The New REALITY Project
In September 2013, Interim Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Ann Boyle initiated conversations with SIUE faculty and staff regarding the changing landscape of higher education and how these challenges may affect SIUE. These conversations were initiated after Provost Boyle and other members of the SIUE team completed the American Association of State Colleges and Universities’ (AASCU) Leadership Summit, “Designing Learning Environments for the 21st Century.” The summit was part of AASCU’s Red Balloon Project.
SIUE’s New REALITY (Re-imagining Excellence in Academics and Learning through Innovation, Technology, and You) Project Team worked to address these challenges. Work-teams were formed to address the following work-teams:
- Expanding enrollment and reaching new student populations
- Retaining our students and improving our graduation rates
- Designing competency-based and prior learning assessments while ensuring quality
- Retooling our processes (e.g. admissions, registration, curricular reform, etc.) for speed and adaptability
- Enhancing and reinvigorating experiential learning throughout the curriculum and co-curricular activities
- Developing international programming and improving campus support for international students
- e-learning initiatives (this team will have a variety of sub-committees addressing the strategic development of online courses and programs)
- Innovating our pedagogies to support student learning and academic quality - enhancing learning in face-to-face settings
- Innovating our pedagogies to support student learning and academic quality - enhancing learning in online, hybrid, and blended formats
Work Team Composition and Reports
Retention Team:
Enrollment:
Efficiency:
Experiential Learning:
Full Experiential Learning Report International:
|
CBA/PLA:
On-Line:
Face-to-Face:
Full Face-to-Face Pedagogies Report E-Learning:
|
Individual E-learning Subcommittee Reports
Charge To Work Teams
Teams are to study and discuss ideas generated in the Changing Landscape sessions (see the Back Channel Transcripts), investigate what other institutions are doing, identify models that might be enhanced or modified, and brainstorm what other innovative ideas might be well-suited to our campus.
Teams should meet twice monthly. Tasks may be assigned to sub-committees. Each team should plan to propose two short-term initiatives. These initiatives should represent first steps that can be taken quickly in making appropriate changes for the university. Also, each team will propose three long-term initiatives that will require a longer time to accomplish or may need more financial planning to identify appropriate resources.
Final reports will be posted to the project website and shared with the university community. Final reports and recommendations are due by Friday, January 10, 2014. Reports should be sent via email to Denise Cobb at pcobb@siue.edu. A Steering Committee comprised of all work team chairs and the New REALITY team will meet to discuss the reports and prioritize initiatives in anticipation of presenting these to the Chancellor.
Resources
Additional Information Regarding the New Reality Project
- Priority Voting Results
- The Changing Landscape of Higher Ed
- Project References
- Suggested Readings
- Back Channel Transcripts 09/03/2013 AM Session
- Back Channel Transcripts 09/03/2013 PM Session
- Back Channel Transcripts 09/23/2013 AM Session
- Back Channel Transcripts 09/23/2013 PM Session
- New Reality Wrap Up Presentation
New Reality Project Videos
The Changing Landscape of Higher Ed: A Conversation with Interim Provost Boyle
