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Blend-Online 2009 Educause Annual Conference Meeting

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The Blend-Online group meets at the EDUCAUSE annual conference. For the 2009 event in Denver, Colorado, the group meets on Wednesday, November 4th at 4:55-6:10 p.m. in Meeting Room 705 - look for location on the Birds of a Feather program.

Agenda

  1. Welcome and introductions
  2. What we are and are not
  3. Solicit key questions, issues, discussion points for group "What are the top three issues you are currently facing in administering online or blended programs?"
  4. Veronica: discussion of  ELI Blended Learning Workshop Guide
  5. Group tools for information exchange (wiki, Google Docs, etc.)
  6. Questions or other ideas and feedback
  7. Adjourn  

Top Three Issues Responses:

 

Faculty Development, Training and Support Issues

  • General faculty support - online vs. blended vs. web-enhanced support levels
  • Training - selves and faculty
  • Establishing training protocols and requirements
  • Support Staff - helpdesk vs. Library vs. ID  

Instructional Design Issues

  • Building online courses from scratch Identifying exemplars
  • Student involvement and ability to edit/contribute/remix course content
  • Assessment and Outcomes - creative and effective

Research Issues

  • Data mining, metrics
  • Nurturing Research culture
  • Outcomes and research 
  • Examples of what others are doing - organization

 

Blended-Specific Issues:

  • F2F -> Blended -> Online
  • Maximizing blended time
  • Differentiating blended
  • How to deliver co-curricular along with curricular

 

Strategic Planning Issues

  • Resetting expectation when online is perceived as cash cow and it no longer is
  • Defining faculty load relative to online courses
  • H1N1 and Disaster planning  

Quality Control Issues

  • Who is responsible for course quality?
  • Who is responsible and what tool to use for evaluating course quality
  • Course approval process  

Technology-Related Issues

  • Technology change costs, support
  • LMS Migrations  

Legal Issues

  • Proving Identity of Students
  • Intellectual Property issues/questions

 

 

Tools Links:

Blend-Online Wiki (you're here!)

Blend-Online Data Google Spreadsheet


 
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