CTDLC Connecticut Distance Learning Consortium http://www.ctdlc.org

1. CTDLCConnecticut Distance Learning Consortiumhttp://www.ctdlc.org CIO Office, Seoul National University http://cio.snu.ac.kr:2005/STUDIO SNU CIO Office

2. CTDLC • Created in October 1996 • Over 30 colleges & universities • Be a national leader in distance education • Funding from state, grants, membership dues and usage fees SNU CIO Office

3. Vision • Accredited by • State of Connecticut • New England Asso. of Schools and Colleges-Commission on Inst. of Higher Education • Unique association of • Public and independent collegiate Inst. • Non-profit organizations • Interactive distance learning community SNU CIO Office

4. Vision • Using technology to • Enhance the quality of learning • Increase access to higher education • Share academic resources • Learning collaborative • Enables members to fulfill their institutional missions SNU CIO Office

5. Mission • Provide a single point of presence for DL • Provide a high quality infrastructure • Coordinate the delivery of asynchronous education • Market CTDLC member courses & programs • Improve the quality of DL • Provide a forum for discussion of DL • Provide faculty development opportunities SNU CIO Office

6. CTDLC Executive Council SNU CIO Office

7. CTDLC Members • Albertus Magnus College | Asnuntuck CC | Capital CC | Central Connecticut State University | Charter Oak State College | Connecticut College | Connecticut Community Colleges | Connecticut State Department of Education | Connecticut State Department of Higher Education | Eastern Connecticut State University | Fairfield University | Gateway CC | Housatonic CC | Manchester CC | Middlesex CC | Naugatuck Valley CC | Northwestern Connecticut CC | Norwalk CC | Online Connecticut State University System | Quinebaug Valley CC | Quinnipiac University | Rensselaer at Hartford | Sacred Heart University | Saint Joseph College | Saint Vincent College | Southern Connecticut State University | Teikyo Post University | Three Rivers CC | Tunxis CC | United States Coast Guard Academy | University Of Bridgeport | University Of Connecticut | University Of Hartford | University Of New Haven | Wesleyan University | Western Connecticut State University | Yale University | American Radio Relay League | SNU CIO Office

8. Course • 40 course awards of $2,500 each • Humanities(Composition, Critical Thinking, Literature, Philosophy, History, Languages) • The Arts (Art Appreciation, Art History, Multimedia) • Science (Biology, Astronomy, Chemistry, Ecology, Nutrition) • Medicine (Counseling, Nursing, Medical Records, Pharmacology, Physical Therapy) • Mathematics, Education, Computer Science • Social Sciences (Psychology, Law, Geography, Religion, Sociology, Political Science, Communications, Criminal Justice) • Business (Office Education, Accounting, Finance, Business Law, Marketing) SNU CIO Office

9. 2000-2001 academic year • 13 online programs • 400 courses • over 6,000 students • $2.5 million from the legislature • 3 course management system • Blackboard, WebCT, WebMentor SNU CIO Office

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12. Dramatic growth rate • Web-based learning • Joint marketing the collaboration • Advertising the offerings of members • Technical innovation by the building a collaboration web site • Online database SNU CIO Office

13. Technical Challenges • Create a course delivery infrastructure • Servers, course management software, server hosting, technical support, help desk • Connecticut General Assembly wanted to build such an infrastructure once and let all of higher education share it SNU CIO Office

14. Building a collaborative Web • Connecticut General Assembly refuses to fund anything for individual Infra. • CTDLC provides a robust and developing support structure • Technical detail & improvement of the Infra. constantly • To avoid duplication of services SNU CIO Office

15. Advantages of Consortial IT • Collaborative begging • Resources in one place • Sharing the resources • Plausible deniability • Trial-and-error basis • Form of experimentation • inter-institutional registration • financial aid to online students SNU CIO Office

16. Advantages of Consortial IT • System Development together • sharing the wisdom gained • online registration, e-commerce system etc. • support for smaller schools SNU CIO Office

17. Challenges : Funding • Successfully lobbied the legislature for resource • Charging fees for service (50%) SNU CIO Office

18. Challenges : Personnel • Finding and keeping IT talent • unionized staff • training their skill continually • offer new hires the opportunity to grow their skills SNU CIO Office

19. Challenges : attitude • To the success of any collaborative effort • Respect the policies and politics of members • Best characterized as customer support • Best technical and pedagogical support SNU CIO Office

20. Conclusion • Continuing growth • Need for IT Services • Cost for IT Services • Issues of Distance education • Customized solutions • Administrative changes • Mission changes • unbundle services, etc. SNU CIO Office

21. Conclusion [continued] • Consortial IT • Managing the expense, risks, creativity • Campuses banding • manage the change process as a positive step • create and disseminate solutions • expand learning technology • cost of development and maintaining pedagogical effectiveness SNU CIO Office