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Shore 2 Shore: APLU to WSU Initiatives

Shore 2 Shore: APLU to WSU Initiatives. Sue Day-Perroots, West Virginia University. INITIATIVE SAMPLING. Goal: Share several initiatives that open greater dialog and awareness for expanded opportunity and participation. APLU.

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Shore 2 Shore: APLU to WSU Initiatives

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  1. Shore 2 Shore:APLU to WSU Initiatives Sue Day-Perroots, West Virginia University

  2. INITIATIVE SAMPLING • Goal: • Share several initiatives that open greater dialog and awareness for expanded opportunity and participation.

  3. APLU • Gates Funding: creation of an independent, self-governing, non-profit higher ed consortium for institutional cooperation and collaboration. • Economies of scale • Creation of course content – Biology, English Composition, Pre-Calculus, and Economics- designed in Carnegie Mellon’s OLI format • Multi- institutional collaboration: licensing, sharing and/or acquisition of electronic course materials • Initial interest in Personalized Learning and analytics • $25,000 initial investment to APLU institutions

  4. US Agency for International DevelopmentAdvancing MOOCs for Development Initiative • Partners and co-invest: • Improve MOOC offerings w/ emphasis on professional skill sets • Increase workforce development MOOC content • Increase enrollment in targeted countries • Uses CourseTalk (for-profit MOOC aggregator http://www.coursetalk.com/) • Universities: • Define 1-3 developing or emerging USAID countries • Define workforce development content series w/ employment • Monitor student success/ progression data • Increase MOOC enrollment & completion rates

  5. STEM ACADEMY • Leadership and Coordination from Dave Cillay of Washington State University • 19 Land-grant Universities • Develop modules around key topics: Energy, Women in Science, Forensic Science, Climate Change, Grand Challenges • 3-4 Universities each develop a 2 week module for the topic for a total of six – eight weeks of student activity • Target audience: advanced high school, general public, • Exploring an open edx environment which should be underwritten by Menlov Capital

  6. WVU Next Gen • K-12 Common Core Math • Partnership WVDE and WVU • Secondary Math Teachers and Higher Ed Faculty Content Developers with Smarter Balance assessments incorporated • WVU iDesign Team • Platform agnostic, Universal Design, mobile friendly • http://k12.wvu.edu/Courses/

  7. Other Initiatives/Innovators • National Center for Academic Transformation – Carol Twigg • ELI – Educause Learning Initiative • International Council for Open and Distance Education

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