Using ‘open’ to create a

new, innovative higher

education model

Using ‘open’ to create a new, innovative

higher education model

Share and demonstrate the innovative project of creating

a personalized learning pathway using open courses,

maximizing non-traditional learning, providing various

assessment methods – all resulting in a formal degree.

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(2001). M.I.T. plans on Wednesday to announce a 10-year

initiative, apparently the biggest of its kind, that intends to create

public Web sites for almost all of its 2,000 courses and to post

materials like lecture notes, problem sets, syllabuses, exams,

simulations, even video lectures.

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Open Courses

• Developed by SME faculty

• Free, self-paced, faculty-supported

• Mirror their sister-university courses

• 2,345 registrations since January 2014- Learning Recognition Course – 658

- Introduction to Management – 262

- Developing a Personal Financial Plan - 260

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Course Assessments

• Leading to college credit

• Supported by the open courses

• Available to any learner

Tools to Maximize Prior Learning

Learning Recognition Course (LRC100)

• Free, self-paced open course

• Assessed by SME faculty

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• Maximizes transfer credit

• Offers flexibility to earn undergraduate credit for

learning from MOOCs and work/life experiences

• Applies to a wide variety of possible careers based on

your interests

• Uses a subscription model

Degree Program

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• Approximately 3,666 unique learners have accessed

the OC@KU open courses and have registered for

4,402 courses

• 93 have submitted prior learning portfolios for

assessment

• Learners have received college credit for 567 courses

as a result of the portfolio assessment

The evidence is positive

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Students expressed their

needs:

• Support

• Responsiveness

• Accurate information

• Support from family

The evidence is positive – student feedback

Being the one making

their decisions:

• Positive

• Course choice is #1

• Pace is #2

• Different from other

college experience

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What we do well:

• Nearly everything

• Praise for advisors (by

name)

• Program structure

• Linking PL to credit

The evidence is positive – student feedback

Common themes:

• Transparency

• Personalized

• Process not goal

• Growth happens when

they want it

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@OpenCollegeKU

#AllAboutOpen

Drew Ross, Dean Susan Huggins, Director

aross@kaplan.edu shuggins@kaplan.edu

@DeanDrewRoss @SusanHuggins