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Teaching, Learning, and Research
in 21st Century Community Colleges
James L. Morrison
Professor of Educational Leadership
UNC-Chapel Hill
Students can no longer prepare…
Students depend on paper too much.
Students depend too much on ink.
Community Colleges in the 21st Century
The changing environment
The influence of networked learning and information technology tools
What are the issues?
The Changing Environment
Globalization
Deregulation
Mergers
Economic restructuring
Need for up-to-date, college trained, workforce; for continuous retraining
Exploding clientele
Changing clientele
Older, working, raising children
Takes longer to get degree
Concern for cost
Permanent Staff Cuts by U.S. Corporations
The Enrollment Pipeline
Projections
Supply and Demand
Trends: Projected Distance Education Growth
Further Trends
Cyber-Universities
1993: 93
1997: 762
Transition from learned infrastructure
to learning infrastructure; from campus-centric to consumer-centric
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Today’s Students
Technologically sophisticated
Expect user-friendly services
Want accessible, available education at
their time, place, and medium of choice
Want dependable one-stop or no-stop service that is high tech but personable
The Changing Community College Environment
New competition
Old-line institutions have discovered
satellites and the Internet
Traditional “service areas” fair game
New for-profit educational providers
Certification monopoly at risk
employers concerned about competency
employers relying less on diplomas
Outcomes assessment coming on line
Western Governors University
What Lies Ahead in Technology
Diminution
Net PC
Simulations
Virtual reality
Expert systems
WWW; Web course mgt
Low-earth-orbit satellites
Wireless networks
Web TV
Video conferencing
Network Learning Technologies are Transforming Core Production and Delivery Processes
Package knowledge
Deliver knowledge
Access knowledge
Acquire knowledge
Students can learn better at home than in class.
How Will Community College
Education Look Tomorrow?
Partnerships with colleges and other educational service providers for continuing education
Multimedia courses developed by dispersed teams
Boundryless service area
Faculty roles: from actor to director
What are the issues in networked learning?
Instructional Issues
Plagiarism
Unreliable sources
Can the institution
Mandate distance learning?
Assign faculty to teach DL classes?
Use previously created faculty courses?
Instructional Issues
Intellectual property
Ownership
Control
Fair use
Faculty workload/compensation
Contact hours
Preparation
Expertise
Student evaluation
Institutional Research Issues
Changing role of institutional research to include responsibility
for external analysis
Developing IT infrastructure
Using data warehousing
Using information technology tools to make a user friendly environment for students, alumni, and administrators
Summary
Driving forces
Globalization
Economic restructuring
Telecommunications/
technology
Changing form and structure of higher education
We is confronted  by an insurmountable tidal
wave of opportunity.