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Surviving Success: Scaling Up eCore

Surviving Success: Scaling Up eCore. Brad Cahoon University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education. Overview. What is eCore? Strategies for sustainability and scalability Problems and solutions. What is eCore?. “Electronic core curriculum”

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Surviving Success: Scaling Up eCore

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  1. Surviving Success: Scaling Up eCore Brad CahoonUniversity of GeorgiaCenter for Continuing Education

  2. Overview • What is eCore? • Strategies for sustainability and scalability • Problems and solutions

  3. What is eCore? • “Electronic core curriculum” • An initiative of the University System of Georgia • Offered by a consortium of USG schools

  4. eCore Affiliates • Columbus State University • Georgia Southwestern State University • Georgia Highlands College • Southern Polytechnic State University • University of West Georgia • Valdosta State University

  5. Enrollment History

  6. Role of the Georgia Center • Web Instructional Development (WebID): since 1999, production and maintenance of online courses • eCore Administrative Services: since 2003, program management, including instructor recruitment, course scheduling, and evaluation

  7. Business Model • University System owns intellectual property • Georgia Center hires and pays instructors • Students enroll through affiliate schools • Georgia Center invoices schools based on mid-point census

  8. Implications of the Business Model • Net revenue per section is limited by enrollment caps • Growth comes from the addition of sections and affiliate schools • The program must sustain its own costs

  9. Scalability and Sustainability Goals • The quality of instruction and services will improve as enrollment increases. • The program will net revenue above the costs of its own operation and growth.

  10. Instructional Design Strategies • VPAA committee identified courses • Faculty teams developed curricula • USG designers applied pedagogical best practices • Georgia Center Web developers used a standard template

  11. Usability Strategies • W3C compliant HTML/CSS • Device independence and accessibility • Support for low bandwidths • QA reviews

  12. Course Management Strategies • Courses created and delivered with WebCT (first CE, then Vista) • Sections created from master copies • Centralized management of course revisions

  13. Scalability and SustainabilityProblems and Solutions

  14. Fall 2000 Limiting Factors • Few courses available • Low enrollment Solutions • Continued course development • Commitment to long term support

  15. Fall 2002 Limiting Factors • Acquisition and management of enrollment data Solutions • New administrative database • New method for uploading affiliate data to the Georgia Center

  16. Fall 2005 Limiting Factors • Instructor recruitment Solutions • Addition of new affiliate schools

  17. Discussion eCore: http://www.gactr.uga.edu/ecore/ WebID: http://www.gactr.uga.edu/idl/webid/ brad.cahoon@gactr.uga.edu

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