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Keynote Address: Democratizing Higher Education
Sebastian Thrun, VP & Fellow Google

Plenary Panel: Evolution or Revolution? What's Happening with Traditional Online Learning?
Jeff Young (The Chronicle of Higher Education, US) - Panel Moderator
Jose Cruz (The Education Trust, US)
Alan Drimmer (University of Phoenix, US)
Jack Wilson (University of Massachusetts, US)

Plenary Address: Citizen Science - Authentic Participation in Research
Arfon Smith (Citizen Science-Adler Planetarium, US)

Press Release: October 9, 2012
Sonic Foundry Partners with the Sloan Consortium to Webcast International Conference on Online Learning

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Creating an Institutional Culture that Embraces Accessibility and Supports Online Student Success  - By Kristen Betts, Director of Online and Blended Learning, Armstrong Atlantic State University. Kristen Betts will be presenting “From Compliance to Culture: Building an Effective Infrastructure to Support Accessibility and Online Student Success” on October 11, 2012.

 

Online and On the Move - By Emily Boles, Senior Instructional Developer, University of Illinois, Springfield. Ray Schroeder will be presenting "Online and On the Move: Mobile Online Learning" on October 10, 2012.

Sloan-C Online Learning Report: Will the Real Online Learning Please Stand Up?

Presenter(s)
Jeff R. Seaman (Babson Survey Research Group, US)
Additional Authors
I. Elaine Allen (Babson Survey Research Group, US)
Session Information
October 10, 2012 - 12:45pm
Track: 
Leadership, Values and Society
Areas of Special Interest: 
None of the above
Major Emphasis of Presentation: 
Research Study
Institutional Level: 
Multiple Levels
Audience Level: 
All
Session Type: 
Featured Session
Location: 
Asia 1
Session Duration: 
80 Minutes
2 & 3 (combined)
Virtual Session
Abstract

Using ten years of chief academic officer survey responses and recent faculty surveys, this presentation examines the growth and increased regulation of the for-profit sector, the emergence and impact of MOOCs, the perceptions of online quality, the trends in enrollments, and the acceptance of online teaching by faculty.

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Final Presentation: 
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Extended Abstract

By some measures online learning has been an amazing success – the number of online students has grown more than four-fold over the past ten years, the vast majority of higher education institutions now have online offerings, and many claim it is a critical part of their long-term strategy.
However, other measures of online are very troubling – there remains considerable distrust on the part of faculty, many individuals have serious concerns about the quality of the learning outcomes, and everyone (administrator and faculty alike) believe it requires more time and effort to develop and deliver.

So which is it? Is online learning the wonderful new delivery alternative that is providing millions of students access to high quality education or it just the latest fad that is watering down the quality for all of higher education?

Using data from ten years of chief academic officer responses for the annual survey of online education and several recent surveys of higher education faculty members, this presentation examines both sides of the growth of online education. Selected data from the non-yet-released 2012 report will examine how higher education officials see the current and future state of online learning. Topics addressed include the growth of (and increased regulation of) the for-profit sector, the emergence of MOOCs and their potential impact, the perception of quality, the trends in enrollments, and the acceptance (or lack thereof) of online teaching on the part of faculty.

Lead Presenter
Jeff SeamanDr. Jeff Seaman has worked in education information technology for over 20 years, and holds degrees in Demography/Statistics, Sociology, Electrical Engineering, and Housing, all from Cornell University. He has taught social science, information technology and statistics at several colleges and universities, including Cornell University, the University of Wisconsin, the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, and Babson College.

Dr. Seaman created and ran the Computing Resource Center and served as Associate Vice Provost for Computing for the University of Pennsylvania and as Chief Information Officer for Lesley University. His industry experience includes serving as Chief Technology Officer at HighWired.com where he led the development of an online learning system for high schools and as the Vice President of Engineering for Vista Associates where he led the engineering team in building course management systems.

Dr. Seaman has been conducting research in the impact of technology on higher education and K-12 for over a decade, beginning with comprehensive national studies of technology use in U.S. Higher Education in 1991. Dr. Seaman has served on academic technology advisory boards for a number of information technology companies including Apple Computer, IBM, and Microsoft.
  
I. Elaine AllenDr. I. Elaine Allen has taught courses in multivariate statistics, analytics & data visualization and data mining. Her doctorate in statistics is from Cornell University and she is a fellow of the American Statistical Association. At Babson College she received the Women Who Make a Difference Award and the Faculty Award for Outstanding Research.

She has published widely on statistical issues in meta-analysis, analytics & data mining, quality methodology, survey research methods, and clinical research methodology. She continues to consult in the entrepreneurship, finance, pharmaceutical, biotechnology and sports industries and has served on several NIH panels on best practices in statistics and evidence-based research.

Prior to joining Babson, she held executive positions in the healthcare and biotechnology industry, including at Centocor, ARIAD Pharmaceuticals and MetaWorks, Inc. She also held faculty appointments at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and at Rutgers University. Her entrepreneurial activities include starting StatSystems, a medical device company; and ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, a publicly held biotechnology company.

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