The document discusses higher education and eLearning opportunities. It promotes (1) leveraging eLearning and digital technologies to support new ways of learning, (2) sharing open educational resources to increase access to knowledge, and (3) developing a technology plan to transform learning through innovative and student-centered technologies across community and technical colleges.

1. Higher Education in Perpetual Beta: eLearning Open Educational Resources CTC Technology Plan Cable Green, PhD eLearning Director

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9. Two-year institutions provide the largest share of online enrollments, with more online students at these institutions than all other types combined. Growth rates for two-year institutions have exceeded those of all the other institution types, and they now command over 54 percent * of all online enrollments in U.S. higher education. Allen and Seaman. Online Nation: Five Years of Growth in Online Learning. Sloan Consortium, 2007. *In Washington State, it is > 75% * OFM Higher Education Enrollment Reports (Fall 2006 FTE)

11. Growth in Online Courses Fall FTE: 1998-2010 1999-2007 growth = 715%

12. Growth in Online Courses Annual Enrollment: 1998-2010 1999-2007 growth = 426%

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20. http://wiki.elearning.ubc.ca/ComingApart

21. Are You Ready to Shift? Traditional Learning 21 st Century Learning 2020 Instructor Centered Student Centered Co-creating new knowledge by combining knowledge Single Media Multimedia Media preferences Isolated Work Collaborative Work Worldwide Exchange Consortiums Information Delivery Information Exchange Information Creation Factual, Knowledge-based Learning Critical Thinking and Informed Decision Making Creative Enterprises and New Thought Push Pull Combine, Mash, Manipulate, Create Source: ISTE National Education Technology Standards for Teachers (USA) Microsoft Source: SBCTC eLearning Team 2008

23. All research funded by the US National Institutes of Health , an agency with a $29 billion research budget, will now be required to be published online, free to the public, within 12 months after publication in any scientific journal.

26. New Textbook Report: May 2007 Dept of Ed: Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance “ The resulting groundswell of criticism against colleges, bookstores, and publishers has translated into action across the nation to do something about it. The political imperative to turn the page and restrain increases in the price of textbooks – indeed, to lower them if possible – cannot be overstated.” (p. iii)

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45. Contact Dr. Cable Green cgreen@sbctc.edu (360) 704-4334