Working Together:

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• Working Together
• THECB's TexasDistanceEducation and SREB's
  Electronic Campus
• 2007 TxDLA Conference
• March 28, 2007

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• Online Learningits for real!
• Electronic Campus
• TheTeacherCenter.org
• Adult Learning Campaign
• TexasDistanceEducation
• Enhancing Participation in Texas
• Your questions

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The Data are Overwhelming

• Online learning is growing (Sloan C)
• Making the Grade Online Education in the United
  States, Southern Edition, 2006
• Nearly 3.2 million students took at least one
  online course during Fall 05
• Increase of 800,000 from previous year
• More than 96 of large institutions have some
  online offerings
• Two-thirds of large institutions have fully
  online programs
• 57 of academic leaders believe online learning
  outcomes are the same as or superior to F-to-F
• www.sloan-c.org/publications/survey/index.asp

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The Data are Overwhelming

• Associates, Masters, and Doctoral
• all now at the same level.
• Masters and Specialized show largest gains.
• Sloan C www.sloan-c.org/publications/survey/index.
  asp

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Even More so in the South

• Online learning in the South (Sloan C)
• Growth patterns in the South trend higher than
  the national rate of growth
• Acceptance of online learning is higher than the
  national rate
• Penetration rates of programs are higher
• Among doctoral and mid-sized institutions
• For undergraduate offerings
• Increasing number of institutions see online
  programming as an important long-term strategy

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How Many Online Students?
National Enrollments
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How Many Online Students?
Southern State Enrollments
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Electronic CampusBasic Concept

• Utilize the connectedness of SREB and the
  existing and developing strengths of our regions
  colleges and universities to
• Establish a regional marketplace
• Create opportunities
• Reduce barriers to learning
• Increase access

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Electronic Campus

• Launched in January, 1998
• 45 Colleges and Universities
• 104 activated courses
• No degree programs

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Electronic Campus Today

• 300 colleges and universities from all 16 SREB
  states
• Nearly 20,000 credit courses
• Over 650 degree programs
• Specialized Programs including
• ACM/EC
• Graduating Seniors Project
• Nursing Educator Project
• VESA (Visiting Electronic Student Authorization)
• State Virtual Sites Feeding to EC
• Hosting Virtual Campus sites for States

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Electronic Campus Today

• State Virtual Sites Feeding to EC
• Florida Distance Learning Consortium
  www.distancelearn.org/
• Distance Education South Carolina
• www.desc.info/
• Regents Online Degree Program
• www.tn.regentsdegrees.org

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Electronic Campus Today

• Hosting State Virtual Sites
• TexasDistanceEducation
• www.txelectroniccampus.org/
• Louisiana Board of Regents Electronic Campus
• www.laelectroniccampus.org/
• Online College of Oklahoma
• www.okelectroniccampus.org/

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Electronic Campus Related Sites Statistics

• January, 1998 through December, 2006)
• 74,869,495 Hits on Site
• 4,119,095 User Sessions
• 18,224,917 page views
• 17,847 Accounts Created
• (Feb 04 Dec 06)
• 2,330 Applications Submitted

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Electronic Campus Has Created a

• A regional lifelong learning portal
• An integrated suite of hosted Internet-based
  services that provide
• real-time information about direct access to
  learning opportunities from colleges
  universities
• a full array of online learner services
• A full-service portal focused on the adult
  learner and e-learner, with specialized services
  not readily available or accessible (value-added
  proposition)

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Adult/e-learner Features

• Adult Learning Information
• E-learning Information
• How to I get started?
• Am I ready for e-learning? (self-assessment tool)
  
• First Time Student/Getting Started
• Transfer Student
• Undergraduate Study
• Graduate Study
• Helping Students Graduate
• Military Student Information
• Plan for College
• Select A College
• Financial Aid, with a focus on assistance for
  adults and e-learners
• Career Center
• Apply online
• My EC

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Texas Colleges Universities Participation in
the TexasDistanceEducation and Electronic Campus

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Texas Participation

• Academic Year 2006-2007
• More than 1150 courses from 17 colleges and
  universities
• 52 degree programs from 10 institutions
• 37 colleges and universities participating
• Increase this year with one-point of entry

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SREB Hosting TexasDistanceEducation

• Why are we doing this?
• Single data entry for institutions into
  institutional, state, and EC catalogs
• Managing online activities
• Integration with State-based portals
• Marketing/Promotional Efforts
• Adult Learning/CAM linkages

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Texas Participation in TDE and EC

• EC staff constantly wanting to hear ideas on how
  to streamline entry the process
• Capacity Issues
• Dont want/need additional students?
• Faculty cant handle additional students?
• Dont know about the EC?
• Your comments and questions

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Thank You
Contact Information Southern Regional Education
Board 592 10th Street, NW Atlanta, Georgia
30318-5790 Phone [phone] Fax (404)
872-1477 websites www.sreb.org
www.ElectronicCampus.org
www.TheTeacherCenter.org email
mary.larson_at_sreb.org
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