For excellence and access, both public and private institutions are motivated to provide new online formats. These mandate new relationships, structures and processes for all institutions. Establishing an effective infrastructure can be daunting for smaller schools and programs. This session will explore ways to expand instructional technologies in partnership with other institutions. The session will describe collaboration for Learning Management System (LMS) sharing and course sharing that is cost effective and scalable. It extends the academic capacity of each participating school and faculty. UMassOnline created a model of LMS sharing for colleges and universities across Massachusetts. Through this system, Massachusetts’ state institutions produced many online courses. In its latest model to extend a vision for LMS sharing, UMassOnline is a resource for LMS sharing with the Colleges of the Fenway of Boston, Massachusetts. The Colleges of the Fenway are 6 institutions (5 private & 1 public), bordering the Longwood Medical and Academic Area of Boston, Massachusetts. These six institutions are independent yet work in consortium. The Colleges of the Fenway selected UMassOnline for LMS sharing. One of these six schools, Emmanuel College, a Catholic liberal arts college, will explain its partnership decisions for online courses with cross registration using LMS sharing with UMassOnline. Impact can be demonstrated by Emmanuel College’s liberal arts online courses in summer terms.

1. Sloan-C International Conference
LMS sharing / Cross Registration of online courses
by UMassOnline (public)
& Emmanuel College (private)
Ken Udas, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer
UMassOnline kudas@umassonline.net
Judith Marley, Ed.D.
Dean, Graduate and Professional Programs
Associate Professor of Education
Emmanuel College marleju@emmanuel.edu
Session: Thursday, October 29, 1:40-2:15pm, Session 3 - Room: Bonaire 8

2. Agenda
• Overview / Introduction of presenters (5 min.)
• Demand for innovation, access, excellence – the common need (5 min.)
• Background for Partnering (5 min.)
• UMassOnline’s Strategic Interest (5 min.)
• Strategy Behind the Partnering: Emmanuel College/6 Colleges
• Q & A (5 min.)

3. Overview / Introduction of Presenters
Innovation / Access
Practitioners / Relationship building
Public / Private collaborations
Workforce development
Continuing Education / Public Impact
Marley
Udas
15 years of experience
in distance education 15 years public K-12
• Newly arrived at • 11 years private
UMassOnline Higher Ed. (3
• Penn State, SUNY institutions)
Learning Network • Administrator and
faculty member

4. Demand for Innovation, Access, Excellence:
The Common Need
• New economic conditions have impacted healthy program areas
• Competitive environment has shifted - for profits with market share / lower margins
• The internet has changed the way prospective students evaluate degree programs
• Students are demanding higher levels of service and access
• Competition means strong instruction AND more flexible formats and IT costs
A dilemma for small schools – and
an opportunity for large providers with LMS capacity

5. Background for Partnering
• UMassOnline with the Colleges of the Fenway (plus other institutions
in the Commonwealth)
• Colleges of the Fenway—6 institutions in the same neighborhood of
Boston, MA with a History of shared interests and services. Who are the
Colleges of the Fenway
• Emmanuel College (private)
• Simmons College (private)
• Mass College of Pharmacy (private)
• Wentworth Institute of Art (private)
• Wheelock College (private)
• Mass College of Art (public)

6. UMassOnline’s Strategic Interest
• LMS is of enterprise level—can be scaled to serve many
learners
• Distribution of costs
• Costs to partner institutions based on usage
• Long term interest is building upon this model for
programming and services to students

7. UMassOnline IS UMass
UMassOnline Advances the UMass Mission To:
• Increase student access and success
• Meet state, national and international needs
• Attract students outside the traditional service area
• Reduce or contain costs for the 5 campuses
• Grow professional or continuing education
• Increase the rate of degree completion
• Improve student retention
• Enhance brand of the university
• Increase diversity of student/alumni population
• Serve the Commonwealth

8. UMassOnline & Hosted Institutions
Colleges of the Fenway (6)
• Emmanuel College (private)
• Simmons College (private)
• Mass College of Pharmacy (private)
• Wentworth Institute of Art (private)
• Wheelock College (private)
• Mass College of Art (public)
Salem State College
Quinsigamond Community College
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
Bunker Hill Community College
Westfield State College

9. Emmanuel College
Small/Private (Catholic), Boston, MA
• Emmanuel College is a coed institution rooted in the Catholic academic
tradition.
• The main campus sits on 17 acres in Boston’s Longwood Medical and
Academic area.
• We are one of 6 Colleges of the Fenway
• We have a partnership/ 75-yr. land rental with MERCK
• We frame our liberal arts programs on ethics, diversity and globalization.
• Unique capacity internally--- 2/3 traditional age Arts and Sciences students.
1/3 adult professional PT students in management, nursing and education
• Cross registration for undergraduate full-time students

10. The Strategy Behind the Partnering:
Emmanuel College
• Stronger position with pedagogy via new forms of faculty development
• Increased opportunities for interdisciplinary courses for a small college
• Ability to serve via online courses, both continuing education / adult students and
Arts and Sciences students
• Cross registration for liberal arts online courses with the 6 other Colleges of the
Fenway
More access, ability to attract and retain, ability to increase
enrollment in liberal arts undergraduate online courses.
New programs and revenue in the continuing education
through delivery of online programs rooted in LMA
relationships (ex. New Graduate programs
in Research Administration).

11. The utilization of the partnership strategy
Emmanuel/Online
Summer 2008
• Emmanuel College launched its first seven online courses
• Instructor-led asynchronous courses developed by full-time Arts and Sciences faculty members
• Contracted instructional designers, followed by FT instructional designer hired
• Launch at Emmanuel assisted by friends at Boston University
Summer 2009
• Three additional undergraduate and two graduate courses were built
• All online courses were open to cross-registration of Colleges of the Fenway students (6 area
colleges, existing cross-registration structures)
• Online courses are available to adult part-time students, and Arts and Sciences full-time
students.
Fall 2009
• Launch of 6-course online graduate certificate in Research Administration to a national
audience (after 1- year pilot of curriculum in face to face format for Longwood Medical Area
employees).

12. Summer Enrollment ‘08 & ‘09 Comparison
Source: Colleges of the Fenway (CoF) Versus Emmanuel College (EC)
180
165
160
140 135
120
111
100
97
EC
80 71 111 EC
CoF
60
EC
80
EC
40 63
54 EC
20
CoF CoF 24
17
8
0
Sum 1 Sum 1 Sum 2 Sum 2
2008 2009 2008 2009

13. Summer Enrollment ‘08 & ‘09 Comparison
Delivery Method: Online (OL) Versus Face to Face (F2F)
180
165
160
140
135
74
120
OL
100
97
28 93
80
OL 71 OL
60
35
91 OL
40
69 F2F
36 42
20 F2F
F2F F2F
0
Sum 1 Sum 1 Sum 2 Sum 2
2008 2009 2008 2009

14. Questions and Answers
Discussion
Suggestion / Comments
Other Models?