Systemness and Open SUNY Bringing Transformative Online Learning Environments to Scale. David Lavallee, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost

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1 Systemness and Open SUNY Bringing Transformative Online Learning Environments to Scale David Lavallee, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost

State University of New York Largest comprehensive university system in the U.S. 64 campuses Doctoral degree granting institutions Comprehensive colleges Technology colleges

2 State University of New York Largest comprehensive university system in the U.S. 64 campuses Doctoral degree granting institutions Comprehensive colleges Technology colleges Community colleges 468,000 students 7,500 degree and certificate programs 160,000 enrollments annually online Nearly 2 million enrollments in workforce and professional development programs

3 System = Opportunity Re-focused priorities Making the tough decisions Launching new initiatives All under the Power of SUNY Strategic Plan Developed in consultation with all University constituencies Supported by SUNY Board of Trustees

4 Six Big Ideas

5 Getting Down to Business 1. Delivering on the Six Big Ideas 2. Information technology 3. Student completion and success 4. Student mobility 5. Shared services 6. Taskforce on remediation 7. Strategic enrollment management 8. Online education advisory group 9. Finance and administration strategy

6 Open SUNY Building on Existing Strengths Bringing Individual Successes to Scale

7 COST SUCCESS

8 Access Completion Success

9 Current Online Activity 12,000 full online sections in an academic year Approximately 3,800 General Education course sections (guaranteed to transfer) Approximately 3,400 course sections of Foundation Courses in the Major (guaranteed to transfer)

10 Current Online Activity 95 Associate degree programs 41 Bachelor s degree programs (28 at Empire State) 20 Master s degree programs

11 Challenges to Further Growth While conceptually any student can take online or face-toface courses from other SUNY campuses while a full time student at their home campus, those courses are not covered by financial aid unless campuses have a Consortia Agreement Campus departments that might want to offer a specific BA/BS online must convince other departments on their campus to fulfill degree requirements

12 In 3 years, we will enroll 100,000 degree-seeking students in Open SUNY, making us the largest, public, online provider of education in the nation. A Plan of Action

education, better infrastructure, more government research, smart incentives

13 If only if only we would come together on a national strategy to enhance and expand all our natural advantages; more immigration, more post-secondary education, better infrastructure, more government research, smart incentives for spurring millions of start-ups nobody could touch us. We re that close. Thomas Friedman

14 Online Education Advisory Team Chancellor s Online Education Advisory Team System-wide representation Faculty Governance Campus leaders System leaders and staff Worked through 2012 to create a clear vision for Open SUNY

15 A Vision for Open SUNY Open SUNY has the potential to be the preeminent and most extensive online-learning environment in the nation. It will provide affordable, high quality, convenient, innovative, and flexible online education opportunities for the citizens of the State of New York. As a collaborative online educational network, it will draw on the Power of SUNY to connect students with faculty and peers from across the state and throughout the world, and link them to the best in research-based online teaching and learning environments, practices, and resources. Open SUNY will be dedicated to providing access to online learning opportunities that connect learner and community needs, and will allow SUNY to bring this concept to scale like no other college, university, or system in the United States.

16 A Mission for Open SUNY Open SUNY will provide leadership at the system level for the effective planning, promotion, development, delivery, and support of online courses and programs, by: Establishing SUNY standards and best practices for online teaching and learning Using collective resources to pursue inter-campus cooperation wherever economies of scale apply Providing scalable, supportable innovative learning environments that engage 21 st century learners Expanding research and development efforts through a combination of SUNY-wide initiatives, advisory group efforts, and campus-based research activities Extending SUNY s brand both nationally and internationally

17 Pathways to Success Open SUNY will leverage: Existing campus online programs and courses Existing campus staff and expertise in online teaching and learning Empire State College s expertise in prior learning assessment and Open Education SUNY s mobility policies and procedures for guaranteed transfer of approved General Education Courses and Foundation Courses in the majors SUNY s University-wide programs supporting enterprise academic technologies and services (i.e. SUNY Learning Network, SUNY Center for Professional Development, SUNY Office of Library and Information Services)

18 Pathways to Success The SUNY Sizzle Open SUNY Consortia for all campuses Financial Aid Smoother cross registration Cross listing of courses Degree completion Targeted Online Degree Programs Experiential learning opportunities 3-year degree completion possible for certain degree programs Prior Learning Assessment Service Utilization and creation of MOOCs

19 Putting the Plan Into Action SUNY Trustees adopted a resolution in March 2013 making Open SUNY policy System Administration has hired consulting firm to facilitate formulation of the implementation plan, financial models, governance structures, etc. Established an advisory council comprised of campus faculty and staff

20 If only if only we would come together on in New a national York strategy to enhance and expand all our natural advantages; more 444 immigration, increased more access, post-secondary education, better infrastructure, more government greater completion, research, smart and incentives for universal spurring millions success of start-ups nobody could touch us. We re that close. Thomas Friedman

21 We. Are. That. Close.

Open SUNY 56% 2 X >30% >38% >12,000. Did you know

Open SUNY 56% 2 X >30% >38% >12,000. Did you know Dutch Open Education Initiative October 24, 2013 Did you know 56% 2 X >30% >38% >12,000 Percent of New Yorkers do not have any college degree Unemployment rate of individuals without any college experience