The State of the Art in Distance Education: Impacts on the Rational Use of Public Resources Larry Cooperman
Trends in Higher Education
1.Massification (From Elite to Mass Institutions)
THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM CANNOT ACCOMMODATE THE CURRENT QUANTITY OF STUDENTS SEEKING HIGHER EDUCATION
2. Revenue Enhancement
3. Globalization
Distance Education
Cost reduction New markets Baseline instructional quality
Revenue Enhancement Globalization Massification
What’s This? (Hint: Enrollments) Circa UC Berkeley Extension Online Annual Enrollments ? ? UCI Enrollments on Coursera Platform in 2 weeks
Why?
Because 1. There are a lot of global problems that must be solved.
Because 2. The world cannot satisfy the demand for higher education through conventional means
Because 3. Open education stands on the shoulders of distance education as a technology-mediated mechanism for cost reduction, baseline quality, and global reach
Trends in Distance Learning
Trend 1: Content is free
Trends in Distance Learning Trend 2: Learning Analytics
Trends in Distance Learning Trend 3: Advances in assessment
Trends in Distance Learning Trend 4: Peer Learning and Badges
Opportunities for Public Investment
1. Create Scaled Educational Opportunities
2. Capture Performance Data
3. Centralize (Open) Educational Resources
Thank You Larry Cooperman Director, OpenCourseWare University of California, Irvine Board of Directors, OpenCourseWare Consortium Board of Directors, African Virtual University