Strategic Planning for Online: Potential for CUNY Campuses

Presented at:

CUNY Technology ConferenceJohn Jay College, CUNY

December 1, 2011

Panelists

Janey Flanagan, Borough of Manhattan Community CollegeDirector of E-Learning Michelle Fraboni, Queens CollegeDeputy Chair/Lecturer, Education Technology; Coordinator, Online Teaching Initiative Bruce Rosenbloom, City College CETL Director and Online Learning Coordinator-Title V Blog: Envisioning Online Learning

Format of Session

Topic Overview

Survey Results

Comments--panelists and myself

Q & A after 1 Hour

Thanks to George Otte and CAT Committee members for support on this survey

Topics to be Discussed

Why this Panel? Topic? Focus?

Brief Overview of Hybrid/Online at CUNY

Survey Focus and Methodology

Survey Results

Why Now? Why Topic and Focus?

• Online learning the biggest trend in higher education in past decade.

• Growth: 20% per annum for over a decade• CUNY has been very slow to this game• Interest in hybrid/online reaching a critical

mass and critical stage of development• Early ad-hoc approaches on campuses are

evolving into more focused, planned strategies for hybrid/online

Why Now? Why Topic and Focus?continued

• In strategic interest of colleges and the university to explore SP for hybrid/online

• Online learning is a a strategic asset and needs to be properly administered

• Potential: Equivalent to 2-3 campuses in teaching/learning impact CUNY-wide

• Online has to potential to help transform teaching and learning at many institutions, including CUNY

• "Disruptive technology/ application"• Can be an agent for change on campuses

 

 

Survey Focus and Methodology

• Survey distributed to CAO and/ or technology director per campus

• Looking for the "point-person" on each campus that decides hybrid/online policy

• 20 campuses solicited, 17 responded• Still not too late if your campus has not

participated•  Enough participation to make survey valid,

indicative of trends

Areas Addressed by Survey (24 Q's)

Note: The term online also includes hybrid teaching

Who is planning online teaching at campuses? Is there a formal strategic plan in place for this process?What is the process for creating online policy?If there is a plan for online, what areas does it cover?Is the campus environment receptive to online?What are some implementation issues?What has been the impact on the institution?How do campuses see the role of CUNY Central?

Survey Results

Resources

Envisioning Online Learning (Bruce's Blog)http://onlinelearning.commons.gc.cuny.edu/

Latest SloanC -Babson SurveyAllen, I.E. & Seaman, J. (2011). Going the Distance: Online Education in the United States 2011

Landmark Study of Effective Online ProgramsAPLU Report:Online Learning as a Strategic Asset

Questions

• Is online education mission critical at CUNY?

• Would a greater Central role be useful to the university and individual campuses?

• What compelling vision for online can we come up with that might get buy-in from all stakeholders?

• What are some next steps in this process?

 

 

Next Steps

• Online learning part of upcoming CUNY SP

• Recognition of hybrid/online as consistent with mission, goals, and values of CUNY

• Recognition of online as a strategic asset

•  Start planning process for more Central input in this area

Commitment 

"If you don't make a total commitment to whatever you're doing, then you start looking to bail out the first time the boat starts leaking. It's tough enough to get that boat ashore with everyone rowing, let alone when a guy stands up and starts putting his life jacket on".

Lou Holtz, football coach and motivational speaker