Burks Oakley II

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e-Learning Learning for the 21st Century

• Burks Oakley II
• Director, University of Illinois Online
• University of Illinois
• 19 March 2002

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Need for lifelong learning
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http//www4.nationalacademies.org/news.nsf/(ByDocI
D)/0C37F2E2983CF1BE852567760055FFA8?OpenDocument
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e-Learning

• Advances in computers and networks now make
  possible anytime, anyplace learning via the
  Internet
• 70 of all adults in the USA now have Internet
  access at home or at work
• Continuing engineering education is rapidly
  embracing e-learning

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http//www.google.com/
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http//www.learnon.org/
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http//www.ieee.org/organizations/eab/PDI/wbc/
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http//chronicle.com/free/2000/02/2000022301u.htm
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http//webcampus.stevens-tech.edu/
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WebCampus at Stevens

• WebCampus started with 24 students in its first
  semester two years ago
• Enrollment was 150 last semester
• Enrollment is 300 this semester
• Enrollment for next semester is projected to be
  600
• Their goal is to have 2700 graduate students on
  the campus and an equal number online 3 years
  from now!!

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http//www.vbee.ncsu.edu/CDcourses.html
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http//www.conted.gatech.edu/distance/gatech-onlin
e.html
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http//www.conted.gatech.edu/distance/information.
html
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http//www.conted.gatech.edu/distance/ece6254.ram
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http//mepp.engr.wisc.edu/
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http//www.uic.edu/eng/meng/
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http//www.uic.edu/eng/meng/course_offered.htm
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http//courseinfo.uic.edu/courses/1/ENGRDEMO
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http//scpd.stanford.edu/scpd/
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http//scpd.stanford.edu/scpd/students/onlineClass
.htm
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http//scpd.stanford.edu/scpd/students/demo/
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University of Illinois atUrbana-Champaign

• Online program
• MS in Electrical Engineering
• MS in Mechanical Engineering
• Master of Computer Science
• Spring 2002 semester
• 21 online classes
• 435 course enrollments

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http//online.engr.uiuc.edu/
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http//online.engr.uiuc.edu/degrees.htm
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http//online.engr.uiuc.edu/demos.htm
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http//online.engr.uiuc.edu/demos.htm
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http//courselets.stanford.edu/
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Common themes

• Extensive use of streaming media, including video
• Streaming lectures with very high production
  quality
• Studio classrooms to make it easy for faculty to
  teach in this new way
• Web sites with demo courses test drive a
  course before you buy

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Common themes, continued

• Not just engineering and computer science, but
  also business, communication and management
• Emphasis on content that is practical and
  problem-based
• More and more certificate programs
• Future will see even more specific courselets
  and more partnerships

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e-Learning Learning for the 21st Century

• Burks Oakley II
• web http//www.online.uillinois.edu/oakley/
• e-mail oakley_at_uillinois.edu