Temporary link for paper published in MERLOT Journal of Online Learning & Teaching at: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/4616169/Irvine-Code-Richards-2013.pdf
Presenation here provides an overview of Multi-Access Learning for the Blend Sync research team in Australia on July 24, 2013.
2. Dr. Valerie Irvine
Assistant Professor, EdTech
Co-Director, TIE Lab
University of Victoria
http://edtech.uvic.ca/virvine
http://tie.uvic.ca
@_valeriei
virvine@uvic.ca
15. Online Learning
• 25% increase in Higher Ed e-learning market in
2012-2017 (Education Sector Factbook, 2012)
• Full-time students are in the minority (Bates)
• Brick-and-Mortar Universities are sleeping
giants in online learning (Irvine, 2013)
17. Decreasing 18-22 demographic nationally.
USask, (2009). Managing enrollment strategically at the University of Saskatchewan 2009 Report.
Available online: http://bit.ly/Ik8ypY
18. Student Tuition Income
• Demographic decline a significant issue
• Domestic numbers unlikely to increase before
2030
• International student numbers will drop
quickly after 2020
• Ability to increase resources is about
increasing net tuition
19. ISSUES FACING BRICK &
MORTAR UNIVERSITIES
Current PSE Landscape demonstrates
1. Diminishing funds/cutbacks from the provincial
government;
2. Increase in colleges with degree-granting status
provincially
3. Increase in online programs globally
20. Increase in online programs
world-wide…. or
Everything we provide is now offered by
someone else.
-- David Wiley
21. Meeting Future Revenue Needs
• Governments… not
• Undergraduate students… not much
• Graduate students… yes
• International students… yes, but now competitive
22. ISSUES FACING BRICK &
MORTAR UNIVERSITIES
What students want:
Flexibility in their learning options
• Many have to work FT/PT jobs to be able to
afford PSE
• Reluctant to leave their positions in this
economic climate
23. SOLUTION to Increase
Revenue
Top ways cited to increase revenue are to:
1. Recruit international students; and
2. Deliver course-based master’s programs.
30. LEARNER ACCESS:
Promoting Student Agency
• Emergence of choice - expanding
“anytime, anywhere”
• Social media/personalized learning networks
expanded this to “with anyone”
• I would like to expand this to “in any way”