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National Research Center for

Distance Education and Technological
Advancements (DETA)

Tanya Joosten, DETA Co-Director and PI, @tjoosten, tjoosten@uwm.edu

Laura Pedrick, DETA Advisory Board, lpedrick@uwm.edu
Diane Reddy, DETA Co-Director and PI, reddy@uwm.edu

About UWM Online

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DETA goals

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Understand and determine distance

education outcomes

Identify practices (instructional and

institutional) that impact those outcomes

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Conduct rigorous, interdisciplinary, and

standardized research

Ensure outcomes for all

students, including those
with disabilities

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instructional approach

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DETA partner institutions

Outcomes

Framework of
inquiry

Measures

Instrumentation

Year 1 goal: Develop research model

Year 1 activity: Host national summit

Year 1 goal: Implement technology

for data collection

Year 1 activity timeline

Year 2 goal: Collect data

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Year 2 activities: RFP for pilot grant

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Content
Text
Images
Audio
Video

Interactivity
Discussions
Groups
Feedback

Assessment
Written and oral examination
Discursive
Portfolio

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Year 2/3 goal: Produce effective use

cases

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Year 2/3 goal: CBE success factors

Learner support

Organization

Design

Delivery

Assessment

Evaluation

Integration

Technology
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Appropriateness

Engagement

Year 2/3 activities: Evaluation rubric

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Cost

Technology
Rubric

Engagement

Satisfaction

Learning

Year 3 goal: Technological diffusion

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Dissemination

Partners: UW-System, UW-Extension, Milwaukee Area Technical College, EDUCAUSE

Year
1-2

Goals
Develop National Distance Education and Technology
Advancements (DETA) research models for online
education

1-2

Implement technology systems for data collection,

storage, and retrieval

2-3

Collect data by replicating research models at the

course, program, and institutional level

Activities
1. Host national summit
2. Determine desired outcomes
3. Establish framework of inquiry
4. Formulate measures
5. Establish research instrumentation
1. Develop protocols for data collection
2. Implement software for the collection of data
3. Establish guidelines for data storage
4. Develop protocols for data retrieval
5. Implement hardware and software for the storage and retrieval of data
1. Produce research toolkits
2. Evaluate pilot grant proposal submissions
3. Engage research fellows in research projects
4. Ensure data collection addresses audiences of interest
1. Develop blueprints for best practices
2. Tag items for specific audiences
3. Develop rubric for course and program evaluation

2-3

Produce effective use cases for instructional

improvement to enhance student learning through
identification of success factors
Identify and disseminate success factors for
competency-based distance education

Develop guidelines and a rubric for the diffusion of

technological advancements

1. Advance guidelines for technology diffusion

2. Develop technology evaluation rubric

Include disability in all aspects of the research goals

1. Embed disability specific questions/data fields within research instrumentation

2. Create curricular disability accessibility assessment tools
3. Identify which interventions impact learning for which type of disabilities

2-3

1-3

1. Conduct research on CBE

2. Develop best practices blueprints for CBE

Questions

Tanya Joosten, @tjoosten,

tjoosten@uwm.edu
Laura Pedrick, lpedrick@uwm.edu
Diane Reddy, reddy@uwm.edu