Program Details

November 6, 1 p.m. – November 8, 12 noon

General Sessions

State Authorization Dynamics: Updates and Solutions Following the 2012 Election
Presenters: Jeannie Yockey-Fine, DowLohnes; Sharyl Thompson, American College of Education.
Moderator: Ray Schroeder, University of Illinois, Springfield.

Place Matters: Local Strategies for a National Online Market
Presenters: John LaBrie, Northeastern University; Sean Gallagher, Northeastern University
Moderator: David Cillay, Washington State University

The Emerging Open Online Learning Environment
Presenters: Ray Schroeder, University of Illinois, Springfield; Marie Cini, University of Maryland, University College.
Moderator: Kim Obbink, Montana State University

Inter-organizational Task Force on Online Learning: Joint Recommendations from UPCEA, Sloan-C, ACHE, WCET, EDUCAUSE, and ADEC
Robert J Hansen, UPCEA
Ray Schroeder, University of Illinois-Springfield

Concurrent Sessions

The Best of Both Worlds: what non-profit and proprietary universities can learn from each other
Kai Drekmeier, Inside Track
Cyndi Porter, University of the Incarnate Word
Peter Smith, Kaplan University
Sondra Stallard, Strayer University
Marie Cini Vice, University of Maryland University College

While nonprofit universities have eschewed the concept of customer-service in higher education, proprietary universities have excelled in creating a culture of service to the adult learner. Our panelists will explore the value of a student-centric culture, while maintaining a laser focus on outcomes. Their insights will challenge preconceived ideas about each segment.

Distance Learning - The Cart Before the Horse? Whoa!!
Maureen Hencmann, New Ventures of Regis University
Adam Samhouri, Regis University

As institutions seek to enter the online arena at a program or school level, they often put the cart before the horse. Leadership overlooks the preliminary work necessary to prepare their institution for the challenges of distance learning. The presentation will explore these foundations and a systematic approach to implementation.

Scaling Online Learning in Tandem: Partnering with an Educational Services Company to Launch Online Degrees
Michael Eddy, Purdue Extended Campus
Robin Cunningham, Purdue University

What challenges confront a traditional public university in working with an educational services provider to scale up its online degree programs? In this group presentation, administrators from Purdue and Deltak will discuss the administrative, academic, and cultural challenges they faced in their partnership to launch new online master degrees at Purdue.

A Scalable Online Course Development Model
Kevin Currie, Northeastern University Online
Chuck Kilfoye, Northeastern University Online

Northeastern University Online’s multipoint process of faculty training, instructional design support, readiness checks, quality review, and evaluation, ensures that our instructors learn and apply best practices for teaching online. Our readiness and quality monitoring, and reporting, is informed by research and aligned with standards and rubrics to identify the use of evidenced-based pedagogy and appropriate technology in our online courses.

We Are … Penn Staters, Too! Building a Co-curricular Student Experience for Penn State Online Distance Learners
Heather Chakiris, Advising & Learner Success

Connecting online distance learners to your institution, and each other, outside of their courses is an undervalued yet critical piece of the online student retention puzzle. Hear how Penn State World Campus’ Student Engagement Team is recreating the “Penn State student experience” for its learners studying online around the world.

Flexible E-learning Programs for a Global Workforce
Octavio Heredia, ASU Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering
Amy Wolsey Sr., Fulton Schools of Engineering

SU and Intel Vietnam have developed a graduate program to meet the diverse needs of the employees within the lntel workplace. We will discuss this partnership, along with the implementation, online delivery, and ways to sustain successful corporate partnerships for effective workforce development.

Assessing Outcomes in Online and Face-to-Face Classes: a Comparative Study
Jeffrey B. Larson, Barry University - School of Adult and Continuing Education
David Clinefelter, The Learning House, Inc.

This session presents a comparison of student achievement in online and face-to-face versions of general education (distribution) courses at Barry University. The same key assignment was used in both versions of each course. Signature (Master) courses are used online and achievement data is being collected to guide course revisions.

Innovating at the Periphery to Extend Harvard's Core
Henry Leitner, Harvard University
Catalina Laserna, Harvard University

The Harvard Extension School has transformed from a peripheral role as “evening school” for local area adults to an academic environment available 24/7 to a growing population of enthusiastic students around the world. Its distance education activities are faculty-driven and function as a laboratory in which creative ideas are pursued.

