Remarks to

 

AMERICAN ACCOUNTING ASSOCIATION

 

August 12, 2000

Philadelphia, PA

 

In U.S. alone, employers spend $65b on education/training

Worldwide, demand for management education is growing. Thirty-seven million managers have access to Internet and speak English. Little local infrastructure to serve those needs.

In U.S. more students over 35 are enrolled in colleges than 19 and under.

WHY ONLINE LEARNING MATTERS IN MANAGEMENT EDUCATION

Faculty shortage in the U.S. b-school market in the 80s is coming back.

- 5.2% in 1996, now up to 6.7%.

- 14% in MIS

- 7.8% in accounting

B-schools must find new/creative ways to leverage their intellectual capital.

WHY ONLINE LEARNING MATTERS IN MANAGEMENT EDUCATION

Magazine rankings

Branding=building a distinctive, sustainable, hard to replicate identity

For now, b-schools hold the brand.

For b-schools without a built-in brand or the resources to build one: alliance strategy

BRANDING MATTERS!

COMPETITION

1. MBA’s Online

Indiana, Duke, UNC, Baltimore, UMSL, Whitewater, Syracuse, Auburn, Ohio U., Dominguez Hills

For-profits: Phoenix, Kaplan, Cardean

Open Univ., NTU

COMPETITION

2. Executive education Duke for-profit to deliver custom executive ed, and

to repackage for use by general workforce.

Wharton/IBM alliance

FTK purchase of Forum Group

Unext, Quisic, etc.

COMPETITION

3. Portals (just enough, just in time “granules”) Fathom—Columbia, LSE, British Library, NY Public

Library, Smithsonian, Cambridge U. Press, U. Chicago, American Film Institute, RAND

Working Knowledge, nowledge@Wharton. “Brand builder”: the next generation of rankings?

QUALITY

1. Interactivity

2. Customization

3. Content

4. Course design

5. Production values

6. Platform support

7. Student feedback

8. Faculty training and development

9. Student retention

Some definitions:

QUALITY

1. clear educational objectives

2. link to institutional mission

3. show differences in offerings from other providers

4. benchmarking efforts

5. systematic input from stakeholders

6. clear performance expectations for students

7. appropriate interaction

AACSB—at program level:

8. complete and accurate promotional materials systematic training, development, evaluation and reward for faculty

10. involvement of learning design experts

11. congruent with learning styles/needs of students being served

12. use learning assessment tools

13. IP policies

14. appropriate student support services

QUALITY

E-LEARNING FIRMS

1. Extractor models

2. Quisic—partner model

The idea: combine world-class content with best production values. Downstream distribution through other university-based

b-schools and corporate education/training units.

•Content from individual faculty members

•Not just text: streaming video of gurus, executives,entrepreneurs, etc.

•Discussion boards, electronic chat rooms, -computer adaptive tests, cases

•Supplemental textbooks and course manuals

•Industry awards

Now: graduate and corporate focus, web only (evolution of Broadband)

Portal

4 years ago: undergrad and teleweb—13 courses now exist

3. Value Added to B-Schools by Quisic

Not a threat to existing institutions.

Gives all b-schools an opportunity to offer world- class content across the business curriculum.

Allows niche schools to affiliate with a brand

Frees up classroom time to focus on applications instead of content knowledge

Frees up faculty time to serve as an information source, provide student feedback and counseling, outreach, scholarship, institutional governance

QUISIC LEARNING EXPERIENCE

Courses developed by team of producers, instructional designers, Writers, researchers, graphic artists in cooperation with SME

Faculty give feedback on course structure, use of cases and interactive exercises, etc.

Clear course goals, lesson outlines, and expected learning outcomes.

Success depends on performance of faculty facilitator!