Strategic Planning for Online:Â Potential for CUNY Campuses

1. Strategic Planning for Online: Potential for CUNY Campuses Presented at: CUNY Technology Conference John Jay College, CUNY December 1, 2011

2. Panelists Janey Flanagan,  Borough of Manhattan Community College Director of E-Learning Michelle Fraboni, Queens College Deputy Chair/Lecturer, Education Technology; Coordinator, Online Teaching Initiative Bruce Rosenbloom, City College CETL Director and  Online Learning Coordinator-Title V  Blog: Envisioning Online Learning

3. Format of Session Topic Overview Survey Results Comments--panelists and myself Q & A after 1 Hour Thanks to George Otte and CAT Committee members for support on this survey

4. Topics to be Discussed Why this Panel? Topic? Focus? Brief Overview of Hybrid/Online at CUNY Survey Focus and Methodology Survey Results

5. Why Now? Why Topic and Focus? • Online learning the biggest trend in higher education in past decade. • Growth: 20% per annum for over a decade • CUNY has been very slow to this game • Interest in hybrid/online reaching a critical mass and critical stage of development • Early ad-hoc approaches on campuses are evolving into more focused, planned strategies for hybrid/online

6. Why Now? Why Topic and Focus?continued • In strategic interest of colleges and the university to explore SP for hybrid/online • Online learning is a a strategic asset and needs to be properly administered • Potential: Equivalent to 2-3 campuses in teaching/learning impact CUNY-wide • Online has to potential to help transform teaching and learning at many institutions, including CUNY • "Disruptive technology/ application" • Can be an agent for change on campuses

8. Survey Focus and Methodology • Survey distributed to CAO and/ or technology director per campus • Looking for the "point-person" on each campus that decides hybrid/online policy • 20 campuses solicited, 17 responded • Still not too late if your campus has not participated •  Enough participation to make survey valid, indicative of trends

9. Areas Addressed by Survey (24 Q's) Note: The term online also includes hybrid teaching Who is planning online teaching at campuses?  Is there a formal strategic plan in place for this process? What is the process for creating online policy? If there is a plan for online, what areas does it cover? Is the campus environment receptive to online? What are some implementation issues? What has been the impact on the institution? How do campuses see the role of CUNY Central?

10. Survey Results

11. Resources Envisioning Online Learning (Bruce's Blog) http://onlinelearning.commons.gc.cuny.edu/ Latest SloanC -Babson Survey Allen, I.E. & Seaman, J. (2011). Going the Distance: Online Education in the United States 2011 Landmark Study of Effective Online Programs APLU Report:Online Learning as a Strategic Asset

12. Questions • Is online education mission critical at CUNY? • Would a greater Central role be useful to the university and individual campuses? • What compelling vision for online can we come up with that might get buy-in from all stakeholders? • What are some next steps in this process?

15. Next Steps • Online learning part of upcoming CUNY SP • Recognition of hybrid/online as consistent with mission, goals, and values of CUNY • Recognition of online as a strategic asset •  Start planning process for more Central input in this area

16. Commitment  "If you don't make a total commitment to whatever you're doing, then you start looking to bail out the first time the boat starts leaking. It's tough enough to get that boat ashore with everyone rowing, let alone when a guy stands up and starts putting his life jacket on". Lou Holtz, football coach and  motivational speaker