1. M. Cleveland-Innes, PhD
Professor and Chair
Centre for Distance Education
Athabasca University
Guest Professor, Department of Learning
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Stockholm, Sweden
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FACULTY VIEWS ON OPEN
EDUCATION RESOURCES AND
ONLINE TEACHING
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2. Questions guiding this
presentation
What is the current context of higher
education and why is this work
important?
What is the purpose of this research in
reference to the above?
What are Canadian faculty saying about
open and online learning?
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Who am I and what work do I do in the
transition to online and blended
learning?
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Who am I and what work do I do in the
transition to online and blended learning?
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4. Co-Researcher (with D. Briton, M. Gismondi & C. Ives)
“MOOC instructional design principles: ensuring quality across scale
and diversity”
2013 Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Research Principal
“Community of Inquiry Research Integration and Practice Alliance”
Research Principal
“Teaching with technology: New role identity and function for
faculty”
2011 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
Co-Researcher (with Mohamed Ally)
“Using mobile communication devices to support online learning
communities”
2010 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
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2013 Athabasca University Mission Critical Research Fund.
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5. What is the current context
of higher education?
Financial and
funding support
Information
explosion
Globalization
of
human activities
21st Century
core capabilities
Costs
Employment
sector
transformations
Technology
Quality of
instruction
Student
demographics
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Demands for
accountability
Inter-institutional
competition
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6. Over budget and under-funded
The rivalry intensifies
Setting priorities
Moving at the speed of cyberspace
Rethinking infrastructure
Linking programs to outcomes
The best and the brightest
A sustainable future
Education for all
Regulations and reporting
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Deloitte & Touche
http://www.deloitte.com/view/en_CA/ca/pressroom/ca-pressreleasesn/a81e9430d7c6f210VgnV

7. and why is this work important?
“An academic is responsible for …..”

8. “…. institutional challenges include economics issues, changing
demographics, the demand for accountability, new teaching and
learning models and emerging technology. Net-based
educational opportunities, the result of the last two of these
institutional challenges listed here, emerged in the early 90s,
most often with a promise of ameliorating problems within
education. What occurred has been called an educational
revolution, in response to demands for education reform,
particularly in reference to teaching and learning (Kanuka &
Brooks, 2010). This reform can begin with faculty role
change.”
Adapted from Cleveland-Innes, M., Hrastinski, S., Balter, O., & Wiseman, C. (in press).
Faculty, teaching with technology and leadership. In Ally, M. (Ed.), International Handbook
of eLearning. Hershey, PA., IGI Global.
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What is the purpose of this
research in reference to the above?
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What are Canadian faculty saying
about open and online learning?
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Have you taught an online or
blended course?
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13. Teaching
Learning
Content
Materials
Assignments
Face to Face
Video
Students Expect
30%
22%
20%
16%
15%
13%
9%
7%
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What has changed?
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18. • Current sample includes all regions and broad range of
disciplines and years of teaching experience
• While only half have taught online, 96% identify that the
emergence of online opportunities has changed their teaching
• Open answers about change covered a wide range of aspects;
teaching orientation, student-centered learning, materials,
content
• Awareness of OER identified by almost all respondents, most
are positively disposed toward OERs and a third report that
OERs in use at their institution
• More than half the respondents don’t feel there is enough
incentive to move to online learning
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What are Canadian faculty saying about open
and online learning?
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19. Workshops,
presentations,
publications
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Next steps through March 2015
“Job prospects in this occupation are good.”
http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/eng/qc/job_futures/statistics/4121.shtml
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20. Thank you
I would like to acknowledge the support of the Academic Research
Committee at Athabasca University in the form of a Mission Critical
Research Grant and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research
Council for their support of this research.