Distance Education at BGSU

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Distance Education at BGSU
COSMOS Presentation December 3, 2009
Dr. Bruce Edwards, Associate Vice President for
Academic Technology and E-Learning Connie Molnar,
Director, Center for Online and Blended Learning
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Center for Online and Blended Learning

• The Center for Online and Blended Learning (COBL)
  promotes and supports the design, development,
  and implementation of online and blended courses
  and programs at BGSU.

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History
2001 June, 2008
July, 2008 - Future
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COBL Staff

• Connie Molnar, Director
• Terence Armentano, Assistant Director
• Michael Kudela, Senior Instructional Designer
• Carolyn Kraut, Instructional Designer
• Stephen Jenkins, Instructional Designer
• Beka Patterson, Secretary
• David Sankovich, Student

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COBL

• The Center for Online and Blended Learning
  provides the infrastructure for the coordination
  and management of activities needed to develop
  and support distance education.

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Beginning with

• Program design and development
• Instructional design
• Course development
• Online pedagogical and technical training

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Including

• Coordination of campus resources
• Web site maintenance
• cobl.bgsu.edu
• online.bgsu.edu
• OhioLearns catalog/state, natl conferences
• Ohio collaborations
• New technology and pedagogical practices

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With a focus on

• Quality assurance
• Quality Matters

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Quality Matters

• Faculty centered peer review process designed to
  certify the quality of online and blended
  courses/programs
• Tools set and process
• QM rubric (40 elements/8 standards, based on
  current research)
• Peer review of courses
• Faculty development
• Course and program recognition

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Quality Matters Subscribers
WASHINGTON
NORTH
MAINE
MONTANA
MINNESOTA
DAKOTA
OREGON
VT
NH
WISCONSIN
MASS
SOUTH
IDAHO
DAKOTA
NEW YORK
MICHIGAN
WYOMING
RI
CONN
PENN
NEW
IOWA
NEBRASKA
JERSEY
NEVADA
OHIO
DELAWARE
INDIANA
UTAH
ILLINOIS
COLORADO
MARYLAND
WV
KANSAS
VIRGINIA
MISSOURI
KENTUCKY
CALIFORNIA
NORTH
CAROLINA
ARIZONA
ARKANSAS
OKLAHOMA
SOUTH
CAROLINA
NEW MEXICO
TENNESSEE
MISS
GEORGIA
ALABAMA
TEXAS
FLORIDA
LOUISIANA
Current Subscribers
Statewide Subscribers
ALASKA
HAWAII
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The Ohio Quality Matters Consortium
http//oln.org/QM/qm_consortia.php
Collaborative cross-institutional project that
demonstrates quality assurance for Ohio online
courses
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Ohio Quality Matters Consortium Members

• Red Founding Member
• Ashland University
• Bowling Green State University
• Cedarville
• Central Ohio Tech College
• Cincinnati State
• Clark State
• Cleveland State University
• Columbus State Community College
• Edison State
• Hocking College
• Kent State Geauga
• Kettering College of Medical Arts
• Mercy College
• Miami University
• Mt Union College
• North Central State
• Notre Dame College

• Ohio Northern University
• OSU
• Ohio University
• Ohio Learning Network
• Owens Community College
• Sinclair Community College
• Stark State
• University of Akron
• University of Northwestern Ohio
• UC Clermont
• University of Cincinnati
• Ursuline College
• Washington State CC
• Wright State
• Zane State

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Quality Matters in Ohio

• Single largest statewide system
• 40 institutions represent almost 10 of QM
  subscriber base
• Pioneering collaborative model
• Leaders in independent capacity building efforts
• Innovators in creating tools for effective use of
  QM

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Quality Matters

• Ohio QM Consortium founding member
• BGSU QM info site
• http//cobl.bgsu.edu/QualityMatters.php
• Ohio Learning Network QM Consortium site
• http//oln.org/QM/quality_matters.php
• Ohio Center for Excellence in E-Learning

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OLN Center for Excellence in E-Learning

• Development of tools and processes
• Coordination of training
• Grants
• Conference

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Ohio Strategic Planning Committee for Distance
Education

• Commissioned to create big ideas for expanding
  access, quality, economic development, and
  educational attainment (USO metrics) through
  distance (online blended) learning.
• Co-chaired the PLAQA committee (Professional
  Learning, Assessment, Quality Assurance) just
  finished report.

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PLAQA Charge

• To develop an integrated, statewide strategic
  initiative for faculty/instructor professional
  development informed by the Scholarship of
  Teaching and Learning.
• Within this initiative, strategies to scale up
  breadth of impact (from isolated individuals and
  groups to universal impact) and type of impact
  (from awareness and skill mastery to changes in
  practice) will be used to support student
  success.  Nationally recognized programs such as
  Quality Matters and the Council on Adult and
  Experiential Learning (CAEL) Prior Learning
  Assessment, and technologies such as virtual
  worlds, simulations, e-portfolios, webinars,
  intelligent and pedagogical agents, m-learning
  and others will be used.  
• Targeted populations include faculty,
  instructors, teachers and instructional designers
  within PK-20 institutions, adult career centers
  and ABLE programs. The crucial role of assessment
  and the continuous improvement of our educational
  efforts will be a guiding philosophy. Benchmarks
  and metrics will ensure these strategies and
  programs are meeting goals and making adequate
  progress.
• OLN Center for Excellence E-learning hosting a
  recognition of BGSUs preparedness
• Final Report to be issued December 22nd to
• Chancellor Fingerhut.

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Contact Information

• Dr. Bruce Edwards
• Associate Vice President for Academic
• Technology and E-Learning
• edwards_at_bgsu.edu
• 419.372.7302
• Connie Molnar
• Director, Center for Online and Blended Learning
• cmolnar_at_bgsu.edu
• 419.372.7900