Distance EducationApproaches to distance teaching and the

prevalence of distance education.

Classifications

(Allen & Seaman, 2013)

Higher Ed Distance Education

Report designed to help education leaders, policy makers, and faculty understand new and emerging technologies, and their potential impact on teaching, learning, and research

To create the report, an international body of experts in education, technology, and other fields convened as an advisory board.

Near-term Horizon-> Mid-term Horizon->

Far-term Horizon

NCM Horizon Report: Higher Ed

Typically free to students One of the fastest technology uptakes ever

seen in higher education Expected to keep growing Critics warn again quality and lecture style “Only 2.6 percent of higher education

institutions currently have a MOOC, another 9.4 percent report MOOCs are in the planning stages.”

Near-Term Horizon for Higher Ed:#1 Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)

(Allen & Seaman, 2013)

300+ courses in over 20 categories created by 62 Universities from 16 countries

Free to participants, Universities pay Coursera 3 million Courserians in 2013 Low completion rates

(Wikipedia, 2013)

(Wikipedia, 2013)

MOOC Business Models

(Wikipedia, 2013)

Non-MOOC Distance Education: Higher

Ed

Model: Fully online program University of Phoenix peak enrollment was

600,000 students The University of Phoenix closed 115 of its

campuses in 2013, previously having over 200

http://www.hawaii.edu/dl/psprograms “Over 600 course sections across more than

80 different subjects are being offered through distance learning at the University of Hawai’i this fall.”

K-12 Distance Education

4,000 micro lectures Khan Academy has delivered over 240

million lessons

A school in the cloud

cybercharter cyberschool distance education distance learning elearning mlearning online school open learning open school schoolnet telelearning virtual charter virtual school

Countless models

Full programs: Laupahoehoe- 200 students Hawai’i Tech Academy – 1091 students Myron B Thompson – 454 students

Supplementary: E-school E2020

Partnered schools sharing a teacher virtually

Distance Ed K-12 in Hawaii

Allen, I. E., & Seaman, J. (2013). Changing Course: Ten Years of Tracking Online Education in the United States. ERIC. Retrieved from http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/recordDetail?accno=ED541571

Catropa, D. (February 24, 2013). "Big (MOOC) Data". Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved March 27, 2013.

Johnson, L., Adams Becker, S., Cummins, M., Estrada, V., Freeman, A., and Ludgate, H. (2013). NMC Horizon Report: 2013 Higher Education Edition. Austin, Texas: The New Media Consortium.

Johnson, L., Adams Becker, S., Cummins, M., Estrada, V., Freeman, A., and Ludgate, H. (2013). NMC Horizon Report: 2013 K-12Edition. Austin, Texas: The New Media Consortium.

Massive open online course. (2013, June 19). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 00:19, June 21, 2013, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Massive_open_online_course&oldid=560667410

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