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Registration
Continental Breakfast
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| 9:00
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Welcome
Susan Scott
Director of Consortium Services and Development
IHETS
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| 9:15
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Designs for Effective
Learning: How Faculty are Shaping the Future
Dr. Carol A. Twigg
Executive Director
Center for Academic Transformation
Is it possible to make significant gains in student achievement
by using information technology (IT) to redesign the ways we teach
and learn? Can we take advantage of IT to enable faculty to work
smarter rather than harder? The Pew Charitable Trusts has launched
a $6 million grant program to support colleges and universities
in their efforts to tackle these challenges. This presentation will
describe the efforts of faculty leaders from twenty diverse institutions
to make student learning the central focus of their courses-including
redesign methodologies, key academic planning decisions, and reactions
to their changing roles--and will discuss the implications for faculty
roles in the future.
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| 10:15
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MVU-The
Front Door to Distributed Learning for Michigan's Work Force
Dr. David Spencer
President
Michigan Virtual University
The Michigan Virtual University has developed a flexible, responsive,
market-driven Web based distance learning organization to respond
to specific industry training needs. The MVU develops requests for
proposals with industry leaders and establishes performance-based
contracts for distributed learning courses and programs with Michigan
education and training providers. The MVU accelerates and enhances
the capacity of Michigan public and independent colleges and universities,
as well as public sector providers, to use technology to provide
more convenient and cost-effective distributed learning and training
opportunities for Michigan's core industry sectors.
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| 11:00
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The
Unplanned Obsolescence of the Virtual University (or How I Stopped
Being the Dean of Electricity)
Dr. Mary Beth Susman
Chief Executive Officer
Kentucky Virtual University
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| 11:30
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Audience
Interaction
Dr.
David Spencer
President
Michigan Virtual University |
Dr.
Mary Beth Susman
Chief Executive Officer
Kentucky Virtual University |
The presenters will be using an audience response system to engage
direct electronic feedback from the conference participants regarding
the important implications of distance learning for Indiana's education
communities and the key trends and indicators that are affecting
the development of distance learning initiatives.
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| NOON
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Lunch and Luncheon
Address: A President's Perspective
Dr. Lloyd W. Benjamin, III
President
Indiana State University
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| 1:30
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The Systems Approach
to Distance Learning: Astonishing Students and Faculty
Dr. Linda M. Thor
President
Rio Salado College
In this high-tech age, anyone can put a course online. This innovative
community college has placed the services of the entire college
online to support its 200 Internet courses, 26 annual start dates,
and 25,000 enrollments. Learn how Rio Salado College developed an
unusual infrastructure that astonishes both students and faculty,
and in the process captured a place in the national spotlight.
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| 2:30
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Virtual Universities
and Traditional Campuses: Joint Influences and Impacts: A Case Study
Dr. Jeffery Livingston
Dean of Continuing Education
Weber State University
Western Governors University (WGU) was initially announced in February
of 1996. Subsequently, governors from 18 states committed to support
the new institution. What were the original assumptions and expectations
of the anticipated partnerships between WGU and traditional state
and private institutions, as well as other education providers?
What has been the impact and influence of WGU on conventional campuses
and systems of higher education? Has the original model of WGU changed
from its inception due to "orthodox" universities' reactions and
actions? Has there been a concomitant impact and influence of traditional
campuses on the genre known as "virtual universities?" This presentation
will consider the experiences and conclusions of WGU's former CEO
in moving from a state institution, to the state system of higher
education, to WGU, and back to a state institution.
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| 3:30
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Planning
the Digital Learning Space
David King
Executive Director
IHETS
The Indiana College Network-Indiana's version of a virtual university,
was one of the first developments of its kind when it came into
being in 1995. What's next on the horizon? Expanding on the the
ICN concept, Indiana's Digital Learning Space will allow learners
with many needs and interests to engage directly a wide range of
education and information providers in Indiana and beyond. Join
us to discuss the path to implementation.
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| 4:00
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Conference
Adjourns
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