Opportunities

Working Together to Help Educators Attain the Power of eLearning

Becky Vasquez, Director, I.T. Services &Shirley Waterhouse, Director, Educational TechnologyEmbry-Riddle Aeronautical UniversityDecember 20, 2005, Washington D.C.

Becky Vasquez

Director, I.T. Services

Responsible for Portal, Learning System, and Intranet/Web Services

Leads three campuses Services teams (1st and 2nd level I.T. support)

Budgetary, strategic direction, and vendor partnership responsibilities for above.

Dr. Shirley Waterhouse

Director, Educational Technology

Leads all eLearning initiatives for the University

Author of six books - Most recent is “The Power of eLearning”

Won Outstanding Teacher award 11 out of 14 semesters An award voted on by graduating seniors

International consultant and speaker on eLearning

• Presenting our visionPresenting our vision

• Engaging in further brainstormingEngaging in further brainstorming

• Establishing concrete next stepsEstablishing concrete next steps

Thoughts for today….

What makes a good client?

Some of the Attributes of a Good Client

• Participate in the Blackboard Idea Exchange

• Serve as a client reference

• Provide good PR for Bb both internally & externally

• Invest in the product extensively

• Attend and present at Bb users’ conference (Bb World)

• Support Bb’s philosophy - commercial vs open source

Continued Growth Trends in the Use of Blackboard

Available Courses

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What makes a good partner?

Some of the Attributes of a Good Partner….

• Sponsor Bb Days

• Initiate projects that promote both Bb and ERAU• Greentree Gazette article• The white paper, “Academic ERP Learning Management

Systems”• Bb Matters articles• Upcoming proposal to EDUCAUSE, “To Host or Not to Host”

• Apply the extraordinary talent of the ERAU IT Management team and staff towards Bb initiatives

(Con’t)

• Use our global presence to aid Bb’s global marketing efforts (For example, speaking internationally on Bb’s behalf –

United Arab Emirates, Oman, Saudi Arabia)

• Serve when asked by Bb• Product advisory board• Video testimonial• Bionic/Greenhouse Awards course judging• Steering committee• Marty Smith, Extended Campus Chancellor, representation and

panel discussion at the North Carolina Collaborative E-Learning Conference

• Upcoming Services Team Retreat in Orlando

Plus, good partners have to be willing to wear buttons….lots of buttons….

And the winner is….. Dr. Shirley Waterhouse

AND get VPs who don’t dance to dance…

AND liven up the Blackboard parties!(Although, you are probably ok on this one on your own.)

A reluctant Jim Hermens

Ira Strauss, aka Rock Star

Our Friends at Bb!

How do we go from a good partnership to a great one? ......

How do we work together to “enable educational innovations everywhere by connecting people and technology?”

Stability has been achieved, now let’s work together to transform education.

First…. Thank you Blackboard

Shirley’s background…….

I came to Florida in the 70s on a sailboat.

Around the time Todd looked like this…

And when most of the Bb team was still just a twinkle in the eyes of their parents…

• High school teacher, then community college teacher

• 1979 My first book came out & I left teaching to consult in D.C.

• In 1989 – came to ERAU for a one-year contract

• Married in 1990 in a hot-air balloon in Napa Valley

Educational Technology at ERAU

Ed Tech Implemented in 1996

• Course Management Tools Were Our First Initiatives NetCourse – 1996

LearningSpace - 1997 WebCT - 1998 Blackboard – 1999-2000

• Faculty Technology Development – Tech Camps

• Bilocated Courses Between Prescott and DB

Noted Ed Tech Initiatives

• TechZone & One-on-one consulting

• Extensive Website for Resources and Bb Organization

• How To Tutorials

• eMentoring

• Course Redesigns

• Digital Media Development

• Mentoring Grad Students Surveying Faculty’s Use of Bb

Half Web Components, Half Face-to-Face Instruction (Hybrid or Blended eLearning Delivery Method)

• Collaboration activities, web research, self-tests

• Self-directed tutorials & CD activities

• Documented the development process

• Assessed the results

Online MBA Course Redesign• Slides with audio

• Supplemental activities

• Online discussions

• Self-tests

• Online exams

• Examples of How ERAU Faculty are Using Technology

Daytona Beach: Online videos to enhance hybrid learning – intro videos Digital videos to enhance hybrid learning – upset training

Prescott: Web-based instructional modules/flexible delivery Web-based meteorology repository

EC Team: Master instructor teaches simultaneously at several locations-webinars

Five Significant Technology Projects

Graphics

Photographs, illustrations, course Photographs, illustrations, course banners.banners.

Flash Interactives

Helping to Control Death by PowerPoint • Reduce file size

• Audio over PP

DVD Creation and Menuing

Video Editing and Streaming

• Studio facilities.

• Streaming services via VitalStream. Allows faculty to add clips to their online presence for local and distancecourses.

Simulation Recording, Editing, Narration

We still have a long way to go at ERAU, as do most institutions, to attain the true power of elearning.

