Workshop Sessions: Wednesday Aug 1: 1. Key Concepts for Transforming Course Design in the CSU 2. (Examples of past projects and) TOTAL Overview  Transformation Opportunities in Teaching And Learning 3. Team-based 4. Outcomes-driven Thursday Aug 2: 5. Task-oriented 6. Time-optimized (for learners and teachers) 7. Tool-intensive 8. Cost-sensitive Friday Aug 3: 9. Assessment- rich 10. Knowledge-based (scholarship of teaching and learning)  Community-enhancing Wrap up, +/∆, and next steps

Session 8. Transforming Courses by Reducing/Containing Costs Outcome: Project teams will be able to  Identify opportunities and issues for Cost-sensitive transformations  Commence work on the Cost-sensitive section of Task 2.

Brainstorming Cost Factors (TC: finite resources that can be depleted) Costs that show up in a budget Costs that are “off the books” Beware of Cost Displacement we are experiencing unusual call volumes….your call is important to us… (also beware of Outcome Displacement – gaining on a small-impact Outcome while losing on a high-impact Outcome)

Goodwill Time Energy Opportunity Attention Reputation Student Technology Student Access Student Travel Student books, instructional materials Student time, energy, satisfaction Trust Respect Perception of workload Accreditation Curriculum coherence Retention Time to degree Occupational non-attainment Professional competence Motivation Career progress IP? Exclusivity FTE? Political capital Non-budget Costs Budget Costs People – direct InstructionConsumables - development & trainingEquipment maintenance Classroom space & equipmentResource development Tech infrastructure & supportADA costs Instructional supportCommunications Admin supportMarketing Physical plant Travel Software costsGuest lecturers

General Principles for Reducing/Containing Costs insure lasting Outcomes build student metacognitive and metalearning capabilities focus student time on worthwhile Tasks optimize Timing of student and instructor activities replace repetitive interactions by Tools move interactions forward in Time replace expensive interactions by lower-cost interactions of equal or greater pedagogical value reuse resources and expertise of colleagues retain improvements through Team consensus

Identifying Opportunities for Reducing/Containing Costs Target Concepts Student Concepts Application Tasks Student Activities Presentation Articulation Assessment Adaptation of tasks Feedback (intrinsic) Application Adaptation of actions Appraisal of actions Tools

How can we help students to value and develop in these directions…to become, not just to do? What Capabilities Will Our Students Need for the 21 st Century Knowledge Society? to learn, to put knowledge to work, to continuously performance, to innovate… to share knowledge in open networks and communities of practice We would want to be Cost-Sensitive, even if not facing fiscal constraints!: (excerpts from TC related ongoing work)

“Good teaching cannot be reduced to technique: good teaching comes from the identity and integrity of the teacher… How we teach is part of what we teach…The methods we use to help students learn are part of what they learn.” Parker Palmer, The Courage to Teach The key element of the teaching strategy we need is Teaching by Example : using teaching approaches that demonstrate the capabilities we value This is reinforced by the experience of our great teachers:

The Vision: If we value Learning, Innovation & Knowledge Mobilization, through Teaching by Example we can model these values and processes for our students. What Capabilities Will Our Students Need for the 21 st Century Knowledge Society? to learn, to put knowledge to work, to innovate… to share knowledge in open networks and communities of practice

Exercise: walkthrough the NCAT Cost Reduction Strategies to check for “constructive alignment” of language with our values & culture

Work Time on Task 2: How can rethinking Cost factors be transformative in your course design? What opportunities exist for process improvements? What opportunities exist for resource improvements? What challenges will affect the pace and scope of changes to Cost factors?