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1. Strategic Council Meeting 7 March 1, 2013 BCIT Downtown Campus 0900 – 1230h Page | BCcampus | connect. collaborate. innovate.
2. Proposed agenda Page | BCcampus | connect. collaborate. innovate.
3. Meeting notes and attachments Attachments and links included: Executive summary of AB-BC Managing Online Learning Survey 2012 (Follow-up item from Meeting 6) BC Post-Secondary Leadership Council speaking notes (related to follow-up item from Meeting 6) BCcampus draft Fiscal Year Plan for 2013-14 (Fiscal Year Plan item) Letter from BC Academic Health Council to BCcampus re. transition of two of its services, HSPnet and Practice Education, to BCcampus (Operations Update) September 26, 2012 meeting notes were distributed for review and/or comment David Porter Page | BCcampus | connect. collaborate. innovate.
4. Follow-up item 1Management of online learning survey Survey of BC and Alberta post-secondary institutions about the management of online learning Themes: Policies, Plans, Budgets Governance Credentials, Programs, Curricula Technology Infrastructure Staffing and Resourcing Practices Futures Executive summary distributed Page | BCcampus | connect. collaborate. innovate.
5. Follow-up item 2BCcampus annual report BCcampus annual report 2011-2012 Revised based on feedback from Council Members at Meeting 6 Added section dealing with challenges facing the PSE system in the educational technology domain Published and available as a PDF from BCcampus.ca website Page | BCcampus | connect. collaborate. innovate.
6. Follow-up item 3Council membership and term of appointment Council members were asked whether they intended to renew or end their term based on updated Council terms of reference Page | BCcampus | connect. collaborate. innovate.
7. Draft fiscal year plan 2013-14 BCcampus fiscal year plan 2013-14 Fiscal year plan outlines planned BCcampus activities matched to services and 2013-14 specifics expressed in government letter of expectations (GLE) from AEIT A key issue is this year’s plan is the need to expend reserve funds in order to balance our budget against an expanding scope of operational activities and expectations, and for BCcampus to coordinate and provide infrastructure for new services including the open textbook program and health-related education system services Page | BCcampus | connect. collaborate. innovate.
8. Draft Fiscal Year Plan 2013-14 Scope of BCcampus activities as of January 2013 Page | BCcampus | connect. collaborate. innovate.
9. Draft fiscal year plan 2013-14 Page | BCcampus | connect. collaborate. innovate.
10. Break and refreshments 15 minute break recommended After break Renewing BCcampus strategic plan 2013 – 2016 Operational updates, challenges, and opportunities Page | BCcampus | connect. collaborate. innovate.
11. BCcampus strategic plan refresh BCcampus strategic plan 2013-2016 We revise and update the BCcampus strategic plan on a rolling 3-year basis (“an evergreen plan”) Approval of the 2013-16 strategy is planned for May/June 2013 Council meeting Plan will be published and available as a PDF from BCcampus.ca website in summer or early fall 2013 Page | BCcampus | connect. collaborate. innovate.
12. Strategic plan refresh for 2013-2016 Page | BCcampus | connect. collaborate. innovate.
13. Business models for shared services Deloitte transformation report Shared instructional systems Twitter comment: “wow, that report is stunningly bland & uninventive. Almost like it was written by consultants with no understanding of the sector...” Educational services Page | BCcampus | connect. collaborate. innovate.
14. BCcampus strategic plan themes BCcampus Strategic Plan 2013-2016 Coordinated approach to student-facing system services – “federated services” Education planning Application services Program, course and section finder StudentAid services Practicum placement services (HSPnet) Library and tutoring support Transfer guide Transcript services Shared and collaborative services Collapse services from multiple system agency providers Use a lifecycle approach to development Consider hand off to ongoing business partners BCcampus Strategic Plan 2013-2016 Open textbook program Ongoing identification, adoption, adaptation and creation to reach a 40 textbook target Coordinated approach with other jurisdictions High impact AND high enrolment Professional learning and development for online learning Provincial online instructional skills workshops (ISW) Provincial online instructor diploma program Modeled on California’s @ONE program Clearinghouse for online learning trend data and system survey data Annual survey on management of online learning Smaller quarterly surveys on specific topics Page | BCcampus | connect. collaborate. innovate.
