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Course Continuity Planning at Fairleigh Dickinson University

Course Continuity Planning at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Catherine L. Kelley, Ph.D. Assistant Provost, Center for Teaching and Learning with Technology. About Fairleigh Dickinson. Mid-sized private university with four campuses Metropolitan Campus: Teaneck / Hackensack, NJ

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Course Continuity Planning at Fairleigh Dickinson University

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  1. Course Continuity Planning at Fairleigh Dickinson University Catherine L. Kelley, Ph.D. Assistant Provost, Center for Teaching and Learning with Technology

  2. About Fairleigh Dickinson • Mid-sized private university with four campuses • Metropolitan Campus: Teaneck / Hackensack, NJ • College at Florham: Florham / Madison, NJ • Wroxton, England • Vancouver, BC, Canada (new this fall) • About 12,000 students • Four colleges encompassing liberal arts & sciences, education, professional programs, business, continuing education • DL initiatve: All undergraduates must take one DL or blended class each year

  3. Motivation • FDU is almost entirely tuition driven • Our President was moved and troubled by the hurricane disasters of 2005 • He was also very concerned about the possibility of an outbreak of H5N1 or “Avian Flu” • If we closed for long enough that we would need to reimburse tuition or be unable to open, our doors would close for good

  4. President’s Charge • In Spring 2006, the President challenged his Executive Cabinet to develop a plan to keep classes running if our doors must close • Many in the cabinet felt that this was impossible • The charge fell on my office and our CIO • We wanted to create a plan that would work for other disaster scenarios, not just H5N1

  5. First steps • Analysis of what it would take to convert a campus based class to fully online • Communication plan is crucial – “if you can’t reach them, you can’t teach them” • Faculty need to know something about teaching online • FDU’s distance learning initiative helps as many of our faculty already use Blackboard • Can’t count on just one system • Suppose Internet is not available

  6. The Plan • Faculty will develop their own teaching plans • Four steps: • Communication plan • Course preparation • Learn to use Blackboard • Between 1/3 and 1/2 of our faculty use Blackboard in some way • Need to train the remaining faculty • Learn at least one other delivery method

  7. Blackboard resource • Preparation materials • Checklist / Quiz • Can (in theory) track faculty participation • Most of them have not filled out quiz, even those known to have created plans

  8. Wiki • We later created a wiki so that faculty could add their own ideas, and we could more easily change material • http://fdu-coursecontinuity.wikispaces.com • So far, have only minimally advertised the wiki • Please feel free to join the wiki and make changes

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