The Higher Ed Canvas: Connecting Challenges and Tools
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The document discusses the challenges and tools in higher education, emphasizing the interconnectedness of the teaching and learning process with external pressures such as accountability, funding, and competition. It outlines strategies for enhancing student engagement and learning outcomes through the use of learning management systems (LMS), including digital tools, personalized learning pathways, and community-building initiatives. The presentation highlights the need for educational institutions to adapt in response to changing demands and to prioritize retention, assessment, and accreditation.
The Higher Ed Canvas: Connecting Challenges and Tools
- 1. The Higher Ed Canvas: Connecting Challenges and Tools Christina M. Sax Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Keynote Presentation, Canvas MAGIC Conference Mid-Atlantic Group Instructing with Canvas April 7, 2017 @CMSax #CanvasMagic
- 2. Systems Perspective in Biology Process Flow Connections Balance
- 3. Systems Perspective in Higher Ed Regularly interacting or interdependent group of items, under the influence of related forces, forming a unified wholeTeaching & learning process often viewed as disconnected from the wider system of external & institutional pressures
- 4. Systems Perspective in Higher Ed Regularly interacting or interdependent group of items, under the influence of related forces, forming a unified wholeBUT … teaching & learning process ARE connected to the wider system of external & institutional pressures
- 5. • Questions of value – direct application, gainful employment, career advancement • Questions of integrity – Online, competency based education (CBE) – Fraud, closings • Increasing scrutiny, accountability, regulation – Students, parents, general public, employers, legislators, accreditors External Pressures
- 6. • Decreasing state funding • Discounting of tuition • Changing financial aid rules • Decreasing student pool External Pressures Knocking at the College Door, WICHE High School Graduate Trends US Northeast
- 7. • Increasing provider options • Unbundling & portability of higher ed – Courses, credits, experiences, services, support, technology, infrastructure • Student as consumer – Critical inquiry in decision making & selection External Pressures Online Report Card, 2015
- 8. • Increasing competition – Students – Faculty – Staff & admin talent • Unstable enrollments • Unstable revenue & funding • Increasing time, effort, costs • Decreasing sustainability of traditional higher ed structures and financial models Resulting Internal Pressures
- 9. Increasing focus on … • Retention • Time to degree completion • Learning outcomes • Skills/competencies • Assessment & accreditation • Flexibility & personalization • Competitive advantage Resulting Internal Pressures
- 11. Is this the culture at your institution? ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT is everybody’s job. RETENTION is everybody’s job.
- 12. Responding through Quality Teaching & Learning American Council on Education, 2017
- 13. Use the Learning Management System Toolbox to respond to broad external and internal pressures, through … 1. Digital engagement 2. Student learning outcomes 3. Assessment, feedback, accreditation 4. Personalization 5. Student & faculty communities Responding through the LMS Toolbox
- 14. • Digital tools to foster engaging & interactive content • Synchronous & asynchronous student- faculty & student-student interactions • Mobile design • Media (not text) based content 1. Digital Engagement Engagement Learning Success Retention By 2019, 80% of the world’s internet traffic will be video (Cisco)
- 15. Students: Technology, Engagement, Learning 17,641 undergraduate students at 183 institutions EDUCAUSE Center for Analysis and Research, 2016
- 16. • Ready made templates, scaffolding, integration create cohesive learning experience: – Syllabus – Objectives – Low stakes practice/self-check – Assignments – Assessments • Authentic assessment of skills & competencies • Collaborative learning • Online & hybrid/blended learning – Flexibility for different needs & learning styles 2. Enhancing Student Learning Outcomes Students report higher levels of engagement and learning at institutions where faculty members use active and collaborative learning techniques, interact with students, and emphasize higher-order cognitive activities. (American Council on Education, 2017)
- 17. Blended Learning Studies of blended learning (1996-2006): students in blended learning classes outperformed those in fully online or fully in- person classes Online Report Card, 2015 Evaluation of Evidence- Based Practices in Online Learning: A Meta-Analysis and Review of Online Learning Studies, US Dept Education, 2010 EDUCAUSE Center for Analysis and Research, 2016
- 18. • Embedded & aligned rubric tools • Consistent & cohesive assessment across sections & program • Learning analytics to target teaching & learning • Administrative analytics – Usage rates, trends, patterns – Functions & tools – Student & faculty • Use analytics for accreditation 3. Assessment, Feedback, Accreditation
- 19. Individualized learning pathways • Different pathways to same learning outcomes • Potentially different starting points Strategies • Adaptive learning tools • Multiple assignment/assessment options • Integrated advising & early alert apps • Mobile learning • Internet of Things (IoT) 4. Personalization (within scaling)
- 20. • Students – Learning communities that transcend courses – Content reinforcement & professional prep – Enhance engagement & connection to institution and fellow students • Faculty – Pedagogy & assessment development – Diverse peer learning communities – Engagement, satisfaction, retention 5. Online Communities
- 21. Tools • Digital engagement • Student learning outcomes • Assessment, feedback, accreditation • Personalization • Student & faculty communities Responding through the LMS Toolbox Impacts • Questions of value • Questions of integrity • Increasing scrutiny, accountability, regulation • Retention and degree completion • Financial constraints • Competitive advantage
- 22. Other teaching & learning strategies that can address overarching higher ed challenges
- 23. Rising to the Challenge The world is but a canvas to the imagination. - Henry David Thoreau Challenges
- 24. • WICHE, Knocking at the Door: Projections of High School Graduates Through 2032, Dec 2016, http://knocking.wiche.edu • 2015 Online Report Card: Tracking Online Education in the United States, Babson Survey Research Group, https://onlinelearningconsortium.org/read/online-report-card- tracking-online-education-united-states-2015 • Instructional Quality, Student Outcomes, and Institutional Finances, American Council on Education, 2017, http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Instructional-Quality- Student-Outcomes-and-Institutional-Finances.aspx References – 1
- 25. • Cisco Visual Networking Index, 2015, https://newsroom.cisco.com/press-release- content?articleId=1644203 • Technology Research in the Academic Community, EDUCAUSE Center for Analysis and Research, 2016, https://www.educause.edu/ecar/technology-research-academic- community-legacy • Evaluation of Evidence-Based Practices in Online Learning: A Meta- Analysis and Review of Online Learning Studies, US Department of Education, 2010, www2.ed.gov/rschstat/eval/tech/evidence-based- practices/finalreport.pdf References – 2
- 26. Chris Sax Provost & VP Academic Affairs Maryland University of Integrative Health CSAX@MUIH.EDU Questions & Contact Info