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Technological Implications for Institutional Accreditation Lori Baker - Southwest Minnesota State University Ed Nagelhout – University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Hot Topic Session
Survey
Accreditation Experience
• What regional accrediting agency accredits your institution?
• How many here have been part of an accreditation team?
• How many have been part of an online accreditation review?
Hot Topic Session
Goals for Our Session Talk, Talk, Talk A starting point for conversation (not knowledge dumping) Online/Offsite Accreditation Review (30 minutes) Wrap-Up/Review/Final Questions (5 minutes)
Starting Points
Greater Accountability and Transparency
The accrediting agency must change to keep up with
1. “greatly increased expectations for institutional accountability and consumer protection”
2. “demands for improved academic standards and student performance”
--“WASC Accreditation Redesign at a Glance”
Changing Conditions
Of the twenty (20) Year 3 Reviews scheduled by the NWCCU in 2013, fifteen (15) were designated as "offsite/online." http://www.nwccu.org/Eval%20Schedule/Comprehensive%20Evaluation%20Schedule.htm
Starting Points
Getting Started
Online Accreditation Experience
Has your university considered online review in formal or informal ways?
Online/Offsite Accreditation Review
What are the differences between an online review and an onsite review?
• As a group, create a two-column list for comparison
• Discuss in small groups
With your first lists in mind, • Create a new column:
Online/Offsite Accreditation Review
How visible are key features (like outcomes) on your university’s web structure?
• Create a second column:
Online/Offsite Accreditation Review
What can be done (needs to be done) to prepare a campus for online/offsite review?
Online/Offsite Accreditation Review
Sharing Our Ideas/Next Steps
• What new insights did we discover?
• What can we take back to campus?
• What are next steps?
Wrap-Up/Review/Final Questions
Final Thoughts? Final Questions? Or to continue the conversation: • [email protected] • [email protected]
These PPT slides are available at slideshare.net – search: ednagelhout