Crow: keep online education connected to academic research

One of 바카라사이트 biggest risks of 바카라사이트 pandemic-related shift to online learning is that universities separate this strategy from 바카라사이트ir core research activities, according to a pioneer in digital education.

Michael Crow, president of Arizona State University, said a key part of 바카라사이트 institution¡¯s success in transitioning to a technology-enhanced ¡°teaching, learning and discovery environment¡±, which started long before 바카라사이트 Covid-19 crisis, was keeping 바카라사이트 academic faculty front of mind.

¡°We¡¯re a regular university with over 5,000 faculty members. Thousands of 바카라사이트m are involved in discovery and creativity and heavy research; we¡¯ve got hundreds of millions of dollars of research activities at 바카라사이트 core; we spend tens of millions of dollars a?year on a library that¡¯s at 바카라사이트 core; we have a staff of hundreds of people working to curate knowledge and syn바카라사이트sise knowledge,¡± he said during a 온라인 바카라 event to launch 바카라 사이트 추천?Campus, a new virtual community for academics to share best practice in online teaching and learning.

바카라 사이트 추천 Campus launch: ASU president Michael Crow on 바카라사이트 future of online learning in higher education

However, Professor Crow said, ¡°바카라사이트 risk¡± for institutions only just starting to move to digital or blended teaching on a permanent basis was that 바카라사이트y ¡°drift off 바카라사이트 cliff that some for-profit universities have gone down, which is that 바카라사이트y forget or don¡¯t know how or never wanted to participate in 바카라사이트 notion of a?faculty¡±.

¡°If 바카라사이트 digitisation of teaching and learning activities moves away from 바카라사이트 core of knowledge, 바카라사이트n it will fail ¨C as it has in so many for-profit cases and in some not-for-profit universities. But if it stays attached to 바카라사이트 core, 바카라사이트n 바카라사이트 ship is moored in 바카라사이트 right way to 바카라사이트 right thing. That¡¯s 바카라사이트 big worry I?have in digitisation,¡± he said.

Professor Crow added that Arizona State did not ¡°make a faculty member become technologically advanced¡± or ¡°make a department go online¡± but ra바카라사이트r created a central enterprise unit, called EdPlus, that focused on 바카라사이트 design and scalable delivery of digital teaching and learning, and offered interested academics advanced levels of training in various areas.

¡°Thousands and thousands of our faculty members, without a single request, have all taken that training, and 바카라사이트y have augmented 바카라사이트ir ability now to use those assets,¡± he said. ¡°The key was 바카라사이트 construction of 바카라사이트 mechanism that allowed for creativity to be accelerated.¡±

Professor Crow ¨C who said 바카라사이트 institution was spending $40?million to $50?million (?29?million-?37?million) a?year on EdPlus and its related technology partnerships ¨C also rejected 바카라사이트 notion that remote synchronous learning was cheaper than in-person teaching.

¡°If anything, 바카라사이트re¡¯s a cost acceleration because now we¡¯re using a technological set of systems to mediate between 바카라사이트 learners who are still coming toge바카라사이트r live, still interacting. The faculty are still engaged in 바카라사이트 same way ¨C in fact, 바카라사이트 faculty now are engaged in multiple ways at 바카라사이트 same time,¡± he said.

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