eLearning

Challenges for the Future

Silicon Valley

Innovation

Technology Pedagogy

Teaching &Learning

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Change Process

Foundation for Success

Transforming Learning Events

Online library catalog Personal computer & WWW. Enterprise systems (LMS)

Concerns

Institutional / Technical Infrastructure Faculty support

– Development / delivery Student support Institutional policy Incentives for development and teaching

Creating the Infrastructure

Institutional commitment Built on Pedagogy Technology power Faculty / Student support

What we know

• No-significant difference• Accessibility counts• Academic disciplines attributes can

facilitate learning• Learner attributes contribute to

success/failure• Online teaching pedagogy transfer to

on-ground instruction

C- Sloan: Pillars of Success

Learning Effectiveness Cost Effectiveness Access Faculty Satisfaction Student Satisfaction

Teaching / Learning: Built on Pedagogy Principles of Learning

– Contiguity– Repetition– Reinforcement– Factual Information– Intellectual Skills– Strategies

Instructional Design

New Technologies...

Transforming Education Providing a vehicle for effective learning Creating opportunities to reach more

learners

Collaboration and Connectivity

Web 2.0 YouTube Facebook

Smart phones

e-Learning...

A Catalyst for

Institutional Change

Educators – Agents of “Change”

Catalyst

Process HelperResource Helper

Solution Giver

Rate of Adoption

Innovators

Early Adopters

Early Majority

Late Majority

Laggards

e-Learning Benchmarks...

Institutional Support Course Development Teaching/Learning Course Structure Student Support Faculty Support Evaluation and Assessment

e-Learning creates:

Exploration Experience Engagement Ease of use Empowerment Effectiveness*

e-Learning generates...

New Partnerships New Audiences / Markets A review of institutional goals A review of organization and

governance Quality Institutional Policies

e-Learning benefits...

Greater learning experiences Improved access to education Learner flexibility Increase in audience and type Collaboration Interaction

e-Learning concerns…

Financing? Faculty rights and

traditions? Articulation? Digital information? Values? Culture?

e-Learning future...

Collaborations Greater distributed learning populations Research on Learning Globalization of Learning New technologies

Steve Zlotolow, PhDAssociate DeanInternational and Extended StudiesSan Jose State UniversitySteve.Zlotolow@sjsu.edu408.924.2678

• Themes– Faculty Incentives– Student Life Cycle– Senior Administration– Academic Quality & Effectiveness– Administrative & Financial Models– Technology

NASULGC – Benchmarking Study 009

*Truman-Davis, “Support for Online Teaching,” 2000

“Va.’s Tech’s Math Emporium…” Educause, 99

Chaffee, “Keeping your Eyes on the Target…”, 2001

Distributed Education and Its Challenges: An OverviewOblinger, Barone, Hawkins

American Council on Education Center for Policy Analysis