Everett Rogers Change Adoption

By 2005 – Faculty at ERAU are doing well in LMS adoption for distributing info via the web.

GOOD (90% or so)

“The students see technology right now as supplemental rather than transformative.”

(Statement from survey representative – Kvavik, Associate VP, University of Minnesota. Survey of 18,039 freshmen and seniors at 63 Institutions EDUCAUSE (ECAR study).

In the Transformative Category - (Adoption of eLearning Pedagogy) Only About 16% Adoption

We are in the “Needs Improvement” category.

“It is a miracle that curiosity survives a formal education.”

………………….Albert Einstein

Transforming education.

Attaining the power of eLearning.

………..Admirable goals, but how are they accomplished?

StudentsStudents

There are four critical components……

No. 1 LeadersNo. 1 Leaders

StudentsStudents

No. 2 Technology

Tools

No. 2 Technology

Tools

No. 1 Leaders

No. 1 Leaders

StudentsStudents

No. 3 IT

Support

No. 3 IT

Support

No. 2 Technology

Tools

No. 2 Technology

Tools

No. 1

Leaders

No. 1

Leaders

StudentsStudents

No. 3 IT Support

No. 3 IT Support

No. 4 Faculty’s Adoption

No. 4 Faculty’s Adoption

No. 2 Technology

Tools

No. 2 Technology

Tools

No. 1

Leaders

No. 1

Leaders

StudentsStudents

Getting Over the Mountain to Transform Education and Attain the Power of eLearning

Leadership Commitment(Awareness and Support)

eLearning Strategic Plans

Adequate Investment in Tools and Support

Getting Over the Mountain to Transform Education and Attain the Power of eLearning

Leadership Commitment(Awareness and Support)

eLearning Strategic Plans

Investment in Tools and Support

Faculty’s Adoption

New Technology Skills

New Teaching Strategies

Back to..

How do we go from a good partnership to a great one?

And…..

At the same time help educators attain the power of eLearning?

Let’s look for opportunities to work together..

A good place to start is to look back at 2005.

1. Still gadget hype -- iPods this year

2. Still no company selling “killer” online courses

3. The world really is flat

4. Growing interest in University assessment tools

5. Teacher training institutions getting blasted for poor job

(Millions of students of education.)

12 Events From 2005 – Provide Ideas

6. IT top issues – In the top 10 • Strategic Planning (No. 4)• Faculty technology development (No. 6)• eLearning and Distributed Teaching and Learning (No. 7)

7. Studies on distance learning growth• Sloan Consortium reports about 2.6 Million students enrolled in 2004• Up from 1.6 Million in 2002

8. Studies on top countries for American Universities to pursue in

providing distance learning

The Top 10 Countries

1. South Korea2. Japan3. Germany4. Britain5. China6. Taiwan7. Netherlands8. Malaysia9. Mexico10. Switzerland

9. Focus on education in Africa – William and Flora Hewlett

Foundation for teacher education. Also, the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in Africa – opens soon.

10. EDUCAUSE addresses workshop for Ed Tech directors

11. Chronicle has IT workshop for institutional leaders

12. Last, but not least…..Blackboard and WebCT merger

Looking ahead for 2006…. My To Do Lists

At ERAU - Continue to Strengthen Ed Tech and eLearning

• Expand digital media

• Expand distance learning at ERAU

• Implement revised elearning strategic planning process

To Do List In My Consulting Practice

• New Workshop

• Consulting focus on Leaders

• Make contributions to teacher training

The Power of eLearning For Educators Workshop• For Faculty, Instructional Technologists, T&L Staff

The Power of eLearning for Leaders Workshop• Presidents, provosts, deans, department chairs, CIOs

Consulting• Raising eLearning awareness• Facilitating an elearning strategic planning process• Helping with special initiatives – especially distance learning

Contribute to Teacher Training• Interactive modules – free of charge• Supplemental resources – free of charge

http://shirleywaterhouse.com

http://elearnglobal.com

To Do’s (Con’t) Do good deeds …Give the gift of education especially in countries that are “elearning challenged.”

Some examples…….

e-Education Without Borders – Worldwide Student Conference United Arab Emirates

Effat College – First Private College for Women Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Africa – Join the Educational Movement

e-ducation Without BordersDubai, United Arab Emirates

Return to Saudi Arabia to work with educators therewho want to use elearning to educate women.

Help teachers in Africa learn about elearning and how elearning can help to educate the millions there.

Combine this with an online expedition - take students and teachers from around the world with me.

Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls—South Africa

"Education is the way to move mountains, to build bridges, to change the world. Education is the path to the future. I believe that education is indeed freedom. With God's help, these girls will be the future leaders on the path to peace in South Africa and the world." — Oprah

The Most Exciting To Do of All……..

Work with Bb on transforming education.

The Most Exciting To Do of All……..

In closing…

Let’s talk today about the next steps.

What should the next steps be?

Let’s make it happen together!