UPCEA Talks
Part “TED Talk,” part “speed dating,” part “elevator speech,” an UPCEA Talk is a concurrent session entailing a series of short idea-introductions organized around the most pressing issues facing UPCEA.
Thursday, April 7, 1:45-2:45 PM
UPCEA Talks: Innovative Business Models
FINANCE/OPERATIONS
SAPPHIRE H
Curated by the UPCEA Leadership and Strategy Network
A curated series of short, idea-introducing presentations given by single presenters in quick succession during an hour-long concurrent session.
MODERATOR:
VICKIE COOK,
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, SPRINGFIELD
- Growing Online Education through an Innovative Business Model
Oregon State University’s Ecampus successfully created and implemented an innovative business revenue share model that enabled it to grow the number of online courses and programs with an incentive for academic partners. This talk will explain the model, how it has evolved and why it has been so successful.
- LISA TEMPLETON, OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
- Innovative Program Model for Professional Learning
Learn about UWEO’s innovative model for teacher professional development which features a jumpstart summer institute, followed by a school-year cohort model, held onsite in district locations – and how this two-step model is building high participation and low attrition.
- JULIE KANG, UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
- Powering an Innovative Digital Community for Alumni
University of Chicago Graham School partnered with Alumni Relations to devise a strategy for engaging alumni using new modalities which connect alumni to innovative content while building community. Piloted in late 2015, the resulting University of Chicago Continuum is an online hub for alumni to discover, debate, and explore ideas.
- JULIA BRADY, THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
- Herbs or Spices: Competency-based Education or Prior Learning Assessment: What’s the Difference?
Herbs and spices both add flavor to food yet they are different. The same can be said of competency-based education and prior learning assessment – both allow the assessment of learning yet they are indeed different. Quickly discern the difference between CBE and PLA, and how they can matter to your institution.
- ROXANNE GONZALES, CLARION UNIVERSITY
Friday, April 8, 8:00-9:00 AM
UPCEA Talks: Succession Planning & Leadership
Development
SAPPHIRE H
A curated series of short, idea-introducing presentations given by single presenters in quick succession during an hour-long concurrent session.
MODERATOR:
MARY NIEMIEC,
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
- Nurturing Leadership
Nurturing leadership is an important component of the successful implementation of any comprehensive, campus-wide initiative requiring collaboration at multiple levels and across organizational boundaries. Developing and empowering others within an organization to see themselves as leaders and who take a leadership role requires a culture of collaboration, mentorship and ownership – and it requires a systemic approach.
- TANYA JOOSTEN,
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON
- Leadership in 21st Century University Extension: Honoring Tradition and Fostering Innovation
Extension has a 100+ year history at our land grant universities, but how can we maximize its reach and potential in today’s environment? This UPCEA Talk will address key organizational strengths and challenges/opportunities that leaders can take into consideration as they strategize the future of their extension and/or continuing and professional education units.
- ERIC DUNKER, OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
- Does Succession Breed Success in Academic Organizations with eLearning Divisions?
Succession planning in a traditional organization has logical pathways, but what happens when eLearning positions and responsibilities suddenly don’t fi t with the next selected person? It is time to recognize the “gray area” that eLearning administrators fit into and how to identify succession along with opportunities in your organization.
- SHER DOWNING, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA PALMETTO COLLEGE
- Effectively Developing the Leaders of Tomorrow
This UPCEA Talk addresses best practices, strategies, and a blueprint for leadership development and succession planning within continuing and professional education organizations, with a special emphasis on how to develop challenging “stretch assignments” for existing high potential candidates.
- KAREN DOWDALL-SANDFORD, UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
Friday, April 8, 1:45-2:45 PM
UPCEA Talks: Strategic Solutions to Enrollment Challenges
SAPPHIRE P
Curated by the UPCEA Marketing, Enrollment Management, and Student Services Network
A curated series of short, idea-introducing presentations given by single presenters in quick succession during an hour-long concurrent session.
- Developing a Seamless Spectrum of Access
Being demand-driven in the education market starts with having products that address the needs of learners. At Oregon State we are building a seamless spectrum of access for learners from raw research data on one end all the way to fully online graduate degree programs.
- DAVE KING, MODERATOR, OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
- Open SUNY Institutional Readiness and Enrollment Planning Roundtable
Come to this session to learn about two services Open SUNY is offering to its 64 campuses to help them think strategically about enrollment planning for online learning, understand what it takes to ensure quality in online learning, and assess their capabilities against quality assurance measures.
- KIM SCALZO, SUNY SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION
- Communication Bootcamp: Using the Online Course to Build/Reinforce Professional Communication Skills
NONCREDIT
Online courses, across all disciplines and certificate topics, are writing-intensive environments (discussion boards, blogs, etc.). This is a prime opportunity to train learners in professional communication skills, including netiquette, presentations, and daily communication. This, in turn, substantially contributes to the quantifiable ROI of noncredit courses and certificates.
- JULIE MOSS, SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY
- Traditional Programs Reimagined Though Design Thinking: How one University Converted a Traditional F2F Program to a Renewed and Redeveloped Online Program
Learn about our process of conversion of face-to-face programs to a flipped/online format within a strategically targeted population focused on pharmaceutical sciences and research.
- ERIK BURNS, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON
- Developing Engaging, Useful, and Fun Leadership Training
How do you get businesses excited about your leadership training? Are you tapping non-traditional resources for leadership training? Utah Valley University Professional Education began a training series with our Culinary Arts Institute that helped jumpstart our Leadership Trainings for corporate entities.
- MICHAEL WALKER, UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY
Friday, April 8, 4:30-5:30 PM
UPCEA Talks: Analytics, Data, Dashboards
FINANCE/OPERATIONS
SAPPHIRE H
Curated by the UPCEA Network Vice Chairs for Research, Information, and Emerging Trends (RIET)
A curated series of short, idea-introducing presentations given by single presenters in quick succession during an hour-long concurrent session.
- How to Stop Drowning in Data and Start Getting Insights
Real-time analytics show the current status and historical trends of key performance indicators and such tools help to minimize team efforts and optimize resources. This short talk will highlight best practices for navigating through what can be overwhelming amounts of data and how to make data-driven decisions at the pace necessary for dynamic higher education environments.
- DIANA SHAW, GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
- Visualizing Competency-Based Learning
Unlocking the promise of competency-based learning relies on good data and real-time mapping of a student’s progress. Learn how Capella University uses sophisticated data dashboards and analytics to help motivate students, inform faculty and advisors, and demonstrate mastery to employers.
- DICK SENESE, CAPELLA UNIVERSITY
- Recruit to Retain, Retain to Recruit: Using Data to Complete the Other Half of Your Enrollment Growth Story
This session will focus on the data and processes that can align admissions requirements with retention analytics, helping institutions create a higher propensity for matching students and programs, as well as retain more of the students on which they spent time and dollars to recruit.
- CHERRON HOPPES, HELIX EDUCATION
- Dashboards and Data Integration for Open Enrollment Courses
With nontraditional models swiftly becoming the new norm, traditional semester views don't shine the light we need to make data-driven decisions. From enrollment to revenue, look at cross campus data integration and automated dashboards which Georgia Tech developed to assist colleagues in staying on top of and gauging performance.
- NICOLE DE VRIES, GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
