SUNY CIT 2010 Presentation

1. SUNY and UUP
Partners in Online Education Phase II
presented by Debra Backus (SUNY Canton), John Driscoll
(SUNY Cortland) and Margaret Porciello (Farmingdale State)

2. What is UUP?
United University Professions (UUP) is the union
representing more than 34,000 academic and
professional faculty on 29 State University of New York
campuses, plus System Administration, Empire State
College, and the New York State Theatre Institute. UUP
is affiliated with New York State United Teachers and the
American Federation of Teachers, the National
Education Association and the AFL-CIO.

3. UUP Statewide Technology
Issues Committee (TIC)
COMMITTEE CHARGE
"To make recommendations to the President regarding the
use and effect of technology on UUP members. Special
areas of concern include: educational quality; distance
education; access and training issues; academic
freedom; and the effect of technology on working
conditions and staffing."

4. Current UUP/TIC Objectives
 Online courses and intellectual property
 Effects of online learning on UUP
membership – faculty and professional staff

5. NATIONAL ONLINE TRENDS

6. Online Trends
 More than 1 in 4 college students were taking
at least one online course at the start of the
2008-2009 school year (Greer, 2010).
 Annual growth rate of students taking online
course is estimated at 19.7 percent (Allen &
Seaman, 2008).

7. SLOAN NATIONAL COMMISSION
ON ONLINE LEARNING
BENCHMARKING STUDY (2009)
11,000 faculty surveys from 69 campuses

8. Faculty Motivators to Online
Education
 Meet student needs for flexible access: 81%
 Best way to reach particular students: 71%
 For personal and professional growth: 54%
 It is the wave of the future: 52%
 For pedagogical advantages: 40%
 To earn additional income: 36%
 Because I am required to: 18%

9. Faculty Barriers to Online
Education
 Additional effort to develop: 68%
 Students need more discipline: 62%
 Additional effort to deliver: 60%
 Inadequate compensation; 61%
 Does not count for tenure and promotion:
46%
 Lower retention rates: 38%
 Lacks potential employers’ acceptance: 28%

10. How Good Are Campus
Support Structures?
 Technological infrastructure: 80%
 Support for online development: 70%
 Support for online delivery: 68%
 Policy on intellectual property: 68%
 Recognition in tenure and promotion: 60%
 Incentives for developing online: 44%
 Incentives for delivering online: 44%

11. Online Growth
from New Directions for SLN
Research: 2009-2012

12. SUNY ONLINE TRENDS

13. 0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
50%
Fall 2000
Spring 2001
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Percent of Online Courses
Canton
Farmingdale

14. 120
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40
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80
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Spring 2001
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Online Course Offerings
Canton
Farmingdale

15. 10.0
15.0
20.0
25.0
30.0
35.0
40.0
45.0
0.0
5.0
Fall 2000
Spring 2001
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Average Online Class Size
Fall 2009
Canton
Farmingdale

16. UUP CIT2009 SURVEY
RESULTS

17. Is participation in Distance Learning optional
on your campus?
Response Response Response
Percent Count
Yes 80.3% 49
No 11.5% 7
Don't 8.2% 5
Know
TOTAL 61

18. Has Distance Learning contributed to your
academic advancement?
Response Response Response
Percent Count
Yes 67.3% 37
No 32.7% 18
TOTAL 55

19. Have intellectual property issues been
discussed?
Response Response Response
Percent Count
Yes 61.0% 36
No 15.3% 9
Don't 23.7% 14
Know
TOTAL 59

20. Who owns the course work and how do
you protect intellectual property?
Response Response Response
Percent Count
I do 24.0% 12
Institution 20.0% 10
Third 0.0% 0
Party
Don't 56.0% 28
Know
TOTAL 50

21. SUNY Policy
“Ownership of Intellectual Property Policies of the
Board of Trustees 2000,State University of New York,
Article XI, Title J “ (UUP website – Technology
Issues Committee)

22. Copyright Policy (Excerpts)
 SUNY staff retains all rights to copyright and
publish written works produced by them.
 For University ownership, copyright will be
subject to any contractual arrangements by the
University for work in the course of which the
writing was done.
 Members will be expected not to allow the
privilege to write and retain the right to their work
to interfere with their University duties.

23. How does this (Online Courses)
affect our academic faculty and
support staff on SUNY
campuses?
FACULTY:
 There is need for professional development
 Online courses are labor intensive
 Possibility of increased class size
 Pressure to participate
STAFF:
 Need for more support

24. Do these trends have an impact on
contractual benefits or teaching load?
Response Response Response
Percent Count
Yes 59.3% 32
No 9.3% 5
Don’t 31.5% 17
Know
TOTAL 54

25. How do these trends have an
impact on contractual benefits or
teaching load?
 Intellectual property rights
 Work load/contract
 Potential decrease in faculty
 Sufficient training required sufficient resources
required

26. Does online education reduce the carbon
footprint from our campuses for
environmental sustainability?
Response Response Response
Percent Count
Yes 80.0% 40
No 20.0% 10
TOTAL 50

27. How does online education reduce the
carbon footprint from our campuses
for environmental sustainability?
 Less travel to and from campus
 Less paper use (on campus)
 Fewer buildings and classrooms required
 Less energy use on campus

28. How can UUP help frame IT
issues for our members?
 Intellectual property rights
 Work load/contract
 Potential decrease in faculty
 Sufficient training required
 Sufficient resources required

29. Where Do We Go From Here?
 Communicate Intellectual Property Information
to UUP membership
 Continue our research of online trends and
patterns in the SUNY system
 Refine survey and distribute to a wider audience

30. References
 Allen, I.E. & Seaman, J. (2008). Staying the Course:
Online Education in the United States. Retrieved from,
http://www.sloan
consortium.org/publications/survey/index.asp
 Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities. (August
2009). Online Learning as a Strategic Asset. Volume II:
The Paradox of Faculty Voices: Views and Experiences
with Online Learning. Retrieved from, http://
www.sloanconsortium.org/sites/default/files/default/files/A
PLU_online_strategic_asset_vol2-1.pdf

31. References cont’d
 Greer, J. (2010). Study: Online Education Continues Its
Meteoric Growth. Retrieved from,
http://www.usnews.com/education/ online-
education/articles/2010/01/26/study-online-education-
continues-its-meteoric-growth.html
 Shea, Peter (2010). New Directions for SLN Research:
2009-2012. Retrieved from
http://www.slideshare.net/alexandrapickett/peter-sheas-
new-directions-in-sln-research-3308321

32. SLIDESHARE
http://www.slideshare.net/porciem/cit2010-
presentation-4336278