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Online Education and Instructional Technology @ TSU. Strategic Plan (2009-2015). “ PROVIDE HIGH-QUALITY INSTRUCTION
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Strategic Plan (2009-2015) “ PROVIDE HIGH-QUALITY INSTRUCTION The central purpose of the University is to provide high quality higher education to its students. As such, this goal encompasses some of the most important functions of the University. The objectives identified as supporting the fulfillment of this goal include: • Objective 1.3 Develop a culture for innovative teaching and learning • Objective 1.4 Develop, expand and coordinate on-line courses”
Center for Online Education and Instructional Technology (COLEIT) • Fully operational in Spring 2010. • Academic Technologies • Services provided by COLEIT • Instructional Design and curriculum transformation • Multimedia and Audio-Visual Services • Teaching and Learning Technologies • Learning Management System Administration
Strategy Implementation • Faculty development opportunities • Incentives for participation • Varied options for technology integration • Limited barriers to adoption • Focus on best practices • Partnership with Academic units and Vendors • Leading with Pedagogy
Revenue Estimates *Conservative estimate based on $197/SCH (tuition ONLY) for both graduate and undergraduate courses.
Strengths of Strategy • Stable, expandable, and current technology • Partnerships with Schools/Colleges, vendors, and internal TSU org units • Focus on graduate and upper division courses • Limited barriers to faculty adoption • Incentives for participation
Challenges • Classroom AV systems (broken continuity) • Adoption by faculty • Rising student expectation
Looking Ahead … • Expanded offerings in online programming • Improving online student/faculty orientation • Better online course quality • Massively open online courses (MOOCs) • Mobile engagement and other emerging technologies • Functional classroom AV systems • E-textb00ks • More analytics from usage data
Questions? Thank you.