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Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Institutional Factors - Recruiting Elearners
Higher Education Prospecting Resources - Recruit, Enroll and Retain - EducationDynamics.com
Presentation by Andrew Gansler at United States Distance Learning Association [4.22.08]
Gansler encourages elearning providers to "Understand Your Customer and Their Needs" by listing the most common reported "school factors" influencing enrollment decisions. Schools can influence but not always strictly control these items.
4 Traditional Factors:
Cost
Financial aid
Reputation of school and quality of instructors
Admissions requirement
Newer Factors:
Number of calendar starts
Curriculum delivery (students becoming more savvy...ask these questions now)
Credit transfer policy AND process (prospects now more concerned with the process hassle factor)
Requirements for completion
Required campus attendance
Geographic presence (evolving - eventually becomes unimportant to elearners after they actually take courses)
Uniqueness of program (newness of degreee - e.g. homeland security, criminal justice)
Enrollment process
The interesting conclusion is that these factors are the basis for identifying quality enrollment leads for distance learners. Whether your university does well or poorly in any of these is not the point. Instead, the point is understanding where the school is on these issues and where the student is (expressed needs) on these issues.
Presentation by Andrew Gansler at United States Distance Learning Association [4.22.08]
Gansler encourages elearning providers to "Understand Your Customer and Their Needs" by listing the most common reported "school factors" influencing enrollment decisions. Schools can influence but not always strictly control these items.
4 Traditional Factors:
Cost
Financial aid
Reputation of school and quality of instructors
Admissions requirement
Newer Factors:
Number of calendar starts
Curriculum delivery (students becoming more savvy...ask these questions now)
Credit transfer policy AND process (prospects now more concerned with the process hassle factor)
Requirements for completion
Required campus attendance
Geographic presence (evolving - eventually becomes unimportant to elearners after they actually take courses)
Uniqueness of program (newness of degreee - e.g. homeland security, criminal justice)
Enrollment process
The interesting conclusion is that these factors are the basis for identifying quality enrollment leads for distance learners. Whether your university does well or poorly in any of these is not the point. Instead, the point is understanding where the school is on these issues and where the student is (expressed needs) on these issues.
Tuesday, April 08, 2008
Teaching Naked - Dr. Jose Bowen
NTLF Vol. 16 No. 1 2006 - Teaching Naked: "The National Teaching & Learning Forum logo Volume 16 Number 1
Teaching Naked:
Why Removing Technology from your Classroom Will Improve Student Learning (Extended article)
Jose Antonio Bowen, Southern Methodist University"
TWU was pleased to host Dr. Bowen for our 3rd annual E-Learning lecture series on April 4th.
Here's a basic idea of what he discussed...“The most important benefits to using technology occur outside of the classroom. This talk focuses on the “why” and discusses how simple technologies can greatly increase your students’ engagement and prepare them for real discussions by providing content and assessment before class time. The argument is that technology can be used to free the teacher from the need to “cover” the content in the classroom, and instead use class time to demonstrate the continued value of direct student to faculty interaction and discussion. The goal and the future value of most higher education depends upon non-technological face-to-face interaction with students, but we have instead often embraced the least interactive forms of technology (e.g., PowerPoint lectures). “Teaching naked” offers an alternative strategy for improved pedagogy and learning through technology.” – Dr. José Bowen
I encourage you to visit his website.
Teaching Naked:
Why Removing Technology from your Classroom Will Improve Student Learning (Extended article)
Jose Antonio Bowen, Southern Methodist University"
TWU was pleased to host Dr. Bowen for our 3rd annual E-Learning lecture series on April 4th.
Here's a basic idea of what he discussed...“The most important benefits to using technology occur outside of the classroom. This talk focuses on the “why” and discusses how simple technologies can greatly increase your students’ engagement and prepare them for real discussions by providing content and assessment before class time. The argument is that technology can be used to free the teacher from the need to “cover” the content in the classroom, and instead use class time to demonstrate the continued value of direct student to faculty interaction and discussion. The goal and the future value of most higher education depends upon non-technological face-to-face interaction with students, but we have instead often embraced the least interactive forms of technology (e.g., PowerPoint lectures). “Teaching naked” offers an alternative strategy for improved pedagogy and learning through technology.” – Dr. José Bowen
I encourage you to visit his website.
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