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ISU DISTANCE ENROLLMENTS AT RECORD HIGH
Fall 04 enrollments in ISU semester-based distance learning
courses totaled 3,408 at the ten-day count -- a record high
and a 30% increase over Fall 03 enrollments of 2,607.
Fall 04 - Fall 03 Comparison (per ten-day counts)
- Enrollments: 30% increase
- Fall 04: 3,408
- Fall 03: 2,607
- Credit Hours Generated: 30% increase
- Fall 04: 9,815
- Fall 03: 7,558
- Courses (semester-based distance): 24% increase
- Fall 04: 243 courses (30 TV; 4 print; 209 Web)
- Fall 03: 195 (34 TV; 4 print; 157 Web)
Also of Note:
- Total Headcount (Fall 04) = 2,070. Of these, the majority
(57%) were "distance only" students. In addition, the
majority (62%) were undergraduates.
- Graduate Headcount (Fall 04) = 793. Of these graduate
students, the majority (80%) were "distance only" students.
- Undergraduate Headcount (Fall 04) = 1,277. Of these
undergraduate students, 42% were "distance only" students.
- Summer 04 also set a record high at 1,576 enrollments -
and a 14% increase over Summer 03 enrollments of 1,373.
Contact:
Melissa Hughes, Director
Distance Support Services
Indiana State University
(812) 237-8639
mhughes@indstate.edu
ANNOUNCEMENT: NEW ISU DISTANCE COURSES
Students registering for Spring 05 will have the option
of over 200 distance courses, including the following
new on-line (Web) offerings:
I. New - Undergraduate - Online Courses:
- AST 211 Aircraft Systems I
Instructor: Steve Shure
- CRIM 499 Danger and Disorder: Critical Issues in Criminology
Instructor: Katherine Culotta
- CS 260 Object Oriented Programming
Instructor: Jim Ball
- CS 365 Computer Organization and Assembly Language
Instructor: Jim Ball
- GERM 308 Weimar and Fascism in German Culture
Instructor: Ann Rider
- GH 201B Honors: Enduring Topics
Technology and Society
Instructor: Tad Foster
- WS 200 Introduction to Women's Studies
Instructor: Linda Maule
II. New - Graduate - Online Courses
- MCT 720 Construction Management Techniques
Instructor: Lee Ellingson
- PE 636 Instructional Strategies for Teaching and Coaching
Instructor: Molly Hare
- SPSY 666 Individual Assessment of Intelligence
Instructor: Alisha Ford
- SPSY 667 Dynamic Assessment
Instructor: Jennifer Freeland
ISU faculty members seeking assistance with
course development should contact:
Center for Teaching and Learning
Instructional Design Staff
237-3053
For assistance with distance course delivery,
contact:
Melissa Hughes
Director, Distance Support Services
m-hughes@indstate.edu
NEW! LPN TO BSN PROGRAM
Indiana State University has developed a partnership with
The College Network to offer an LPN to BSN Program -
via distance learning. Courses are delivered via study guides
and the Internet. On-campus visits are not required.
For details, visit:
LPN to BSN Program
www.indstate.edu/distance/lpn-to-bsn
FACULTY: ONLINE COURSE DEVELOPMENT
Through the Center for Teaching and Learning, faculty
members have access to a variety of services for on-line
course development, including:
- Interactive and Multimedia Design
- e-Learning Production
- Instructional Design
Overview of Services:
- Interactive and Multimedia Design Services (IMDS)
offers a wide range of design services to faculty and staff.
A creative team of designers is available to help translate
ideas into visual media for web delivery, multimedia and
poster presentations, informational signs, and classroom
support. For details, see IMDS article (in this newsletter).
- e-Learning Production Services (e-LPS)
is an interdisciplinary group of professionals, students,
artists, and educators, who are experimenting with interactive
multimedia technology in professional practice and education.
The E-LPS is active in building partnerships within the
ISU academic community.
- Instructional Design Services
offers faculty members assistance ranging from the initial
planning stages (where our staff will work with you to develop
your online course) to individualized consultation sessions
to workshops focused on the use of Blackboard as an online
course delivery system.
Our staff will meet with faculty members and assemble a team
from Instructional Design Services, Interactive and Multimedia
Design Services, and e-Learning Production Services to assist.
