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Online Learning Global Snapshot, North America Team, July 2010 1

Online Learning Global Snapshot

North America Team

James CookDaph CraneBarbara FreyMegan KohlerStevie Rocco


North America


Canada (1)2005 survey found “most campus-based institutions offered relatively few courses that were fully online.”“Canadian post-secondary institutions (PSIs) have been slower than PSIs in many other countries to incorporate significant online components into their programs.”

http://www.ccl-cca.ca/pdfs/E-learning/E-Learning_Report_FINAL-E.PDF


Canada (2)

“Provides a lower proportion of web-dependent courses than many other countries.”But, the “proportion of courses largely delivered online…is one of the highest among countries studied”


Canada (3)

Varied amount of e-learning across university curricula/disciplines.Disciplines making significant use of some form of e-learning—particularly mixed-mode or fully online—are:

business/managementeducation, humanitiesIT/computer science


Canada (4)

Adapted from source: OECD, E-Learning in Tertiary Education: Where do we Stand? (Paris: 2005).


Canada (5)

“Provision of and registration in e-learning is gaining momentum within Canadian post-secondary institutions”

Canadian Council on Learning. State of E-Learning in Canada. May 2009, 145 pages.

http://www.ccl-cca.ca/pdfs/E-learning/E-Learning_Report_FINAL-E.PDF


Canada, Examples

“Enrollment at Athabasca University, an open distance-education university, doubled over the period 2002–2008, to about 32,000 students.


Canada, Examples

Quebec’s Téléuniversité (TÉLUQ), part of the Université du Québec à Montréal, experienced a 35% increase in students over the same period, and in 2008 had an enrolment of about 20,000 students.”


Canada, Examples CVU

“Canadian Virtual University (CVU) is a group of Canadian universities specializing in online and distance programs. CVU offers more than 300 degrees, diplomas or certificates, and 2,500 individual courses completely online or through distance education. “


Canada, Examples CVU (2)

“CVU estimates that registrations have increased by 10% each year since the consortium’s launch in 2000, reaching approximately 150,000 course registrations in 2006.”


Greenland

In-service and post-employment training for teachers can be achieved through traditional face to face or distance education through Directorate of Culture, Education and Research, Ilinniarfissuaq, Inerisaavik, Pilersuiffik and the teachers' professional organizations.

http://www.ankn.uaf.edu/IEW/edgreen.html


Greenland Example:Greenland Business College

“E-learning is an integrated part in many of our educational programmes”

“Membership in NETAU gives of students the opportunity of studying via e-learning” for degrees in International Trade and Marketing and Economics and Resources Management


Greenland Example:Greenland Business College (2)

“Member of the Danish colleges’ cooperation concerning Business Diploma Studies as e-learning.”

Greenland Business College, Nuukhttp://www.ninuuk.gl/UserFiles/File/Informationsmateriale/Greenland%20Business%20College.pdf


USA

Number of Students Online“Online enrollments have continued to grow at rates far in excess of the total higher education student population, with the most recent data demonstrating no signs of slowing.”

Learning on Demand: Online Education in the United States, 2009http://www.sloan-c.org/publications/survey/learning_on_demand_sr2010


USA: Impact of the Economy on Online Education

“Academic leaders at all types of institutions report increased demand for face-to-face and online courses, with those at public institutions seeing the largest impact. In all cases the demand for online offerings is greater than that for the corresponding face-to-face offerings.”


USA


USA

Is Online Learning Strategic?“The proportion of institutions that

see online education as a critical component of their long-term strategy appears to have reached a plateau over the past several years.”


USA: Faculty Acceptance of Online Learning

“While the number of programs and courses online continue to grow, the acceptance of this learning modality by faculty has been relatively constant since first measured in 2002.”


USA ExampleUMUC Course Development Department

Develops all online undergraduate courses.Department works with academic program directors and faculty to develop the courses. Courses are fully online or blended learning. Student testing can be done online.


USA Example

UMUC Center for Support of Instruction Department Assists graduate faculty developing online aspects of courses.


USA Example

Faculty Training for Teaching Online“There is no one approach being taken by institutions in providing training for their teaching faculty. Most institutions use a combination of mentoring and training options.”


USA

Faculty Training for Teaching Online:

Example, UMUC’s Center for Teaching and Learning:Trains faculty in how to effectively be an online faculty member.


USA


Example, UMUC’s Center for Teaching and Learning:Intensive online course of about 6 or 7 weeks in duration trains faculty how to run a online course w/ student interaction.


USA


Example, UMUC’s Center for Teaching and Learning :Has an annual Summer Institute that addresses various other aspects of educating students online.


University of the Artic

University of the Artic is a consortium of colleges, universities and organizations that collaborate to promote relevant education opportunities to people of the north.


