Stevens Institute of Technology

1. Stevens Institute of Technology Asynchronous Learning Network November 18, 2005 Robert Zotti Online Learning Program Director Wendy Pate Instructional Designer

2. Agenda • Stevens/WebCampus Overview • Distinctions • Mission • Programs • Format and components • Unique to Stevens • The decision to “go live” • The competition, market and student comments • Factors • Need assessment and software analysis • Decision • Interwise usage…..then and NOW! • Teaming online and Best Practices at Stevens Institute of Technology • Where will the future take us? • Questions

3. Stevens Distinctions • First Engineering School in the U.S. (1870) • WebCampus Branded and Launched in 2000 • Faculty • Average of 25 years of industry experience • Extensive High-Profile Research Projects • Recent Accolades • USDLA 2005 21st Century Best Practices award • Sloan Consortium Award for “Best Online University” • Princeton Review Award for “Most Connected Campus” • Technology Management program rated 5th in the country • Project Management Institute Certification • Optimize magazine - one of the five top national business & technology schools for preparing future executives to manage technology – oriented businesses.

4. Our Mission To provide education and training that is Relevant, Practical, and Engaging

5. Online Programs 1 Masterin Business Administration • Technology Management 11Masters Degrees • Technology Mgmt, Project Mgmt, Engineering, Computer Science, Security Mgmt and more… • 31 Graduate Certificates • Technology Management, Science and Engineering and more…

6. Course Format • Online • Both “real time” and asynchronous events • Course materials presented through WebCT. Discussions, exams, and other activities may be conducted through the system during each week of the semester • Sessions conducted via the web conferencing system at the instructor’s discretion • Focus on Team-Intensive Course Work as well as Individual Assignments • Oral & Written • Synchronous & asynchronous • Live/recorded

7. Unique to Stevens Institute of Technology • Orientation Week • No assignments are due • Everyone is contacted by their instructor • By phone if possible • By email if not • Everyone posts bio in WebCT • Who you are, where you work, what projects you are working on, what you hope to get from the class… • Browse the information within WebCT to “get a feel” for the course • Course completion survey • Information compiled and submitted to Program Directors • Information used to refine course for future semesters • Sneak Peek • Potential students can view course information prior to registering

8. Factors in the Decision to “Go Live” • Student feedback • New instructional possibilities • Staying ahead of the market

9. What the market and students were saying…… • Students want more interaction with the professors • Students want more interaction with fellow classmates “I think the Professor should participate in the class discussions more and provide more guidance to the class”

10. To stay competitive, needed a synchronous vehicle Of what we know, we learn approximately __ through sight 83% Of what we learn we retain approximately…. 10% Of what we read Of what we hear Of what we see Of what we see and hear Of what we say of what we say as we do 20% 30% 50% 70% 90% "Learning retention rates." 21 July 2005. 14 Oct. 2005 http://www.hi.is/~joner/eaps/cs_reten.htm>.

11. Needs assessment results June 2002-June 2004 • Accessible through dial-up and broadband • Single hardware source of access • International availability • Secure network with backup system • Synchronous and asynchronous capabilities • Hosted environment • Accessible through URL • Easy to use and learn • Priced right

12. Software analysis

13. Decision • Clean GUI • International Server farm • Broadband and dial-up capable • Use of Voice over IP • Designed for University courses • Interwise ECP • Application used to conduct recorded and real-time sessions.

14. Professors using Interwise Early adopters in June 2004………………………………………..3 Currently using Interwise as live or recorded sessions………………………………….17 Professors currently using Interwise for 2 or more classes each semester……………….5

15. Number of Live Interwise Events per month

16. Number of Interwise Attendees per month

17. Teaming Online and Best Practices at Stevens Institute of Technology • Online teams • Teams present in a round robin format to allow everyone to participate • Keeping it exciting • Engage the students • Lots of laughs • Incorporate zingers – keep them looking for what will happen next (pop-up questions, polls, thumbnail videos, etc.) • Incorporate video (themes) • Letting the students drive • totally hands off – the Professor doesn’t need to be involved • Involving industry professionals • Invite guest speakers & reviewers

18. Teaming Online and Best Practices at Stevens Institute of Technology (continued) • Online oral exams • Testing the true knowledge of students • Live Business presentations/recordings • Instantaneous understanding • Students prefer Interwise over WebCT chat • Voice over information recordings to increase comprehension • Marketing uses • Online open houses to answer questions from potential students and increase course registration

19. Where will the future take us………

20. Long Range Plans at Stevens • Adding more concurrent Interwise seats • Hosting of Alumni chapters, clubs, professional organizational societies, and more…. • Better penetration in regions outside of the tri-state area • Hybrid courses involving onsite technical labs incorporated into traditional e-learning • Biotech classes using local hospital facilities • Remote labs for engineering courses • webcams in labs (example: the “Block on a Spring”) • Mirror campus – current 20% to grow to 60% • More undergraduate courses

21. Questions from the Audience

22. Robert Zotti Online Learning Program Director 201-216-5231 rzotti@stevens.edu Wendy Pate Instruction Designer 201-216-515 wpate@stevens.edu