Contact:
Center for Teaching and Learning
Indiana State University
Dreiser Hall, room 122
(812) 237-3053
www.indstate.edu/ctl
IMDS: INTERACTIVE AND MULTIMEDIA DESIGN SERVICES
(Formerly Graphic Design)
The Interactive and Multimedia Design Services (IMDS)
department of the Center for Teaching and Learning is a
wonderful resource for faculty and university departments.
Offering services ranging from convention poster creation
to interactive instructional media, IMDS is here to assist you
in your graphic design needs.
Services include:
- Banner creation
- Event signs (foam core backed signs)
- Graphic consultation
- Interactive multimedia (Flash) content creation
- Lamination
- Limited large format printing
- Poster creation and printing
Many IMDS services are offered to faculty and departments
free of charge. Interactive and Multimedia Design Services also
is limitedly available for grant support.
Amy MacLennan (Supervisor) and Micheal Moore (Designer)
look forward to assisting the ISU community in any capacity
they can. Stop by and see them in Normal Hall, or call for
an appointment.
Contact:
Interactive and Multimedia Design Services
Indiana State University
Normal Hall, room 121
(812) 237-2297
(812) 237-2295
MARK YOUR CALENDAR: VIRTUAL BROWNBAG SERIES
Virtual Brownbag Series 2nd Wednesdays@Noon is a
new professional development program for faculty and
instructional technologists at Indiana colleges and universities.
This series (which will focus on teaching with technology) is
sponsored by the Indiana Higher Education Telecommunication
System (IHETS) and the Faculty Services Team of the Indiana
Partnership for Statewide Education (IPSE).
Each month, presenters from Indiana's higher education community
will share information and ideas on a wide range of topics related
to the use of technology for classroom and online instruction.
If you are interested in learning more about key issues,
innovative programs, effective practices, and new tools,
be sure to join us - every second Wednesday of the month.
Upcoming Presentations
- Student Evaluation of Online Teaching
October 13, 2004; 12:00 (noon)
Erickson Hall, room 108
Presenters: Saxon Reasons and Charles Harrington
University of Southern Indiana
- Using IR Response Systems: Enhancing Classroom Assessment
November 10, 2004; 12:00 (noon)
Erickson Hall, room 108
Presenters: Dr. George Weimer and Elizabeth A. Kiggins
University of Indianapolis
- Flash on Demand: Building Dynamically-Generated Interactive Learning Tools
February 9, 2005; 12:00 (noon)
Erickson Hall, room 108
Presenters: Jay W. Hagenow, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Sharon K. Calhoon, Indiana University Kokomo
- The TEACH Act: Will This Copyright Exemption Work for You?
March 9, 2005; 12:00 (noon)
Erickson Hall, room 108
Presenter: Donna Ferullo, Purdue University
For more information, visit IHETS at
www.ihets.org/progserv/education/vb
Or, contact David Peter.
Contact:
David Peter
Instructional Design Specialist
Center for Teaching and Learning
Indiana State University
(812) 237-8363
extpeter@isugw.indstate.edu
ETCETERA, ETCETERA, ETCETERA
National Repository of Online Courses:
The Monterey Institute for Technology and Education,
a nonprofit organization based in California, has received
a $1.5 million grant to collect and build a collection of online
course content called the National Repository of Online Courses.
According to recent releases: "Developing content for
online courses can be an expensive undertaking, and some
institutions are making their online course materials available
for others to use. The Monterey Institute will work to collect
such materials, modifying them where necessary, and making
them available to higher education as well as to high schools
that want to provide online Advanced Placement courses.
Institutions that can pay for the content they receive will be
asked to contribute to help the institute break even, according
to Gary Lopez, executive director, but the prices will be as
low as possible." The program is being funded by the
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Sources: Edupage (8 Sep 0); CHE (8 Sep 2004)
THOUGHT FOR OCTOBER:
I imagine the earth when I am no more:
Nothing happens, no loss, it's still a strange pageant,
Yet the books will be there on the shelves, well born,
Derived from people, but from radiance, heights.
~ Czeslaw Milosz
Interaction is published by the Office of Distance
Support Services - Indiana State University.