University of the Artic

Consortium members come from:CanadaDenmarkFinlandIcelandNorwayRussiaSwedenUSA


Mission: University of the Artic

Guided by our vision and values, The University of the Artic seeks to:

Empower the NorthImprove access to EducationServe our CommunityCreate shared knowledgeBuild regional identityStrengthen the voice of the Artic

http://www.uarctic.org/compactArticles.aspx?m=73


University of the West Indies

UWIOpen University offering:

Pre-UniversityUniversityProfessional

> 20 counties across the Caribbean> 40 site locations

http://www.open.uwi.edu/


CARADOL

Caribbean Association for Distance and Open LearningEstablished in 2005Promotes professional of DESupported by UNESCO

http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=14622&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html


CUPIDECaribbean University Project for Integrated Distance EducationResource development for ODeL Institutions:

University of West IndiesUniversity Technology JamaicaAtom De Kom University of SurinameUniversity of GuyanaUniversity Quisqueya (Haiti)

http://cupide.dec.uwi.edu/


Mobile Learning

Generally North America is lagging behind the rest of the world in the adoption of Mobile Learning. Horizon Report– Time to adopt less that one year

http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=14622&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html


mLearning: Abilene Christian University, Texas

2008 all 1st year students provided with either i-touch or i-phone. All faculty for 1st year and many staff were provided with i-phones.5 faculty used mobile devices in their courses

Abilene Christian University, Mobile-Learning (2009). 2008-09 Abilene University Mobile-Learning Report. Retrieved from http:acu.edu/connected.


mLearning: Nursing at North Island College

2007 Pilot ProjectCommunity Nursing CourseUsed iPAQs to access pre-loaded resources, referencesCould communicate with instructor at point of care

http://hdl.handle.net/2149/2331


Open Content

Horizon Report- Time to adopt less than one year“MIT, schools like Tufts University (and many others) now consider making their course materials available to the public a social responsibility”. (p. 13)

http://www.nmc.org/pdf/2010-Horizon-Report.pdf


Open Content Example

MIT OpenCourse WareFor most courses lecture materials are published online for individuals to use free for self study.

http://ocw.mit.edu


Student Centered Learning

Moving from “Sage on the Stage” to “Guide on the Side”

Learners create knowledge through discussions, reading, lectures, reflections, discussionsBecoming more common place


HINIContingency Plans for H1N1“Proponents of online learning have long

posited that moving face-to-face classes online could become an important component of academic continuity planning. A potential H1N1 pandemic is such an event that might trigger such planning.”

Learning on Demand: Online Education in the United States, 2009http://www.sloan-c.org/publications/survey/learning_on_demand_sr2010


References (1)Abilene Christian University, Mobile-Learning (2009). 2008-09 Abilene University Mobile-Learning Report. Retrieved from http://acu.edu/connected.

Bender, B., & EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research (2003). Student Centered Learning: A personal journal. EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research, Research Bulletin (2003), 11. Retrieved from http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERB0311.pdf


References (2)CUPIDE (nd). Caribbean Universities Project for integrated Distance Education. Retrieved from http://cupide.dec.uwi.edu/

Kenny, R., Van Neste-Kenny, J., Park, C., Burton, P., Meiers, J. (2009). Mobile learning in nursing practice education: Applying Koole's FRAME Model. The Journal of Distance Education (23)3, 75-96. http://www.jofde.ca/index.php/jde


References (3)

Lara, V. (2007). Professional development module: Student centered leanring. El Paso Community College. Retrieved from http://www.texascollaborative.org/stdtcenteredteach.htm. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. (nd). Open Course Ware. Retrieved from http://ocw.mit.edu


References (4)

Oslen, K. (nd). Education in Greenland. Retrieved from http://www.ankn.uaf.edu/IEW/edgreen.html

Sloan-C (2009). Learning on Demand: Online Education in the United States, 2009. Sloan-C. Retrieved from http://www.sloan-c.org/publications/survey/learning_on_demand_sr2010


References (5)

The New Media Consortium, & EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (2010), The Horizon Report 2010 Edition. Retrieved from http://www.nmc.org/pdf/2010-Horizon-Report.pdf

UNESCO (2009). Caribbean Association for Distance and Open Education. Retrieved from http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/


References (6)

University of the Artic (2010). University of the Artic. Retrieved from http://www.uarctic.org/compactArticles.aspx?m=73

University of the West Indies (nd). University of the West Indies, Open Campus. Retrieved from http://www.open.uwi.edu/


Presenters

If you have questions or concerns, please feel free to contact either of our two presenters: Jim Cook: JCCook”at”muc.eduDaph Crane: daphne”at”mun.ca

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