Russ Adkins' -- Making your unit indispensable in a bare-bones economy

1. Making e-Learning Indispensable Russ Adkins VP Academic Affairs Broward College Fort Lauderdale, FL

2. Broward is a state college located in S. FL. AA, AS, AAS, BS, BAS degrees 25,000 FTE 3 campuses, 4 centers, 2 Int’l. centers

3. e-Learning was initially a faculty development initiative (“21st century professors”). Compensated course development—AA and ASN degrees Collectively-bargained institutional policies and practices Policies that encouraged faculty participation Course standards and development protocols From Dispensable to Indispensable

4. BC’s first Educational Master Plan developed in 2005 e-Learning emerged at one of seven strategic goals First e-Learning strategic plan developed (2005-2009) SACS substantive change/e-Learning degrees Data driven/evidence-based (BI) Second e-Learning strategic plan developed (2009-2013) Scale-10% to 20% of FTE in 5 years (online and blended) Quality Matters Ubiquitous Blackboard Planning: the Foundation for Becoming Indispensable

5. Results: the Framework for an Indispensable e-Learning Program

6. e-Learning = 10% of College’s FTE

7. e-Learning Growth (FTE)

8. Increasingly, Students are Taking Both Online and On-Campus Courses

9. Students Enrolled in Both Online and On-Campus Courses Take More Credits

10. Summer Spikes in Online-Only Enrollments

11. College leadership sees e-Learning as a strategy to: maintain market share as the private institutions compete with us. provide flexibility for an increasingly adult student population. develop enrollment, given the lack of construction funding and already limited classroom space. e-Learning fees fund development. Enrollment = revenues Towards being indispensable:College Leadership

12. Academic department administrators see e-Learning as: their enrollment growth tool. a means of providing flexibility in scheduling. e-Learning section enrollment capacity is not the product of the number of seats in a room. e-Learning adjuncts can be recruited from beyond the geographic area. a strategy to boost summer term enrollments. Towards being indispensable: Administrators

13. Faculty see e-Learning as a means of providing: marketable teaching skills flexibility in their on-campus schedule opportunities to maintain currency through continuous professional development QM Accountability Learning outcomes Technology Towards being indispensable: Faculty

14. e-Learning is providing critically needed FTE. Students taking both online and on-campus courses are enrolling in more credits per term. e-Learning sections are generally larger than campus sections. e-Learning provides flexibility in scheduling the use of limited classroom facilities. e-Learning will provide “instructional continuity” during an emergency. e-Learning is Indispensable