Tracking Online: Nine Years of Measuring Online Enrollments, Trends, Attitudes, and Biases

August 29, 2011 - 3:48pm | by Chinkley
Presenter(s)
Dr. Jeff Seaman (Babson Survey Research Group, US)
Dr. I. Elaine Allen (Babson Survey Research Group, US)
Session Information
November 9, 2011 - 12:45pm
Track: 
Technology and Emerging Learning Environments
Areas of Special Interest: 
Open Educational Resources, Online Learning and Community Colleges
Institutional Level: 
Universities and Four Year Institutions, Community Colleges
Audience Level: 
All
Session Type: 
Featured Session
Location: 
Asia 2
Session Duration: 
80 Minutes
Concurrent Session: 
2 & 3 (combined)
Virtual Session
Abstract

Created with support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and continuing now with other sponsors, the annual survey of online learning among higher education institutions is now in its ninth year. In partnership with The College Board, the survey collects data from chief academic officers. This presentation reviews the changes and most recent findings on online enrollments, tracking the nine-year trends. Also examined are the attitudes and beliefs of key academic decision makers towards online education – is it strategic, what are their goals, what barriers do they see, and what is their view on the question of quality.

Lead Presenter
Jeff Seaman

Dr. Jeff Seaman is co-director of the Babson Survey Research Group and Director of Quahog research Group, LLC, which conduct regional, national, and international research projects, including survey design, sampling methodology, data integrity, statistical analyses, and reporting. He has worked in education information technology for over 20 years. In addition to teaching at Cornell University, the University of Wisconsin, and the Wharton School, Seaman has created and headed information technology organizations for the University of Pennsylvania and Lesley University. The client list for his consulting includes Harvard, Tufts, Boston University, Brandeis, and the University of Pennsylvania as well as such technology vendors as IBM and Microsoft. He has served on advisory boards for many technology companies, including Apple, IBM, and Microsoft.
   
I. Elaine Allen

Dr. I. Elaine Allen is co-Director, Babson Survey Research Group,
Professor of Statistics & Entrepreneurship, Babson College. Dr. Allen teaches 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 has 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 sports. She continues to consult in the entrepreneurship, biotechnology and sports industries. Prior to joining Babson, she held executive positions in the 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; ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, a publicly held biotechnology company; and Quahog Research Group, a high tech consulting firm. Dr. Allen is currently finishing a book about the changes in baseball over the last 25 years.

 

 

 

 

Presenter 1 Email: 
jseaman@babson.edu