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Why need to go textbook free
EduKan provides access to quality higher education
through degrees, certificates, individual courses, support
services and emerging market-driven programming. We
are accessible, convenient and affordable.
Average cost of a text book $157.56 ($18.29 - $307.90)
Spring 2010 1,338 students spent $233,082
10 most popular classes
60% of total textbook costs
Average cost of $224.20
CEO, EduKan
Grew up in WV
Educated in Virginia
Now live in Kansas
Ride motorcycles (in the dirt)
Play drums for a bagpipe band
Learning Spanish
Founded in 1998
Designed to deliver online education for member colleges
Six Community Colleges in western Kansas
Growth, then flat enrollments and revenue
Looking for viability
Solid staff & experienced staff
Little enrollment activity
Single focus – provide online education
Recent move off of a member’s campus
Board interested in a change
Major drop issue
Solid academic processes
Strong assessment
New Associate Members
Partnership with Rosetta Stone
Project Aristotle
Spanish Gen. Ed. Transition Program
New blogs
New curriculum development approach
Creating a culture of innovation (and failures)
Simulated emersion
Feedback loop
Mastery based
No set up needed – web based
Relatively inexpensive
Quick, ingenious, stimulating, alert, and outspoken.
Resourceful in solving new and challenging problems.
Adept at generating conceptual possibilities and then analyzing them strategically.
Good at reading other people.
Bored by routine, will seldom do the same thing the same way, apt to turn one new interest after another.
Quiet, friendly, responsible, and conscientious.
Committed and steady in meeting their obligations.
Thorough, painstaking, and accurate.
Loyal, considerate, notice and remember specifics about people are important to them, concerned with how others feel.
Strive to create an orderly and harmonious environment at work and at home.
What is the difference
Creative = Intrinsic
Innovative = Extrinsic
Innovation is the practical application of creativity.
Art example
If you are innovative – use the tool wisely grasshopper
Go where you are appreciated
Be prepared to be misunderstood
Let your passion drive you
Be prepared to fail
Be prepared to deal with……
It’s OK, not everyone can be… or should be – We need the Nurturers and Analysts
Sit back and observe… Never say “Can’t”
Celebrate success
No “I told you so” when the fail.. They will
Enjoy and encourage their enthusiasm
Just because you can’t see the vision, I does not mean it does not exist or will work.
Identify the need
Identify the tolerance – Must be external evaluation
Identify the resources
Start small– pick a department or project where innovation is needed and will be appreciated
Measure, evaluate and modify as you proceed.
