distance education and technological advancement (deta)
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Promoting Student Access and Success Through Research
Tanya JoostenCo-Director and PINational Research Center for Distance Education and Technological Advancement
Director, eLearning Research and DevelopmentUniversity of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
@tjoosten, [email protected]
slideshare.net/tjoostenuwm.edu/DETA
National Research Center for Distance Education and Technological Advancements (DETA)
How do we ensure all students have access to aquality higher education?
Pathway to
degree
Online
BlendedCBE
Access through distance education
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Ensuring quality?
F2F
Online
Identify practices (instructional and institutional) that impact those outcomes
Conduct rigorous, interdisciplinary, and standardized research
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Ensure outcomes for all students, including those with disabilities
National Research Center for Distance Education and Technological Advancements (DETA)
Year 1 goal: Develop research model
Outcomes
Research questions
Framework of inquiry
Measures
Instrumentation
Year 1 activity: Host national summit
Desired Outcomes
Access
Learning Effectiveness
Instructional Effectiveness
Satisfaction
http://uwm.edu/deta/desired-outcomes/
Research questions
Research questions
What are the definitions of success from students’ perspective? 33
What are the different design components (content, interactivity, assessments) that impact student learning?
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What patterns of behaviors lead to increased student learning for different populations?
26
How can we define and measure student success beyond traditional outcomes?
25
What support structures are critical to providing quality access to online instruction?
22
What is the currency of student learning beyond the existing credit hours? 22
What are the key components that promote a sustainable and an effective teaching and learning ecosystem?
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Framework of inquiry
Framework of inquiry
Research toolkits
Shared measures –Student performance is based on numerical representation of grade converted to a 4.0 scale received in the course on assessments and as an overall grade.
RQs - What are the different design components (content, interactivity, assessments) that impact student learning?
Year 2 goal: Collect data
Year 2 activities: RFP for pilot grant awards
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Year 2/3 goal: CBE success factors
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Year 2/3 goal: Produce effective use cases
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Content
•Text
• Images
•Audio
•Video
Interactivity
•Discussions
•Groups
•Feedback
Assessment
•Written and oral examination
•Discursive
•Portfolio
Year 3 goal: Technological diffusion
Technology Rubric
Easy
503b compliant
Engagement
Learning
Satisfaction
Cost
Year 2/3 activities: Evaluation rubric
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Learner support Organization Design
Delivery Assessment Evaluation
Engagement IntegrationTechnology
Appropriateness
Questions
Tanya Joosten, @tjoosten, [email protected]
Twitter | @tjoosten
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