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1 Sponsored by Academic Partnerships November 3, 2015 Join the conversation on Twitter: #highered

2 Charity Bryan Associate Professor and Program Director for Online Education Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Georgia Casey Green Webinar Moderator Director, The Campus Computing Join the conversation on Twitter: #highered

3 Status of Online Learning in Higher Ed Perceptions: Administrators vs. Faculty Myths, Legends and Barriers Finding Bigfoot

4 Q: What do you personally consider to be your greatest barrier to online teaching/learning? 1. Takes too much time 2. Not enough incentive 3. Technology challenges/user support 4. Lack of departmental/university support 5. Online doesn t work for my content/academic area 6. Quality concerns (online is of lower quality)

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7 33% of higher education students take at least one course online 66% of Chief Academic Officers (CAO s) agree that online education is critical to the long- term strategy of their institutions 74% of CAO s rate learning outcomes in online education as the same or superior to face- to- face courses ( & Seaman, 2014)

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9 Positives Online programs have the ability to: Increase revenue Reach markets and students who may not otherwise attend college Assist those in completing a degree who may have some college credits

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11 Negatives May be resistant/unfamiliar with online May have no first hand online experiences May be fearful of program/course quality

12 The average student has spent 13,000 hours in direct contact with classroom teachers by the time he graduates from high school (p. 61).

13 The average student has spent 13,000 hours in direct contact with classroom teachers by the time he graduates from high school (p. 61). Individuals without any formal training in teaching and learning can usually identify teachers and classroom environments that were particularly effective, and those that were highly ineffective.

14 The average student has spent 13,000 hours in direct contact with classroom teachers by the time he graduates from high school (p. 61). Individuals without any formal training in teaching and learning can usually identify teachers and classroom environments that were particularly effective, and those that were highly ineffective. We do not usually have this same experience with online learning

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16 Demand is not going away! Quality will ensure the program SURVIVES! How do we ensure quality? Are the OL and F2F experiences equivalent? Do the experiences accomplish the same learning outcomes? Are students held to equivalent standards? Require faculty certification or other credentials

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18 Faculty support and buy- in is critical Professional development is essential Willingness to do what is required to transition a course and/or a program Assist other faculty as needed (mentoring)

19 Also known as Barriers to Online Teaching and Learning

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21 Lack of experience with online (Lortie) Other competing programs (program cannibalization ) Lack of infrastructure to support online programs Computer support Financial aid/registration processes Transition of paper processes that take place on- campus Feeling rushed... the administration decided and we had 3 months to do this...

22 Faculty resistance is not a problem if the program is on the chopping block! Workload issues (#1 concern of faculty members) Quality concerns (#1 concern of administrators and #2 faculty members) Technology challenges (user support issues) Content issues ( my course won t work online ) Intellectual Property concerns Accreditation fears Lack of incentive for faculty (course release, stipend, professional development opportunities, etc.)

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25 Bigfoot: a very large, hairy, humanoid creature reputed to inhabit wilderness areas of the U.S. and Canada, especially the Pacific Northwest (dictionary.com)

26 Bigfoot: a very large, hairy, humanoid creature reputed to inhabit wilderness areas of the U.S. and Canada, especially the Pacific Northwest (dictionary.com) Online Education: a very large, hairy ordeal led by humanoid creatures (often referred to in the literature as faculty ) reputed to inhabit the wilderness area often known as higher education (Bryan, 2015)

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28 Know the resources that exist on your campus Distance Learning Center? Instructional Designers? Video services? Tech support (for faculty and students)? Professional development opportunities? Webinars, brown bags, conferences, D2L tutorials, etc.

29 Inside Higher Ed: the online source for news, opinion and jobs for all of higher education Insidehighered.com sections/ online- learning online- learning- underserved- students- focus- international- conference- online- learning education- more- moocs

30 Quality Matters Online Learning Consortium (OLC) onlinelearningconsortium.org Innovative Educators Academic Impressions

31 Feel free to contact me anytime! Thank you to Kennesaw State University!

32 Final Questions? Charity Bryan Associate Professor and Program Director for Online Education Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Georgia

33 Academic Partnerships' mission is to help public and private not- for- profit universities increase enrollment and revenue through online delivery of high- quality instruction. AP helps faculty members convert their on- campus courses and programs into an online format, recruits qualified students for those programs and helps retain enrolled students through graduation. Contact: TEL: