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IntegrationandIntegrity:HigherEducationintheNewLearningEcosystem

RandyBass(GeorgetownUniversity)

UniversityofCaliforniaSystemConference

CreatingEquitableEducationforCalifornia’sUndergraduates

January5,2017

“Wearegivingthemabridgetosuccessfullyfinishtheirdegreethroughcontextualizedmathcontentandexposuretopsychologicalinterventionsthatimprovetheirattitudestowardsmathandlearning.”

Connectedtorevisedcorecompetencies:o Inquiryo GlobalLearningo Integration

StatWay implementedatLaGuardiaCC

MilenaCuellar,Statway inonetermNationalForumPathwaysProgram.CarnegieFoundation.SF2014

Dev.Math+College-levelStatsü ALEKS(adaptivetools)ü Wholelearnerü Complexproblems,suchasFoodJusticeand

ClimateChange

Whatisthiscaseacaseof?

Dataanalytics>adaptivelearning

Asmuchabouttheaffectiveascognitive

Alignmentwithambitiouslargeroutcomes

Focusedoninquiryandintegration,notmerelyskillsandcompletion

“REBUNDLING”

WithBretEynon,LaGuardiaCommunityCollege

Howdowemakearobustandmeaningfuleducationequitablyavailabletoeveryone?

Shiftfromdigitaltoolstolearningecosystem.

Fourwaystoreframetheconversation

Shiftfromunbundlingtorebundling.

Inarebundled highereducation,theconceptofthewholeperson iskey.

PutnewdigitalcapacitiesinserviceofHE’sgreaterpurposes.

ExternalForcesofPotentialDisruption

Skill-basedLearning

DataAnalytics/AdaptiveLearning

OpenOnlineCoursesPublicFunding

Accountability

Expandedaccess

DataAnalytics/AdaptiveLearning

Skill-basedLearning

OpenOnlineCourses

TheOnrushingDigital

Revolution

ScaleAutomateReduce

instructionalcosts

“Unbundling=Equity”

Technology,Integration,Learning&Success

MOOCS&StudentSuccess

CUNY’sASAPprogramThepowerof“hightouch”guidedpathwaysfornewmajoritystudents

HansenandReich,“DemocratizingEducation:Examiningaccessandusagepatternsinmassiveonlinecourses.”Science,December2015.Agrowingbodyofresearchontheimportanceofconnection,purposeandattentiontothewholestudent.

Purdue-GallopPollonEngagedWorkandFlourishing

Twomostimportantpredictorsofsuccess:

1) Adultmentorwhocaredaboutyou

2)Sustainedproject

Purdue-GallopPollonEngagedWorkandFlourishing

64%Ihadaprofessorwhomademeexcitedaboutlearning.

27%Professorcaredaboutmeasaperson.

22%Amentorwhoencouragedmygoalsanddreams.

14%hadallthree.

Purdue-GallopPollonEngagedWorkandFlourishing

32%Alongtermprojectthattookasemesterormoretocomplete.

30%Internshiporjobwhereappliedlearning.

20%Extremelyinvolvedinextracurricularactivitiesororganizations.

%6ofallgraduates

DonHarward,PresidentEmeritus,BatesCollege

“Alltoomanyinstitutionsofhighereducation-- andevenproponentsofliberaleducation-- areoff-course,addressingonlynarrowlyacademicmeansandstrategiesratherthantheintegratedgoalsandendsthatmattertoourstudentsandtoourdemocracy.Asaresult,manyofourinstitutionsriskbecomingcomplicitinthetroublingpatternsofstudentdisengagement.”

BadCombination:Narrowacademicaimsinsilo’d environments+narrow

(commodified)versionofthedigital

Thegreattensionofourtimeineducationisbetweenintegration anddis-integration.

TwoparadigmsofeducationIntegrative(bundled,holistic,coherent):

Curricular&co-curricularconceivedaspartofawholeKnowledge,skills&dispositionsConnections&integrationDesignoflearningexperiencesforwhole

persondevelopment

Disintegrative(unbundled):Designofdiscreteorgranularlearningexperiences

Elementaryanddiscretecompetency-basedlearning

Learningdecoupledfromformalboundaries

Analyticsthattracknarrowormicrolearning

TwoparadigmsofeducationIntegrative(bundled,holistic,coherent):

Disintegrative(unbundled):Designofdiscreteorgranularlearningexperiences

Elementaryanddiscretecompetency-basedlearning

Learningdecoupledfromformalboundaries

Analyticsthattracknarrowormicrolearning

TwoparadigmsofeducationIntegrative(bundled,holistic,coherent):

Curricular&co-curricularconceivedaspartofawholeKnowledge,skills&dispositionsConnections&integrationDesignoflearningexperiencesforwhole

persondevelopment

Disintegrative(unbundled):

TwoparadigmsofeducationIntegrative(bundled,holistic,coherent):

Curricular&co-curricularconceivedaspartofawholeKnowledge,skills&dispositionsConnections&integrationDesignoflearningexperiencesforwhole

persondevelopment

Disintegrative(unbundled):Designofdiscreteorgranularlearningexperiences

Elementaryanddiscretecompetency-basedlearning

Learningdecoupledfromformalboundaries

Analyticsthattracknarrowormicrolearning

Rebundling:TowardaNewSynthesis

Disintegrative(unbundled):Designofdiscreteorgranularlearningexperiences

Elementaryanddiscretecompetency-basedlearning

Learningdecoupledfromformalboundaries

Analyticsthattracknarrowormicrolearning

Integrative(bundled,holistic,coherent):

Curricular&co-curricularconceivedaspartofawholeKnowledge,skills&dispositionsConnections&integrationDesignoflearningexperiencesforwhole

persondevelopmentDisintegrativeinservicetotheintegrative

Whatdoesrebundling meanforinstitutions?

DesignPrinciples:aVisionworthWorkingToward

Learner-centered

Networked

Integrative

Adaptive

DesignPrinciples foraRebundled Institution

Learner-centeredDoyourlearningenvironmentssupportengagementinthecontextof

empowermentandownershipoflearning?

Whatisthiscaseacaseof?

Dataanalytics>adaptivelearning

Asmuchabouttheaffectiveascognitive

Alignmentwithambitiouslargeroutcomes

Focusedoninquiryandintegration,notmerelyskillsandcompletion

“REBUNDLING”

HabitableWorlds– OnlineCourseatArizonaStateUniversity

“InHabitableWorlds,youwon’tjustlearnabunchoffacts.You’llhavetolearnhowtothinklikeascientist,confrontingwhatwedon’tknow,

learninghowtouselogicandreasontocopewithuncertainty….”

Prof.ArielAnbar

Engagementatscale

DesignPrinciples foraRebundled Institution

Learner-centeredDoyourlearningenvironmentssupportengagementinthecontextof

empowermentandownershipoflearning?

Wholepersoneducation,equitablyavailabletoeveryone.

Educatingthewholeperson?

“formation”

Dispositions:LearningtolearnCriticalthinkingCreativityCuriosityResilienceEmpathyHumilityEthicalJudgment

Strivingtocultivateabalancedperson,withintellectual,affective,imaginativeandreflectivecapacities.

Knowledge+Skills+Dispositions(+Values)

“HARDSKILLS”

Designenvironmentswheretheyaremorelikelytobecultivated.

Unscriptedcontexts,guidedinquiryandexperience.

“High-impactpractices.”

DesignPrinciples foraRebundled Institution

Learner-centeredDoyourlearningenvironmentssupportengagementinthecontextof

empowermentandownershipoflearning?

NetworkedDoyoursystemsandpracticesmaximizecommunity,mentorship

andpartnershipsacrossboundaries?

E2Coach

GeorgiaStateUniversity

2003

32%

Six-yearGraduationRates

2014

54%

2003

31%

PellEligible

2013

58%MartinKurzweilandDerekWu,“BuildingaPathwaytoStudentSuccessatGeorgiaStateUniversity”Ithaka S&R,April23,2015

ü LearningCommunities

ü Peertutoringü SummerSuccess

Academy

ü Structurallyconnectedadmissions,advising,registrar,financialaid,andinstitutionalresearch

DesignPrinciples foraRebundled Institution

Learner-centeredDoyourlearningenvironmentssupportengagementinthecontextof

empowermentandownershipoflearning?

NetworkedDoyoursystemsandpracticesmaximizecommunity,mentorship

andpartnershipsacrossboundaries?

IntegrativeAreyoursystemsandpracticesservingtohelpmaximize

connectionsandcoherence?

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Howcanwehelpstudentsputtheirsignatureworkinalargerandmoreintegrativecontext?

ePortfolioasavital,longitudinalandintegrativelearningprocess

AddressingtheWholeStudentPurposeful Self-Authorship

Advisement & Academic Planning

Connecting w/ Faculty & Students

External Audiences

Learning Across Disciplines

Learning Across Semesters

Formal Academic Curriculum

Co-Curricular & Lived

Experiences

Students’IntegrativeePortfolioPractice

Claim#1:ePortfolioinitiativesadvancestudentlearning&success.

Helpingstudentsreflecton&connecttheirlearningacrossacademic,co-curricularandcommunity-basedlearningexperiences,sophisticatedePortfoliopracticescorrelatewithhigherlevelsofstudentsuccess,asmeasuredbypassrates,GPAandretention.

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2009-10 Academic Year

Comparison Courses

49.4%

ePortfolioCourses

58.3%LaGuardiaCCHighPassRates

(C&up)

ePortfoliointegratedintoMetroHealthAcademies,anSFSUlearningcommunityprojectforhigh-riskstudents

Metro Academy, First Year/First Time Students

All SFSU First Year/ First Time Students

1 Yr Retention Rate 90.0% 79.3%

3 Yr Retention Rate 79.0% 60.0%

4 Yr Grad’n Rate 24.6% 14.9%

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NoePortfolioCourses 1ePortfolioCourse 2ePortfolioCourses 3ePortfolioCourses

SpringtoFallRetentionRates

BuildingmyePortfolio Agree/StronglyAgree

Helpedme makeconnectionsbetweenideas 75.6%

Helpedmethinkmoredeeply aboutcoursecontent 64.4%Allowed metobemoreawareofmygrowth&developmentasalearner

69.3%

My(ePortfolio-enhanced) courseengagedmein… Quite aBit/VeryMuch

Synthesizing &organizingideas,informationorexperiencesinnewways

83.1%

Applyingtheoriesorconceptstopracticalproblemsorinnewsituations

77.2%

Mycourse contributedtomyknowledge,skillsandpersonaldevelopmentinunderstandingmyself

78.6%

ePortfolio asahigh-impactpractice

BuildingmyePortfoliohelpedmetomakeconnectionsbetweenideas…

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DesignPrinciples foraRebundled Institution

Learner-centeredDoyourlearningenvironmentssupportengagementinthecontextof

empowermentandownershipoflearning?

NetworkedDoyoursystemsandpracticesmaximizecommunity,mentorship

andpartnershipsacrossboundaries?

IntegrativeAreyoursystemsandpracticesservingtomaximizeconnections

andcoherence?

AdaptiveAreyoursystemsandpracticessupportingthecriticalcapacities

ofinstitutionsforimprovementandagileinnovation?

AssessmentFORStudent,Faculty&

InstitutionalLearning

Groundassessmentintheauthenticworkoffaculty&students.

Digitalsystemscanhelptomakestudentlearningvisible

Assessmentthatempowerseveryone

MACRO:Systems,regions,collaborations

MESO:Institutional

MICRO:Datacollectedattheleveloftheindividualuser

Studentlevel(empowerment)

Faculty&Designers(interpretive)

Institutional(empirical)

RuthDeakin CrickandSimonBuckinghamShum

Assessmentthatempowerseveryone

MACRO:Systems,regions,collaborations

MESO:Institutional

MICRO:Datacollectedattheleveloftheindividualuser

Studentlevel(empowerment)

Faculty&Designers(interpretive)

Institutional(empirical)

RuthDeakin CrickandSimonBuckinghamShum

eP makeslearningvisibleatall3levels

DesignPrinciples:aVisionworthWorkingToward

Learner-centeredEngagement&Empowerment

NetworkedCommunity,mentorship&partnerships

IntegrativeConnectwhathasnotbeenconnected

Integrationfromtheinsideout

AdaptiveInstitutionallearning

Firstclosingthought…

Ittakesasystemsapproach.

GeorgiaStateUniversity

2003

32%

Six-yearGraduationRates

2014

54%

2003

31%

PellEligible

2013

58%MartinKurzweilandDerekWu,“BuildingaPathwaytoStudentSuccessatGeorgiaStateUniversity”Ithaka S&R,April23,2015

ü LearningCommunities

ü Peertutoringü SummerSuccess

Academy

ü Structurallyconnectedadmissions,advising,registrar,financialaid,andinstitutionalresearch

GeorgiaStateUniversity

MartinKurzweilandDerekWu,“BuildingaPathwaytoStudentSuccessatGeorgiaStateUniversity”Ithaka S&R,April23,2015

“Indeed,nosingleinitiativeisresponsibleforthedramaticgainsatGSU;theuniversity’simprovementrepresentstheaccumulatedimpactofadozenormorerelativelymodestprograms.Asitturnsout,therecipeforGSU’ssuccessisnotaparticularsolution,butratheraparticularapproachtoproblem-solving.”

DesignPrinciples >SystemsTheory

Learner-Centeredforengagementand

empowerment

Networkedpromotesocialcommunity,mentorship

andpartnerships.

Integrativeconnectwhathastypicallynotbeenconnected;

integrationfromtheinsideout.

AdaptivepromoteInstitutionallearning

Secondclosingthought…

Thisisaboutintegrity.

DesignPrinciples >SystemsTheory

Learner-Centeredforengagementand

empowerment

Networkedpromotesocialcommunity,mentorship

andpartnerships.

Integrativeconnectwhathastypicallynotbeenconnected;

integrationfromtheinsideout.

AdaptivepromoteInstitutionallearning

JackDeGioia,President,Georgetown

ThreeinterlockingandinseparableelementsoftheUniversity:

• Formationofstudents

• Knowledge-creationthroughscholarshipandresearch

• PublicGoodandtheCommonGood

“Theseseveralcompetingvisionsoftruepurpose,eachrelatingtoadifferentlayerofhistory,adifferentwebofforces,causemuchofthemalaiseintheuniversitycommunitiestoday.Theuniversityissomanythingstosomanydifferentpeoplethatitmustofnecessity,bepartiallyatwarwithitself.”ClarkKerr

Shiftfromdigitaltoolstolearningecosystem.

Fourwaystoreframetheconversation

Shiftfromunbundlingtorebundling.

Inarebundled highereducation,theconceptofthewholeperson iskey.

PutnewdigitalcapacitiesinserviceofHE’sgreaterpurposes.Newwaystoactwithintegrity.

THANKYOU!

QUESTIONS?

bassr@georgetown.edu