Gary Langer, Associate Vice Chancellor

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Minnesota Onlinewww.minnesotaonline.org

• Gary Langer, Associate Vice Chancellor
• Paul Wasko, e-Student Service Project Manager
• Lynette Olson, Assessment Effectiveness
  Director
• Deborah Proctor, e-Curriculum Director,
• Office of the Chancellor
  Minnesota
  State Colleges and Universities

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Minnesota Online Building a System to Deliver
Programs at a Distance

• Minnesota Online Structure Goals
• Centralized Services
• Assessment Effectiveness Model
• Curriculum Developments
• Discussion

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Minnesota State Colleges and Universities

• 32 state universities and community and technical
  colleges
• 240,000 students per year in credit-based courses
• 130,000 students in non-credit courses.

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Minnesota Online Serves

• In 2004, all 32 Minnesota State Colleges and
  Universities offer students courses online
• Approximately 18,065 students took at least 1
  internet course in FY2004
• As of June 2004, Minnesota Colleges and
  Universities had served 45,074 online students in
  FY2004

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Minnesota Online Data

• Increase in Online Learning
  since Fall 2000
• 
  Enrollment
• 5.5 of total system headcount taking online
  courses
• Programs
• Over 80 programs offered
• Fall 2004

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Online Enrollments

• Vast majority of online courses taken by students
  residing in Minnesota (89)
• Top areas of study Business Management,
  Health Professions, English/Literature, Social
  Sciences, Computer Sciences
• More women ( 72) enrolled than men (28)

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Minnesota OnlineEnrollment Data

• Percent of
  Campus Total
• Top 10 Online Enrollment Fall 04 FYE Online
  FYE Online
• Lake Superior C 280
  23
• Metropolitan State U 185 11
  
• St. Cloud State U 167 4
• Minnesota West CC 129 15
• Rochester CTC 114 6
• Anoka Ramsey CC 94 6
• Winona State U 83
  3
• Northland CTC 72
  8
• South Central TC 65
  5
• Minnesota State College 63
  5

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Purpose Vision

• The Purpose of Minnesota Online is to provide a
  collaborative framework for serving the online
  learners of the Minnesota State Colleges
  Universities
• The Vision is to be a trusted provider of choice
  trusted provider of choice for high quality
  online learning opportunities expanding access
  for a community of lifelong learners with
  Minnesota and beyond.

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Minnesota Online Council Strategic Goals
www.eresources.mnscu.edu

• Seamless Integrated Student, Academic, and
  Administrative Services and Usability
  Structure
• Communications Internal and External Marketing
  Plan Specific for Digital Strategies
• Assessment For Student Learning, Services,
  Content,
• Evaluation and Consistent Delivery
• Continuous Define Next Phase Of Minnesota
  Online
• Improvement the Product Based on
  Continuous Improvement Models
• Long Term Viability Support Stakeholders,
  Projects, and Efforts

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Integrated Structure

• Common Architecture IMS, Student Information
  System, Library Platform
• Seamless Project
• Business Alignment Practices
• System-wide Portal Electricity Grid

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Education Grid
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Assessment Effectiveness Plan
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Minnesota Online Peer Review Process

• Established Guidelines

Continue with Campus Site Visits 2004-2007
HLC Progress Report June 2005

• Formal Institutional Change Request

Assess Evaluate -Demonstration Projects

• Peer Review Team Recommendation Report

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What is the Value?

• Informing Empowering Students Centralized
  Services Database, Call Center, Help Desk,
  Advising/Tutoring
• Advancing Quality Standards Auditing Tool
  (WCET/WOW Award)
• Facilitating Transfer and Articulation CAS/DARS
• Sharing Costs and Leveraging Resources Statewide
  IMS System e-Portfolio software
  (www.efoliomn.com) Merlot Course Redesign

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Minnesota Online Learner Flow

Standards Seamless Services
Business Practices Alignment Student
Services Web Practices
Students

MnOnline
Campuses Programs Courses Services
Corporate
Central Services Call Center
eFolio Tech Support
Tutoring e-Reference
Test Proctoring Marketing
D2L License Learning Objects
Course Redesign Virtual Faculty Center
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Challenges

• Problems that stem from lack of integration of
  services and products have been exacerbated by
  the expanded expectations of the students from
  this digital age.
• Minnesota Online continues to provide opportunity
  to bring solutions to these challenges at a
  system level.

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Critical Questions?

• What is the role of Minnesota Online in serving
  - the Learner? the Campus? the System? the
  State?
• How does Minnesota Online overcome fear of loss
  of local campus autonomy?
• Where does this fit among all the other
  priorities, especially with declining state
  allocations?
• How do we continue to innovate?

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Comments?

• Lynette Olson
• 651-649-5957
• lynette.olson_at_so.mnscu.edu
• Gary Langer
• 651-649-5772
• gary.langer_at_so.mnscu.edu