At P2PU, people work together to learn a particular topic by completing tasks, assessing individual and group work, and providing constructive feedback.
This course will become read-only in the near future. Tell us at community.p2pu.org if that is a problem.
A space to learn together, peer to peer, about the proposed UW "flexible degree option."
The purpose of this P2PU study group is to create an open space for interested University of Wisconsin Parkside faculty and staff to learn about the proposed UW System competency-based Flexible Degree Option. Participants in this group will have a better understanding of what competency-based degrees look like and the external social and economic forces driving universities, including the UW System, to develop such degrees. UW Parkside faculty and staff are welcome to participate using their uwp.edu email account. Postings from real people with real names are welcome. (Anonymous or pseudonymous comments will not be posted by the moderator.)
posted message: Thank you for a very good discussion today about the CAEL report. I am sorry that we did not have more time to continue the discussion of the point raised by Megan about "teaching presence." I am sure we will continue this in future meetings. Thanks for your participation.
posted message: The issue of the student credit hour must be addressed as we discuss the Flexible Degree Option. Here's a review of a book on the student credit hour (yes, a whole book), published in 2003 by two leaders in higher education research, Tom Ehrlich and Jane Wellman.
http://www2.aacrao.org/sem/index.cfm?fa=view&id=2321
posted message: ISO 9000 Information.
Here is some links about the ISO 9000 standard I mentioned in our last meeting.
ISO 9000 Quality Standards Explained from the International Standards
Organization video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oq1Zi_V4KyE
NIST (National Institute for Standards and Technology)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCLmQ6ROw7s
Baldrige Award (quality) in Education
http://www.nist.gov/baldrige/enter/education.cfm
Examples of Applying Baldrige in Public Schools
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijl8O4F-NTM&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCUDQDyIr5I&feature=relmfu
Comments from educators on the Baldrige Award competition
http://www.nist.gov/baldrige/enter/testimonials_ed.cfm
Tom