5 8 08 live and learn campus closure and academic continuity

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