CESA 10

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CESA 10 UW Colleges Collaboration for Online
Learning

• WiscNet Future Technology Conference
• May 3, 2005 - Monona Terrace

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Who We Are

• Sam Boynton - Distance Learning Coordinator, CESA
  10 - Chippewa Falls
• Ross Wilson - Director of Educational Technology
  Services, CESA 10 - Chippewa Falls
• Barbara Stinson - Director of Distance Education,
  UW Colleges - Madison

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What We Do - CESA 10

• Video Distance Learning
• 35 High Schools in four Networks
• 2000 enrollments in semester and year-long
  courses
• 50 High School to High School
• 50 Higher Ed - 5 UW Campuses and 5 Technical
  College Campuses
• Yearly Commerce - gt500,000

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Enrollment Data
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Reimbursements to Providers
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School District Annual Fixed Costs

• Video Circuit 3,000
• Subsidized by TEACH WI
• Classroom Maintenance 400
• CESA 10 Management 9,295
• Total Fixed Costs 12,695

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School District Variable Course Costs
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CESA 10 Video Distance Learning Summary

• Greatly expands opportunities in small schools
• Job Saver
• Traditional (and comfortable) instruction
• Mostly high school electives
• Time and place limited (clock and classroom)

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On to Online

• Evolution, not Revolution
• K12 moving slower than Higher Ed
• Collaboration seems to work
• Our existing partners are eager to help
• We continue to manage, not create
• On to a Partnership Example

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UW Colleges OnlineWhat We Do

• Offer the UW Colleges Associate of Arts
  Science Degree totally online
• Offer the same degree, same courses, same
  instructors, same materials as offered on our 13
  state-wide campuses
• Offer easily transferable general-education
  courses

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UW Colleges How We Collaborate

• Keep the partnership student focused
• Up front, walk through details from each
  vantage point
• 1. admissions/registration/advising
• 2. financial
• 3. administrative
• Get counterparts together face to face

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Together - What We Expect

• A careful start followed by steady growth
• Student satisfaction
• Anticipated expansion of offerings
• In short A successful model for dual credit
  option

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So In Conclusion

• Dont reinvent the wheel partner instead
• Capitalize on State and Federal initiatives -
  PK-16, PK-20, Youth Options..make them work for
  students
• Great Equalizer for Rural Wisconsin

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Questions?

• Sam Boynton - sboynton_at_cesa10.k12.wi.us
• Ross Wilson - wilson_at_cesa10.k12.wi.us
• Barbara Stinson - bstinson_at_uwc.edu