5 8 08 live and learn campus closure and academic continuity
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A presentation for the Sloan-C Carefree Symposium on resilience from the perspectives of the course and program, the institution, the region and the nation.TRANSCRIPT
Building ResilienceWhile Strengthening Routine Operations
Emerging Technologies Symposium Friday, May 9
Palo Verde III, 8:15-9:15Carefree Arizona
presenters
• Mary Bold, Texas Woman’s University
• Catherine Kelley, Fairleigh Dickenson University
• Janet Moore, Sloan-C • Maggie O’Hara, East Carolina
University (via VOIP)• Laura Pedrick, University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Preparedness
BusinessContinuity
Campus Safety and Security
OperationalContinuity
Academic Continuity
Continuity
Institutional Resilience
Research
Athletics
IT data backup
Administrative Services
Emergency Operations
Threat review
Emergency Notification
Disaster planning
Response Disaster Recovery
Aftermath
Mode of instruction
Student readiness
Faculty readiness
Learning Mgmt
System
Scalable courses
Advising
IT Systems
Special needs populations
Library
Getting started
How do academic continuity plans evolve?
• Source of the initiative
• Decision makers (faculty, deans, HR, health services, communications, IT, physical plant, food services, students)
• Support from senior admin
• Barriers
Fairleigh Dickinson University
http://fdu-coursecontinuity.wikispaces.com/
Texas Women’s University
East Carolina University
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Academic and IT communications
• Overcome silo mentality
• Identify different lenses
• Acknowledge differences in priorities and personalities
Implementation…infrastructure
• Academic continuity articulation with emergency plan
• Alternative websites
• Immediate backup networks
• Surge capacity for LMS
Implementation…academic
• Faculty training, course sharing, team teaching
• Course development
• Student training
• Courses/ repositories
Implementation…services
• Registrar and records
• Financial aid
• Learning resources: library, materials
• Advising
• Counseling
Policies for students
• For students
– Transfer credit (cross-institution enrollment)
– Compassionate withdrawal, completion, re-entry, aid
– Preparedness
Policies for faculty and staff
• For faculty and staff
– Essential and backup personnel
– HR
– Work from wherever
Policies for institution
• For institution
– Triggers for action (preparedness drills)
– Communications w constituencies
– Suppliers
Sustainability
• How academic continuity is woven into ongoing activities including teaching, research and service
• Updating and evaluation processes
• Funding
Preparedness
BusinessContinuity
Campus Safety and Security
OperationalContinuity
Academic Continuity
Continuity
Institutional Resilience
Research
Athletics
IT data backup
Administrative Services
Emergency Operations
Threat review
Emergency Notification
Disaster planning
Response Disaster Recovery
Aftermath
Mode of instruction
Student readiness
Faculty readiness
Learning Mgmt
System
Scalable courses
Advising
IT Systems
Special needs populations
Library