g., Khan Academy, Coursera) as assigned for a class; or to learn something on your own.” About four out of ten (41.8%) incoming students frequently or occasionally used an online instructional website as assigned for a class in the past year.
The American Freshman: National Norms Fall 2013, Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA, Cooperative Institutional Research Program, March 2014, page 2
The New Norm
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Successfully complete one virtual course, which may be non-credit bearing.
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/instruction/graduation/standard.shtml
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http://www.k12.com/
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Why does it Matter?
It’s not going away!
It will no longer be about “who provides that course online?” ….it will be “who does a better job with that course?”
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Quality Efforts
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• SLOAN Consortium• 70 quality indicators
• Institutional Support• Technology Support• Course Development• Course Structure• Teaching/Learning• Engagement• Faculty Support• Student Support• Evaluation/Assessment
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• Carnegie Mellon• The Simon Initiative• Standards, ethics, protocols,
practices• Communication and
coordination• Action strategies
http://www.cmu.edu/simon/
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Virginia Institutions
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Virginia • 27 member institutions• Community colleges, universities and
colleges• Private and public• Statewide
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Virginia• 15 member institutions• Community colleges, universities,
colleges• Private and public• Statewide
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Discussion
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Discussion
How is your institution addressing quality?
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NLCVA Contact Information
Sarah Cheverton, Current [email protected]
Website: http://nlcvirginia.org
Email:[email protected]