2. Collaboration in Online Higher Education: Benefits & Obstacles CADE-ACED June 9, 2003 St. John’s Newfoundland

3. Who we are 11 universities

5. Who we are Complementarit y Common principles: Accessibility Sharing of expertise Cross-promotion

7. What we’ve done Processes and procedures Website Internal communication Establish foundation

9. What we’ve done Processes and procedures Website Internal communication Campus Canada

12. Partners Learners Services Programs Benefits to CVU - secretariat -marketing -opportunities

13. What we’ve done Learning Objects Promotion

16. What we’ve done Residency report, GEN seminar, CADE presentation Online science lab together

17. Benefits Program and course selection Services Fee savings to students - 250 programs, 2000 courses - central enquiries, common forms

18. Benefits Opportunities Learning to partners “We've been successful at garnering R&D $ that would not have been available to us as individual institutions” “It has attracted national and international opportunities we wouldn’t have had otherwise” “I learned a lot about distance education issues outside my own institution.”

19. Benefits to partners “Networking” “Visibility” “Raise d.e. profile” “Branding” “Good marketing vehicle” “Useful discussions” “Well managed” “Increased enrolment in part-time students”

20. Challenges Documenting registrations Niche Sustainable business model Collaborative program development

22. Principles for Sustainable Collaboration

23. What makes CVU work “An excellent initiative that was very well planned and executed” “I think it’s successful from the point of view of having a dynamic and professional image” “I think CVU is very well managed and has exceptional communication” “It has diverse institutions working together fairly effectively across jurisdictions” “Successful culture that challenges us to work together”

24. Measures of consortium strength Can a student take a whole program through the consortium without having to physically move between institutions ? Can a student automatically or without much trouble transfer credits and courses from one institution to another within the consortium? ½ Does the consortium provide “one-stop shopping”, namely student services, registration, fee payment, at any single point Do students have a much wider range of choice of courses, and at better quality, resulting from the consortium’s activities?  Can a student pay the same fee for the same kind of course irrespective of institution?

25. Foundations for a strong consortium Strategic Commitment Trust

26. Vicky Busch Executive Director CVU-UVC vickyb@cvu-uvc.ca 780 675 6791