This presentation will explore how the Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C) helps to professionally develop faculty in online and blended learning, the importance of using online and blended educational delivery for workforce education and ABE/ESL, and the details of the jump-start program that the SBCTC is initiating in collaboration with Sloan-C.

1. A professional development program for Workforce and ABE/ESL faculty in online and blended education The Sloan Consortium, Inc.(Sloan-C) and Workforce Strategy Center John Bourne and Maureen Bozell

2. Outline of talk What is Sloan-C (J. Bourne) What does Sloan-C do, how can we help you. Workforce educational strategies in blended and online learning (M. Bozell) The workshop program of Sloan-C for professional development (J. Bourne) Next steps

3. The Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C) Sloan-C is a professional not-for-profit membership organization for both institutions and individuals. Created in 2008 as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization after 12 years of funding from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Sloan-C provides professional development to higher education professionals, hosts conferences, publishes materials, conducts research and delivers online workshops. Sloan-C operates on membership fees, workshop and conference surpluses, research fees and publication income

4. Over 8000 enrollments in 1345 courses offered At 158 institutions

5. Elements of Quality – The Sloan-C Pillars Frank Mayadas first proposed using the pillars for measuring quality.

6. The Annual Survey www.sloanconsortium.org

7. Localness concept Blended Virtual Blended Learner Population growth SBCTC partners with Sloan-C to spread word nationally SBCTC faculty can help: Form new communities Help Sloan-C reach out

9. Orlando, Florida

10. October, 2010

11. Online access available

12. Blended Conference and Workshop

13. Chicago, Ill

14. April, 2010

15. Emerging Technology Applications for Online Learning

16. San Jose, CA

17. July, 2010

19. From beginners to more advanced

20. Workshop packages:

21. Professional Development Package (a.k.a. “College Pass” ) is very popular.

22. Workshops rotate – always cutting edge!

23. On-line Teaching Certificate available.

24. Foundation course +3 elective workshops+ practicum (mentored by subject matter experts from colleges and universities across the country)

26. College Pass $3495 for 100 seats in workshops Income funds: workshop creation, facilitators, mentors, support and workshop coordination. College pass provides passes to colleges that may be distributed to others. SBCTC has secured through purchase and grants a significant number of seats for 2010. We offer a Sloan-C certificate in Online Teaching with a blended teaching track

27. Sloan-C Outreach: Social Networking and Content Dissemination Use Web 2.0 systems as base for: Content management (website) Delivering content (Sloan-C View) Organic Groups Example: new group on online workforce education. Maureen Bozell point person. Member blogs News, Forums, Events articles

29. Social Network Activities Listserv LinkedIn Facebook Twitter Second Life Washington Community and Technical College faculty can join listserv, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and engage in Second Life activities.

30. Virtual Worlds initiative Realistic, student-centered combined asynchronous and synchronous learning experiences. Hypothesis – create high quality learning in a virtual world. Space for Washington State faculty on Sloan-C islands.

31. Sloan-C Headquarters in Second Life

33. Blended opportunities, localness

34. Corporate, alumni, and others

35. Workforce, ABE/ESL

36. K-12

37. Improving retention, graduation rates

38. Increasing Learning effectiveness

39. Cost reductions, improving scalability

40. International connectivity and liaisons

41. Creating “Do-learn” experiences that are risk-free

43. Publications

44. Conferences

45. Planning for Emerging Tech conference in July in CA and Blended Conference and Workshop in Chicago in April

46. Creating Alliances

47. Global initiatives

48. Blended, Localness, Workforce, and Minority initiatives

50. Responding to the Economy WSC’s mission is to make education and workforce development more responsive to the economy Today almost every job requires using technology

51. Responding to the Economy More and more postsecondary institutions are using technology to: Build student real world problem-solving skills Increase student retention Increase scheduling flexibility Allow instructors more time to teach and coach Decrease the time needed to prepare students for employment Responding to the Economy

52. Community College Online Initiative Community College Online Initiative (CCOI) Goal: to increase the effectiveness of community colleges in workforce education and training by encouraging the use of blended learning solutions Stage 1—Planning Stage 2—Implementation

53. Planning Work with SBCTC to pilot blended learning for workforce development Publicize the pilot to bring blended learning to scale Customize blended learning solutions for workforce development ABE/ESL Incumbent workers Dislocated workers Planning

54. Implementation Establish blended learning solutions for workforce development in 10 community colleges Train and certify faculty in blended teaching Create a series of advanced blended learning workshops Provide technical assistance Document and disseminate CCOI Implementation

55. The Workshop Program

56. How Colleges are interacting with Sloan-C. States and Colleges purchase mixtures of colleges passes Tennessee Board of Regents purchased college passes for all its 20 schools. Colorado State purchased a franchise for Sloan-C workshops Maryland purchased college passes for its system Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges is our largest and most ambitious program to date

58. Professional development program for faculty at Washington’s 34 community and technical colleges to assist workforce and ABE/ESL faculty

59. College Passes

60. 900 seats in online workshops; 33% dedicated to ABE/ESL

61. Sloan-C Teaching Certificate

62. 5 Sloan-C Teaching Certificates for the blended track; 1 dedicated to ABE/ESL

64. Add three elective one week courses to basic course to secure certificate

65. One week courses:

66. Getting Started in Online Teaching

67. Dynamic Collaboration and Facilitation Practices

68. Blended Learning (3-course series)

69. The “Quality Matters” Rubric

70. Technology Bootcamp, and/or Second Life series

72. Note: SBCTC staff are working with Workforce Deans and ABE Directors to distribute resources.

73. We begin planning with faculty/administration on additional ABE/ESL workshops and Workforce-related workshops

74. Various colleges in Washington State using SL (note: nursing simulator)

76. Administration Specialization * Prerequisite for Teaching Certificate if no online/blended teaching experience

77. Blended Specialization * Prerequisite for Teaching Certificate if no online/blended teaching experience

78. Design and Delivery Specialization * Prerequisite for Teaching Certificate if no online/blended teaching experience

79. Tools and Techniques Specialization * Prerequisite for Teaching Certificate if no online/blended teaching experience

80. Next Steps SBCTC staff allocates workshop resources to ABE and Workforce faculty. Kick-off webinar with college representatives Review registration process Preview upcoming workshops Q & A

81. In conclusion, a beginning: “The greatest real thrill that life offers is to create, to construct, to develop something useful. Too often we fail to recognize and pay tribute to the creative spirit. It is that spirit that creates our jobs. There has to be this pioneer, the individual who has the courage, the ambition to overcome the obstacles that always develop when one tries to do something worthwhile, especially when it is new and different.” Alfred P. Sloan

83. Maureen Bozell, mbozell@workforcestrategy.org