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Bill Seretta President Learning Networks, LLC Laurien Alexandre, Ph.D . Antioch University

Rethinking Doctoral Education: Using ALN to Support Non-Traditional Students in a Distinctive Ph.D. Program. Bill Seretta President Learning Networks, LLC Laurien Alexandre, Ph.D . Antioch University. November 15, 2003. Learning Service Provider Located in Portland, ME Founded in 1995

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Bill Seretta President Learning Networks, LLC Laurien Alexandre, Ph.D . Antioch University

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  1. Rethinking Doctoral Education:Using ALN to Support Non-Traditional Students in a Distinctive Ph.D. Program Bill Seretta President Learning Networks, LLC Laurien Alexandre, Ph.D. Antioch University November 15, 2003

  2. Learning Service Provider • Located in Portland, ME • Founded in 1995 • Design, host, and manage collaborative learning environments • Unified Digital Campuses • Learning Communities • Learning Portals • Virtual School Networks (K-12) • Working with Antioch since 1999 • Antioch New England Graduate School • Antioch Pd.D. Program in Leadership and Change • Antioch Seattle • Antioch Los Angeles • Antioch Santa Barbara

  3. • Federated model (5 physical and 1 virtual campus) • 5,500 students (85% working adults with an average of 36) • Undergraduate Campus in Yellow Springs Ohio, BA completion and graduate programs in Keene, NH, Seattle, Washington, Yellow Springs OH, Los Angeles & Santa Barbara, CA • Strong values and community action orientation • Focus on the active student learner integrating experiential and intellectual learning • Commitment to high academic expectations supported by critical, disciplined and rigorous study • Commitment to social justice by encouraging students to not only learn but to act on their values in order to create a more socially just world • Emphasis on both freedom and structure to enhance student learning and motivation

  4. Program Design & Goals • Low-residency (3 days 3x year and 1 week summer) • Aimed at working professionals (Ed, Management & Mental Health) • Diversity of gender, age, ethnicity, professions & geography • Core Faculty and Director work from home • Utilize resources from other Antioch campuses • Rigorous standards around research and inquiry • Common Core curriculum combined with individual plan • Combining cohort /collaborative and individual/mentor • Structured - self paced

  5. Program Design & Goals (cont.) • Combining cohort /collaborative and individual/mentor • Structured - self paced • Competency based • Interdisciplinary • Integration of theory and practice • Transparent technology

  6. What Antioch did! Designed the program first Fitted the technology to the design

  7. Virtual Institution

  8. Unified Digital Campus • Website: Dynamic, FC hosted Web sites that allow for easy, distributed, forms based updating and management. (Link to SQL server) • Database Management System: Datatel – university wide data management and data warehouse • Virtual Campus: Program and university wide communication and collaboration system providing asynchronous (threaded discussions and bulletin boards) and synchronous (instant messaging and chat rooms) modalities (FirstClass), work flow process connected to database management system • Virtual Classroom: Virtual space for each cohort - collaborative learning

  9. Technology • FirstClass & FCRAD •Faculty & students client based • SQL Server • Lasso • Datatel

  10. Thank You Bill Seretta President Learning Networks, LLC 48 Free St Portland, ME 04101 207.772.7606 Ext. 221 Bill@learningnetworks.com www.learningnetworks.com Laurien Alexandre Program Director 323-666-8181 (phone) 323-666-6130 (fax) lalexandre@phd.antioch.edu http://Phd.antioch.edu

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