Navigating the Open Road of MOOCs and Badges
Gary Matkin Dean, University of California, Irvine

To respond to the demand for less expensive degree education, universities are leveraging open education to create MOOCs and low cost degrees. Explore the current status of the major players in open education, assess options available to institutions, and find strategies for entry or continued involvement in open education.

Creating Exceptional Services for Online Students and Faculty: A Toolkit for Building the Right Infrastructure
Dr. Lauren Mounty, Ph.D. Dean, School of Global & Professional Programs Marist College
Ms. Toni Constantino, Marist College

Marist has offered online courses for more than a decade, and is a leader in developing a customized course management system. This system is built upon Sakai, an open-source technology developed by a group of leading international colleges and universities, including Marist.

Building Brand Value Through Online Programs
Johnny Parham, Columbia University
Marni Baker Stein, Columbia University

This session will explore how to preserve the value of the university brand when developing online and flexible format programs from both portfolio design and implementation perspectives. Additionally, a process for mapping online program structures to both departmental and student needs will be introduced.

Embracing a Future of Doing More with Less: An Opportunity for Technology and Online Learning
Wayne Smutz, Penn State World Campus

America’s future depends upon our colleges and universities doing more with less. We have no other choice in the context of a globally competitive world. Traditional modes of higher education cannot solve this problem. Online learning and new technologies along with new business practices can. It’s time to act.

Scaling for Growth: Effectively Managing Online Instructor Training and Course Development
Stefano Stefan, University of California, Irvine - Extension

Expanding an institution’s portfolio of online courses in times of limited staff resources requires well-defined and repeatable processes for training new instructors and managing course development. We’ll explore effective practices for accomplishing these two goals based on experience gained at the University of California, Irvine Extension.

A Research Based Approach to Improving Social Pedagogy in Blended and Online Programs
Marni Stein, Columbia University School of Continuing Education

Findings outlined from groundbreaking research at Columbia University's School of Continuing Education aimed at identifying pedagogical design, approach and technology factors that impact social knowledge networking in blended and online graduate programs.

Decentralized to Centralized Support Services: Experiences & Lessons Learned at UW-Stout
Doug Stevens Director, UW-Stout Online University of Wisconsin-Stout

This presentation will focus on the lessons learned in formation of a new support unit on campus for online programs. The University of Wisconsin-Stout has been providing online courses from within each of the four colleges since 1998. Programmatic growth has prompted the move to a centralized model of support.

Partnering with external associations as a strategy for Success
Laura Ricke Director, Western Kentucky University

Interested in finding new avenues for student recruitment? Adding value to students' academic experience? Proactively pursuing strategies that increase your programs’ job placement disclosure metrics? This session will provide an outline of WKU’s partnerships with professional associations as a leveraging strategy to enhance value in its online graduate programs.

Conflicted: Faculty and Online Education, 2012
Rich Novak, Rutgers University

Changing the Design Model: Moving from Content Presentation to Activity Based Design
Andrea Gregg, The Pennsylvania State University
Amanda Mulfing, The Pennsylvania State University

The ongoing evolution of technology around distance education and online learning may dictate that it is time for a new and maybe better design model. One where learning activities are at the center of the design, where students are tasked with finding relevant content and interactions in order to solve the presented problems.

Developing California's State Supervision Online Certificate Program
Christine Irion, Sacramento State, College of Continuing Education

This presentation will outline the process used to develop the State Supervision Online Certificate Program which meets the mandated supervisory training requirement for all State of California supervisors. The 80-hour, instructor-led, competency based e-learning program was developed in Moodle and designed to meet the ADA requirements of the state.

Innovations in Online Proctoring
Rick Beaudry, B Virtual Inc.

A thought-provoking exploration into the people, process and technology innovations that are driving today’s live online proctoring services. Learn how colleges and universities in North America are successfully transitioning to the arena of online exams and opening up their education course reach to students around the globe.

Five more titles will be added to this robust list of sessions, a result of exciting member collaborations. Please check back soon to view those titles and presenter names.


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