CIC Course Share Karen Partlow CIC Asst Director

CIC Course. Share Karen Partlow, CIC Ass’t Director for Technology Collaboration Copyright Karen Partlow, 2003. This work is the intellectual property of the author. Permission is granted for this material to be shared for non-commercial, educational purposes, provided that this copyright appears on the reproduced materials and notice is given that the copying is by permission of the author. To disseminate otherwise or to republish requires written permission from the author. kpartlow@cic. uiuc. edu www. cic. uiuc. edu 9/24/2020

CIC n n n CIC: Committee on Institutional Cooperation CIC: Academic consortium of 11 large teaching and research universities that comprise Big Ten Athletic Conference plus the University of Chicago The 12 CIC universities collectively represent: u Approx. 35, 000 faculty u Over 500, 000 students For more info: www. cic. uiuc. edu

CIC n n Sharing Online Courses: A CIC Strategic Priority 1: Expand access to learning opportunities by sharing intellectual capital CICHQ’s Role: To provide administrative support (CIC Course. Share) necessary for member institutions to share highly specialized, if not unique, online courses.

CIC n CIC Course. Share: Pilot Courses Nursing Informatics (Spr 03) u u u n Graduate seminar Primarily videoconferencing 4 schools participating (Iowa-Lead, Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin-Madison) Online Portuguese (Fa 03/Spr 04) u u u Undergrad and graduate Hybrid course (web-based mostly asynchronous + local native conversation leader) 5 schools interested in participating (Mich State. Lead, Illinois-Chicago, Ohio State, Penn State, and Wisconsin-Madison)

CIC n CIC Course. Share: Primary Components Three Primary Components of CIC Course. Share Voluntary agreements between participating Deans outlining conditions of course development and implementation u Administrative agreements between Registrars regarding issues such as: « Registration, Add/Drop/Withdrawal, Grades, Transcripts u Consortial support to help collect, manage, and track student and course information between universities u

CIC n n n CIC Course. Share: Deans’ Agreements Principle 1: Respect the academic standards and quality of participating departments. Principle 2: Where institutional policies conflict, the student’s home institution’s policies rule. Principle 3: Regarding administrative procedures and practices, again “home court rules” in effect. Principle 4: Agree to minimize barriers and challenges for inter-institutional students. Principle 5: Participation by departments is voluntary.

CIC n CIC Course. Share: Administrative Agreements Registrars agreed on procedures to allow inter-institutional course sharing: u Registration happens at student’s at home institution u Grades appear on student’s home grade reports u Credits appear on student’s home transcripts u Tuition paid at home and shared, as agreed, between Deans

CIC n CIC Course. Share: Administrative Support CIC headquarters staff provide administrative support: u u u Working with faculty and academic departments to coordinate development and delivery of shared courses Supporting exchange of information between institutions Providing online administrative tools Providing supplementary course information to students via Course. Share web site Tracking and reporting Course. Share participation by school

CIC n n Future CIC Course. Share Courses Assuming the pilots are satisfactory… Deans or their designees will meet to: Determine priority list and timeline for development of additional courses in: « Nursing Informatics « Less Commonly Taught Languages u Determine which universities develop/teach which courses u Draft the agreements to be signed by Deans u