1. The Evolving Ever- Changing Landscape of Technology-Mediated Teaching and Learning Kelvin Bentley VP of Academic Affairs, TCC Connect Campus Tarrant County College District

2. Opening Questions What external factors are shaping the field of higher education? How can we best overcome these factors? What are examples in which students can earn college credit? What are the challenges to some of these methods? What technologies are a part of your institution’s technology ecosystem? What opportunities and challenges shape this ecosystem?

3. Factors Shaping Higher Ed Landscape US Economy Reduced state funding Performance- based funding Limited Footprints Employer doubts about the efficacy of credentials

4. Learning Landscape High School Dual Credit AP IB Prior Learning Military Job-related DIY.edu Straighterline MOOC’s Code Boot Camps Traditional Programs F2F Online Credit vs. Non-credit Evolving Degree Pathways OER Degrees CBE (course-based and direct assessment)

5. OER Degree Example: Tidewater CC

6. OER Degree Example: Northern VA CC

7. Scaling OER Degree Initiatives

8. TAB Expansion Grant

9. SNHU’s College for America

10. Capella’s Flexpath Program

11. MOOC Example: Georgia Tech

12. Experimental Sites

13. Technology Landscape SISLMSCourseware Labs Remote Kits Virtual Course Evals Media Server and Captioning/Transcript Service CRMStudent Authentication ProctoringTutoringAnalyticseTranscripts ePortofolios

14. Courseware Example: SmartSparrow

15. Courseware Example: Acrobatiq

16. Remote Lab Example: NANSLO

17. Student Authentication: BioSig ID

18. Transcription and Captioning Example: SpeakerText

19. Transcription and Captioning Example: Amara

20. Analytics

21. Analytics Example: Civitas Learning

22. Evolving LMS/LRM

24. Analytics

25. Questions in the Face of Change What factors will increase the likelihood of the adoption of initiatives like OER degrees and CBE? How will institutions and faculty handle the unbundling of the faculty role? Can institutions fund pilots with expensive initial costs? Is the growing tech landscape becoming too cost-prohibitive? How can we best leverage our faculty and staff to use analytics to help increase retention and graduation rates? How will CBE shape higher ed moving forward? How can we ensure CBE courses are excepted between institutions?

26. Resources OER Degrees http://oerdegrees.org/ Competency-based Education http://cbeinfo.org/ http://www.cbexchange.org/program/ http://www.tamuc.edu/research/icbe/default.aspx http://sites.austincc.edu/cbec/

27. Resources (continued) Learning Analytics https://library.educause.edu/topics/teaching-and- learning/learning-analytics https://library.educause.edu/topics/teaching-and- learning/learning-analytics Financial Aid Experimental Sites https://experimentalsites.ed.gov/exp/approved.html

28. Questions?

29. Contact Information Email: kelvin.bentley@tccd.edukelvin.bentley@tccd.edu Twitter: blacktimelord