Transcript Crossing the James River

Virginia Community College System
Crossing the James River
1. The first settlers in Virginia constructed canoes and rafts
2. The second wave of settlers crossed in “batches” on ferries & rafts
3. The third wave used bridges “just in time”
James River
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Early distance education pioneers had to write all the software
second wave found software packages to build course “batches”
third wave will permit “just in time” construction of
content delivery
This level of maturity will require a well-conceived
technology and organization infrastructure
“Changing the way higher education works”
A System of Colleges (23) and campuses (39)
 College operational autonomy encouraged
 Each college individually named
 One governing board and CEO for system
VCCS Distance
Education
 Fall 1999
 873 courses
Scope  19,756 students
 System Office, 23 Colleges, 39 Campuses
 Six new campuses in last eight years
 Spring 2000
 10,000 Faculty and staff
 891 courses
 250,000 credit students
 19,557 students
 100,000+ non credit students
 80,000 FTE’s credit students (unduplicated)  Academic Year
 28,510 unique students
 39,313 enrollments
Scale - The full range
 Smallest college 1,500 students (600 FTE)
 Sample college Summer 2000
 Largest college 70,000 students (20,000 FTE)
 Classroom 75% full
 Smallest campus 800 students(375 FTE)
 Distance Educ 100% full
 Largest campus 20,000 students (10,000 FTE)
Distance Learning Concept
The Virginia Community College System is developing a fourpronged approach to distance learning.
Portal
VCCSOnline
www.vccs.cc.va.us
 Database of courses (1700+)
 Electronic postcard
 Student orientation
 Other services
 online math center
 writing center
 In 1999-2000, over 28,000 students accounted for 39,000
enrollments, up over 35% from the previous year
 Approximately one half of Virginia’s community colleges offer
degree or certificate programs online or via videoconferencing
Digital content library
Shared Resources
Multiple resources for course development (MERLOT)
Learning objects, modules
Purchase, license, access
Focus on delivery/responsiveness
Address copyright -- who owns it
Provide for individuality, creativity
Content Delivery
VCCS Colleges
Deliver distance learning courses & programs
degrees
certificates
workforce development
Credential students
Provide academic and support services
Quality assurance
Transition techniques
 Courseware Grant project
 Faculty Online Resource
 TIE awards (Technology in Education)
 Collaborative projects (Critical mass)
 Exposure - Conferences
 Exposure - Professional development activities/support
• MERLOT
• New Horizons Conference
• Centers of Excellence
• Faculty Online Site
• Grants - courseware, research
Effecting change
 Action Plan for DL
 DL & IT Advisory Committee
 Program committee
 Strategic plan
 Presidents activities
 College Technology plans
 Faculty Online Resource Site
 Virtual Foreign Language Classroom
Influences
 E-learning Industry
 Benchmarks -- Army initiative
 E-Market -- students, competitors
 Alignment -- administrative & academic systems
 ROI -- colleges & students
 E-government
The Future
 Business-like environment
 Competition
 Standards/Benchmarks
 Rapid change
 Flexibility
 Responsiveness
 Results/Accountability
 Quality --product & services
Goals
 Seamless access to programs & services
 Strong support structure
 Successful learning experiences
 Lifelong learning environment
 Multiple opportunities to learn
Balanced Technology Initiative
Mission, Vision, Goals & Objectives
Governance and Organization
Information Systems
Application Tools
Architecture Model
Technology Adoption
VCCS must stay ahead of its customers in technology
so that faculty may teach it in a timely fashion to meet
business demand.
Pragmatists:
Stick with the
herd!
Conservatives:
Hold on!
Visionaries:
Get ahead of the herd!
Skeptics:
No way!
Techies:
Try it!
VCCS Virginia Business
Innovators
Early
Adopters
Early
Majority
Late
Majority
Laggards
Virginia’s Community Colleges
WWW
Voice, Data, Video
Network Virginia 2
Switch
Classroom
Router
Desktop
Voice, Data, Video, and Education
In the classroom -- On the desktop
Statewide access -- One low fee
VCCS Network Initiatives
Voice over IP
 In-state long distance
 Audio conference facility
 Interactive voice response
 PBX or Centrex replacement
Commonwealth Classroom Video
 ATM video conferencing
 IP video conferencing
Desktop video
Conferencing & streaming video
 VCR & Cable TV replacement
Information Systems
Management Information System
Student
Information
System
Instructional
Support
System
Office & Network Services
Administrative
Information
Systems
Instructional Information System
Instructional Information System
Customer
Relations
Management
Intellectual
Property
Management
Academic
Content
Management
Office & Network Services
Instructional
Delivery
Methodology
An “Electronic Community”
“Point of Service”
or
“Self Service”
 Broadband Network Access
 Voice, Data, Video
 Electronic Buildings,
Classrooms, & Desktops
 Information Services
 Education opportunities
Proactive people
Extend Virginia’s (voice and video) reach Nationwide!!!
WEB Home Page
www.vccs.cc.va.us
Carole Schultz
[email protected]
Larry Hengehold
[email protected]