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NLII Annual Meeting January 28, 2002

Showcase of Successful Partnership Investment Portfolios Electronic Campus of the Southern Regional Education Board. NLII Annual Meeting January 28, 2002. www.electroniccampus.org. Southern Regional Education Board. Nation’s first interstate compact 16 member states

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NLII Annual Meeting January 28, 2002

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  1. Showcase of Successful Partnership Investment Portfolios Electronic Campus of the Southern Regional Education Board NLII Annual Meeting January 28, 2002

  2. www.electroniccampus.org

  3. Southern Regional Education Board • Nation’s first interstate compact • 16 member states • Policy, Standards and Data • Initiatives such as the • Regional contract program • Academic Common Market • Educational Technology Cooperative • Doctoral Scholars Program

  4. Electronic CampusBasic Concept • Utilize the “connectedness” of SREB and the existing and developing strengths of our region’s colleges and universities to: • Establish a regional “marketplace” • Create opportunities • Reduce barriers to learning • Increase access

  5. Electronic Campus Constructed on… • Quality Assurance • Institutional and state review against “Principles of Good Practice” • Interstate Cooperation • Creating a “free trade zone” • Economic Development • Providing access and sharing courses and programs • Driving Policy • “Realigning” traditional policies • Reaching the Underserved

  6. Electronic CampusLaunched in January, 1998 • 45 Colleges and Universities • 104 activated courses • No degree programs

  7. Electronic Campus Today • More than 325 colleges and universities from all 16 states • More than 7,000 credit courses • More than 250 degree programs • EC Database structure shared with and being used/considered by SREB states (FL,MS,NC,OK,SC,TX) • establishing a common data format

  8. Electronic Campus Site Statistics 1998 to Present • 11,622,441 Views of Course/Program Information Pages • 699,282 User Sessions • 384,282 Unique Users • 7:47 Average Session (Through December, 2001)

  9. Electronic Campus Partnership Considerations • No direct costs to institutions • Investment of staff time • Creating and ensuring quality learning opportunities • “Competitive Cooperation” (NFL model) • Fill Gaps --Level the “playing field” • Library Services • Drive Policy • Electronic Tuition Rates • ACM/EC

  10. Electronic CampusLibrary Services • Launched in August, 1999 • Provides no cost access to Georgia’s acclaimed GALILEO • Fill “gaps” in states • Reduce demands on existing libraries • Serve students out of the region and country • 50 Institutions participating • eArmyU on-line library

  11. Academic Common Market/ Electronic Campus Program • Moved from pilot to regular program • 21 activated programs • 9 states offering programs • AL,FL,GA,KY,LA,OK,SC,TN,VA • 12 states receiving programs • AL,AR,DE,FL,GA,KY • MS,NC,SC,TN,VA,WV • New pilot to allow states to use “mode of delivery” in determining ACM participation

  12. The Problem • Continued Application of In-state and Out-of-state Tuition for Distance Learning Courses • Traditional place bound policy • Residency is still primary factor in determining charges • In-state and Out-of-state Differentials Are Significant and Represent a Real Barrier to Creation of the “Electronic Marketplace”.

  13. A Solution:Establishing a Single “Electronic Tuition Rate” in the SREB States

  14. TheDistance Learning Policy Laboratory

  15. Policy Lab “Products” • Policy Goals/Actions • Broad recommendations for state policy change/action • Policy Guidelines • Specific guiding principles in support of distance learning (build on SREB’s Principles of Good Practice • Illustrative Practices • Exemplary or promising models, strategies and approaches • Pilot Projects • Initiating/supporting program development

  16. Credit Faculty Reaching the Underserved Finance and Support for DL Student Services Financial Aid Quality Assurance Secondary/Post-secondary connections Policy Issues • Tuition

  17. Creating a Learning Network for the South

  18. Create regional “gateway” • “open architecture” approach • not tied to a proprietary system • leverage investments • Permit “plug and play” utilizing existing institutional or state ASPs

  19. “real-time” information about distance learning offerings • full array of online student services, including single- & multi-institutional enrollments • direct access to online learning from campuses

  20. replicable & scalable to prepare for the South’s more online • students • colleges & universities • architecture & working model for states, colleges & universities • true educational ASP

  21. build on the Electronic Campus • Certified courses and programs • Regional “electronic marketplace” • utilize the Distance Learning Policy Laboratory to tackle policy “barriers” in distance learning • create or expand opportunities for our states by sharing what works

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