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(by invitation only)

Friday, October 26

12:30-1:00
Welcome: Diane Harley and Saul Fisher

1:00-3:00
E-Learning Trends and Pressures Defined: Industry Views - University Views

What lessons (Questions, Issues, Concepts) are key for campus planning and implementation? What is known and what needs to be investigated?

• Dean Gary Matkin, UC Irvine Extension
• Michael Goldstein, Member of Dow, Lohnes and Albertson, Washington DC
• Dr. Sally Johnstone, Executive Director, Western Cooperative for Educational Telecommunications (WICHE), CO
• Professor Hans N. Weiler, Political Science and Education, Stanford University; Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin

Respondents:

• Professor Roger Geiger, Higher Education, Pennsylvania State University
• Professor Peter Lyman, Associate Dean, School of Information and Management Systems (SIMS), UCB

Moderator:

• Diane Harley, Ph.D., Research Associate, Center for Studies in Higher Education, UCB

3:15-5:30
Strategic Planning and Implementation I: The Challenge of Adapting Organizations and Creating Partnerships to Target New Markets

Why and how are universities capitalizing on new technologies to enhance or scale activities?

What are the costs, benefits, and risks of e-learning ventures to the institution?

What are the business model choices that have evolved, and their costs and benefits?

Where are e-learning initiatives placed within the institution?

What is the role of Extension and continuing education divisions, and the relationship of their activities to the core institution?

What are the challenges and opportunities of wider global markets?

MIT, UCB, UCLA

• MIT: Professor Hal Abelson, Computer Science and Engineering, MIT; Co-Chair, MIT Council on Educational Technology and Dr. M. S. Vijay Kumar, Assistant Provost and Director of Academic Computing, MIT
• UCLA Online: Dean Robert Lapiner, Continuing Education and Extension, UCLA
• UCB: Professor Philip B. Stark, Statistics; Faculty Assistant in Education Technology, UCB

Respondents:

• Professor David Collis, Yale School of Management
• Professor Julius Zelmanowitz, Vice Provost, Academic Initiatives, Office of the President, University of California

Moderator:

• Professor David W. Breneman, Dean of Curry School of Education, University of Virginia

Saturday, October 27

9:00-12:00
Strategic Planning and Implementation II: The Challenge of Adapting Organizations and Creating Partnerships to Target New Markets

9:00-10:30
UNext, UMass Online, Stanford

• Cardean and UNext: Dr. Geoffrey M. Cox, Cardean University President /UNext Vice President for Academic Affairs
• UMass Online: Dr. Jack Wilson, CEO, UMass Online
• Stanford: Dr. Andy DiPaolo, Executive Director, Center for Professional Development; Senior Associate Dean Engineering, Stanford University
• Moderator: Professor David Kirp, The Goldman School of Public Policy, UCB

10:45-12:15
Global Perspectives

• OECD Perspectives: Kurt Larsen, Centre for Educational Research and Innovation, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
• Next Ed/Asian Markets: Terry Hilsberg, Founder and CEO, NextEd Limited
• Open University Models: Professor Chris Curran, Founding Director, the National Distance Education Centre, Dublin City University
• Moderator: Professor Marijk van der Wende, Center for Higher Education Policy Studies (CHEPS), Netherlands

1:30-3:00
The Possibilities and Limitations of Emerging Technological Innovations

What are emerging innovations in e-learning?

How does the pace of change in the technologies influence institutional decision-making about e-learning, including the locus/loci of authority?

What are assumptions about (and plans for) the possibilities for learning that will be opened up by future technologies?

• Internet2: Associate Vice Chancellor John W. McCredie, Information Technology (AVC-IT), Chief Information Officer, UCB
• Learning Environments: Professor Lawrence Rowe, Computer Science, EECS, UCB
• Learning Management Systems: Gordon Freedman, Founder, Knowledge-Base; Director, Strategy & Alliances, Prometheus.com
• Learning Federation/Digital Promise: Thomas A. Kalil, Assistant to the Chancellor for Science and Technology, UCB

Respondents:

• Professor Martin Trow, Professor, The Goldman School of Public Policy; Director Emeritus, the Center for Studies in Higher Education, UCB
• Professor Peter Lyman, Associate Dean, School of Information and Management Systems (SIMS), UCB

Moderator:

• Dean Gary Matkin, UC Irvine Extension

3:15-5:00     
Discussion of Developing Research Agendas/Foundation Views

Open discussion of possible research projects/collaborations

Discussants:

• Diane Harley, Ph.D., Research Associate, Center for Studies in Higher Education, UCB
• Dr. Saul Fisher, Program Officer, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, New York
• Professor David Kirp, The Goldman School of Public Policy, UCB