JesuitNET Update

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JesuitNET Update AJCU CITM EdTech
Conference Saint Josephs University May 23, 2005
Richard Vigilante, Executive Director, JesuitNET

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JesuitNET 2004-05 Highlights

• 250K Federal online bioethics center grant
• CADE workshops at LUC, SCU, Gonzaga
• 14 new CADE-based online courses produced
• 10 new members of Advisory Board
• Developed CAO-endorsed Business Plan
• Developing Academic Plan with CAO Input

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JesuitNET Academic Plan

• 1. Inter-Institutional course enrollment support
• 2. Competency-based curriculum design
• 3. Development of new online programs
• 4. Collaborative instructional projects with
  AUSJAL
• 5. Collaborative development of bioethics
  curricula
• 6. Educational technology meetings/communications
  

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1. Inter-Institutional Enrollment Support

• CAO-sponsored Memorandum of Agreement
• Higher course enrollments/Fewer course
  redundancies/Richer curricular offerings
• Establish Home-Host school tuition sharing
• Develop cross-enrollment procedures
• Provide inter-campus library access
• JesuitNET online catalog to market online
  offerings

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Online Catalog Home Page
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Online Catalog Course Search
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Online Catalog Course Listing
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Online Catalog Course Description
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2. Competency-based Curriculum Design
Competency Assessment in Distributed Education
(CADE)

• CADE-designed courses focus not only on what
  students know, but also on what they can do with
  what they know.

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CADE Backward Design Process
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CADE Backward Design Process
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CADE Backward Design Process
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CADE Course Design Workshop

• Online and hybrid 4-6 week formats
• 15 faculty participants per section
• Library and instructional tech support
• 20 page course design portfolio
• 130 workshop participants to date

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3. Development of New Online Programs

• M.S.N. in Health Care Systems Management
  12 online Loyno courses
• M.A. in OrganizationalLeadership/Communications
• 18 online Gonzaga courses
• Certificates in Engineering and Business Ethics
• 14 online Gonzaga courses
• New online degree program discussions with
• Georgetown, Canisius, Saint Louis

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4. Collaborative Projects with AUSJAL

• ITESO March 2003 60 AJCU-AUSJAL attendees
• Spanish-Portuguese versions of CADE workshop
• Online courses open to AJCU students

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Online AUSJAL Programs

• Diploma in Latin American Human Rights
  32 4-5 week courses
  Options in Justice
  Access, Education and Political Participation
  
• Course in Continental Poverty
  16-week course
  Case
  studies for Chile, Columbia, Guatemala, Mexico,
  Uruguay, and Venezuela
• Find out more at 215pm on Tuesday
  

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5. Center for Online Bioethics Education

• 500K in two Federal grants
• Partnering with eight AJCU bioethics programs
  (Fairfield, Fordham, LMU, LUC, Regis, SLU, SCU,
  WJU)
• 22 online and 30 on-campus courses currently
  offered
• Four CADE-based online courses to be developed
  and offered to students at participating AJCU
  institutions

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6. Educational Technology Meetings

• 37 of AJCU Courses have online components
• 2003 and 2004 annual EdTech conferences
• May 22-25, 2005 EdTech conference at SJU
• 130-member EdTech listserv
• Joint Curriculum/Faculty Development Projects