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Webinar Recordings

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June 3, 2020

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Voices from the Field: Episode #9

Captive Creativity: Finding New Ways to Meet Established Goals

By: John Stalvey, Interim Provost, University of Alaska Anchorage

University of Alaska Anchorage Interim Provost John Stalvey explains their “alternate delivery” model, how flexibility and creativity allow them to meet student learning outcome goals during COVID-19, and how they’re supporting the local economy and moving ahead with current capital projects.
Abstract: The University of Alaska Anchorage was prompted to start incident management planning following a 2019 earthquake, but found they still had to get creative when it came to meeting student needs in the wake of COVID-19. Interim Provost John Stalvey explains their “alternate delivery” model, how the flexibility and creativity of students and faculty have allowed them to meet student learning outcome goals, and ways they’re supporting the local economy and taking advantage of empty buildings by moving ahead with current capital projects.

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June 3, 2020

Coffee Chat: Moving Online

The Challenges of an LMS Adoption

By: Doug Murphy, Dean of Operations, Moody Bible Institute

Transitioning to a Learning Management System (LMS) has been one of the most significant challenges an institution will manage, even prior to the unique challenges emerging around the COVID-19 pandemic. Doug Murphy, Dean of Operations at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, has overseen several LMS transitions in his career, and moderated this discussion.
Abstract: Transitioning to a Learning Management System (LMS) has been one of the most significant challenges an institution will manage, even prior to the unique challenges emerging around the COVID-19 pandemic. Doug Murphy, Dean of Operations at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, has overseen several LMS transitions in his career, and moderated this discussion.

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Webinar Recordings

Published
June 1, 2020

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Voices from the Field: Episode #8

Normal Business Doesn’t Stop: Maintaining Operations while Expanding Services

By: Rick Miranda, Provost and Executive Vice President, Colorado State University

Colorado State University Provost and Executive Vice President Rick Miranda shares what his team learned during their COVID-19 response: upgrading their teams’ ability to communicate regularly was what kept things moving forward, allowing critical everyday elements to proceed without interruption.
Abstract: In response to COVID-19, Colorado State University beefed up its online systems, created specialized pandemic teams, and built a robust website with information for teachers, students, workers, and researchers. Learn from Provost and Executive Vice President Rick Miranda what they also discovered: upgrading their teams’ ability to communicate regularly was what kept things moving forward, allowing critical everyday elements to proceed without interruption.

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May 27, 2020

Coffee Chat: The Physical-Virtual Nature of Learning Design

By: Brady Mick, Director of Strategic Design, SHP | Lauren Della Bella, President, SHP

The COVID-19 disruption will accelerate the connection of the physical campus to the virtual learning experience. Planners who think of their campuses as large, interactive gameboards designed to connect students and faculty with virtually integrated architecture will have an advantage. Gaming gives us planning clues to build now for our learning demands. SCUPers Brady Mick and Lauren Della Bella moderated this discussion.
Abstract: The COVID-19 disruption will accelerate the connection of the physical campus to the virtual learning experience. College and university planners who think of their campuses as large, interactive gameboards designed to connect students and faculty with virtually integrated architecture will have an advantage. The future of learning will demand change, and gaming gives us planning clues to build now for our learning demands. SCUPers Brady Mick and Lauren Della Bella moderated this discussion.

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May 26, 2020

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Voices from the Field: Episode #7

Beyond Academics: A Supportive Faculty Helps Ensure Continuity

By: Bret Danilowicz, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Florida Atlantic University

Florida Atlantic University Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Bret Danilowicz discusses how their online-experienced faculty stepped up to assist colleagues, how he’s prioritizing to ensure continuity and assess capital projects, and the importance of pulling together as a community to find ways to help beyond academics.
Abstract: Even with a brief head start when COVID-19 forced all instruction online, Florida Atlantic University’s six campuses still had a lot of work to do. Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Bret Danilowicz discusses how their online-experienced faculty stepped up to assist colleagues, how he’s prioritizing to ensure continuity and assess capital projects, and the importance of pulling together as a community to find ways to help beyond academics.

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May 20, 2020

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Voices from the Field: Episode #6

Leveraging Communication and Integration for Success Online

By: Laurie Shanderson, Founding Dean, School of Health Sciences, Northcentral University

When the world went online, what were the inherent advantages (and challenges) for an institution already based on a distributed education model? Laurie Shanderson discusses the ways her university’s established operations made the transition easier, and why connected communication and integrated planning have been essential to their continued success.
Abstract: When the world went online, what were the inherent advantages (and challenges) for an institution already based on a distributed education model? Laurie Shanderson discusses the ways her university’s established operations made the transition easier, and why connected communication and integrated planning have been essential to their continued success.

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May 18, 2020

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Voices from the Field: Episode #5

Leaning In to Level Up

By: Doreen Larson, President, Edison State Community College

Dr. Doreen Larson, president of Edison State Community College in Piqua, Ohio, discusses the ways her team used the power of advance planning to take control and thrive during the COVID-19 crisis. Learn about their online initiative, expansion of technology in a rural community, and how they’re growing enrollment in an uncertain time.
Abstract: Dr. Doreen Larson, president of Edison State Community College in Piqua, Ohio, discusses the ways her team used the power of advance planning to take control and thrive during the COVID-19 crisis. Learn about their online initiative, expansion of technology in a rural community, and how they’re growing enrollment in an uncertain time.

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April 27, 2020

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Voices from the Field: Episode #4

Empowering Underrepresented Students for the Long Term During Crisis and Contingency Planning

By: Pat McGuire, President, Trinity Washington University

Pat McGuire, president of Trinity Washington University in Washington, DC, discusses how her all-women’s undergrad program is maintaining support for underrepresented students.
Abstract: Support for underrepresented students must continue now and in a post-COVID-19 world. How is this getting tackled in an all-women’s undergrad program that serves underrepresented students? Pat McGuire, president of Trinity Washington University (DC), discusses her university’s approach—from crisis planning through contingency planning.

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Blog Post

Published
April 6, 2020

Planning for: Professional Development for Online Faculty

By: Sadie Wutka, Director of Content Strategy, SCUP

Interview with Dr. Joel Domingo, Associate Professor and Chair, Research Institute, City University of Seattle (formerly Academic Program Director/Associate Professor of the online Ed.D. in Leadership Program).

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Planning for Higher Education Journal

Published
March 27, 2020

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Totally Virtual

Northcentral University’s School of Business Succeeded in Integrated Strategic Planning in an All-Distance Environment

By: Tammi Cooper, Abigail G. Scheg

In the context of a fully online institution, how do you collaborate to strategically plan? You leverage online tools and techniques to keep widely distributed and separated-by-a-distance team members engaged in the process.

From Volume 48 Number 2 | January–March 2020

Abstract: This article presents a case study of the virtual strategic planning process at Northcentral University’s School of Business. Anchoring in practices proven successful in a face-to-face environment, we describe the unique challenges of effective strategic planning for an individual school—when complicated by a solely virtual, distributed environment. We share the tools and techniques we leveraged for each phase of our work, which facilitated overcoming the distance among members of our school community.

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