15. Operations update 2013 Curriculum services and applied research Student services and data exchange Shared and collaborative services Challenges Opportunities Page | BCcampus | connect. collaborate. innovate.
16. Open development Open textbook program Sub-committee formed with 16 members Co-chaired by Dr. Bill Krane (SFU) and Dr. Alan Davis (KPU) Meeting 1 took place on Feb 19 Call for Proposals for first 10 of 40 open textbooks / resources BCcampus recommends April 2013 Adopt, adapt and test is strategy Currently using Pressbooks.com Canadian open textbook authoring platform for pilot testing BCcampus Page | BCcampus | connect. collaborate. innovate.
17. Professional learning Open and collaborative practices remain a focus BCcampus staff continues to promote and provide professional workshops and resources for institutions, faculty and instructors on open educational resources as an alternative approach to curriculum and instructional resource development. Page | BCcampus | connect. collaborate. innovate.
18. Professional learning Open and collaborative practices remain a focus BCcampus staff continues to promote and provide professional workshops and resources for institutions, faculty and instructors on open educational resources as an alternative approach to curriculum and instructional resource development. Page | BCcampus | connect. collaborate. innovate.
19. Professional events Open Textbook Events 3 open textbook adoption workshops (TRU, UNBC and KPU) Another planned for Camosun We will run ISWO in March 2013 as part of the move to providing a provincial level faculty development series about effective instruction online FTF Events October 15, 2012 Creative Commons Canada Salon at SFU W2 October 16-18, 2012 OpenEd 2012 at UBC Robson Square Provincial open education seminar for senior administrators October 31-Nov. 2, 2012 WCET 2012 February 12-15, 2013 Canada MoodleMoot 2013 Photo via BCcampus Page | BCcampus | connect. collaborate. innovate.
20. Business models for shared services Deloitte transformation report Shared instructional systems Educational services Page | BCcampus | connect. collaborate. innovate.
21. Student and data exchange services Goal: Achieve systemic benefit, good user experiences and demonstrate institutional value Challenge: Uneven user experience with ApplyBC Opportunity: Create more seamless process Wins: Better branding for SFU and improved value for ApplyBC Improved fee collection process (potentially ~$1.6M/yr; fully PCI compliant) Shared development, maintenance provides significant cost savings across participating institutions Next: Transcript integration (BC PSI, BC high school, other Canadian institutions) Page | BCcampus | connect. collaborate. innovate.
22. HSPnet Practicum placement network New opportunity arising from dissolution of BC Academic Health Council Page | BCcampus | connect. collaborate. innovate.
23. Shared and collaborative services Continuing synergies Integration with student information systems (SIS) Integration with collaborative programs Integration with OPDF and open textbook programs New services Kaltura - streaming media services WriteAway launched Feb. 25, 2013 Potential new services Home and community care programs HSPnet Practice Education Adobe Connect Page | BCcampus | connect. collaborate. innovate.
24. Business models for shared services Shared and collaborative services CURRENT status Some institutions incented Some institutions receive free service Systemic development benefiting multiple institutions funded PRINCIPLES moving forward: Collaborative educational SERVICEs Scalable, sustainable, systemic shared service (s5) Appropriate blend of incentives, base funding, and cost recovery Life cycle, business model, TCO approach Consortium sourcing solutions and participatory governance IMPLICATIONS: Some institutions may lose or have reduced incentives Some institutions who have free service may need to contribute to service operation CC-BY-SA, via Wikimedia Commons Page | BCcampus | connect. collaborate. innovate.
25. Practice Education: Health programs BCcampus is currently coordinating the resource development process for Home and Community Care: Care Management Strategy Practice Education bridges MoH, AEIT, regional health authorities, First Nations, and others Alignment with collaborative and shared services Page | BCcampus | connect. collaborate. innovate.
26. Next meeting/s and follow-up items Proposed dates for next meetings May / June 2013 Approval of updated strategic plan Approval of annual report draft October / November 2013 Mid-term review Fiscal plan 2014-15 presented Adjourn Page | BCcampus | connect. collaborate. innovate.