We Built It and They Came: Launching an Online Undergraduate Business Degree 
In Summer 2002, the University of Florida unveiled an online degree in business targeted to undergraduate transfer students. As in building any structure, launching an online program requires collaboration and buy-in from several sectors--technology, curriculum design, student services, faculty, off-site proctors, community colleges, and students. In this session, you'll learn how the UF College of Business pulled all of these units together to design a program that has experienced 1800% enrollment growth in two and a half years. Presenters will discuss the ups and downs of their program-building process and its continuous evolution.

PowerPoint Presentation   
  http://www.cba.ufl.edu/onlinebsba/ 

• Judith Fisher, University of Florida
• Jill Lingard, University of Florida

Data Decision Making in the Classroom: A Power Partnership between The Ohio State University at Fisher College of Business and SAS. 
Fisher College of Business at Ohio State and SAS, Inc. has partnered to develop the course “Data Driven Decision Making” focusing on data decision analysis and problem solving. The course teaches students how to analyze and interpret data; design, construct and evaluate decision models to effectively perform and communicate their work as managers.

In this session, you will learn how Fisher and SAS worked together to develop the program. In addition, the presenters will explain the process of integrating new technology into a business school environment through a program-building process and the continuous evolution of both the course and the partnership.

PowerPoint Presentation 

• David Smith, associate director, Program Management and Services, The Ohio State University
• DeShelia A. Spann, Program Manager, Management & Professional Programs, SAS Education Practice

Luncheon and Plenary II: Are You in the Campus Business?
Increasingly, business schools around the country are under pressure to serve students at a distance.  Those pressures may come from the institution's administration, constituents within the service area of the institution, longstanding industry supporters, alumni, or some segment of the school's own faculty.  Whether market forces or political demands are motivating factors, distance learning is part of your future.  This session will explore: How do you start a distance learning program?  What will it cost?  How can you finance it?  How do you maintain quality?  Can distance learning jeopardize your accreditation?  Are you in the campus business or are you in the education business?

PowerPoint Presentation 

• Fred Hurst, vice president for Extended Programs and dean of Distance Learning, Northern Arizona University

International Partnerships and Impact on Accreditation: A Case Study 
This is the inaugural year of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) and the China Center for International Education Exchange (CCIEE) partnership in the 1-2-1 Joint Degree Program.  The program will grant bachelor's degrees from a U.S. partner university and a Chinese partner university to a Chinese student who completes his or her freshman year at a Chinese partner university, sophomore and junior year at a U.S. partner university, and the senior year at the Chinese partner university.   How can an AACSB business school participate in the program?  What measures can a school put in place to ensure quality and rigor when the students complete their degree at a non-accredited Chinese institution?  What are the implications for accrediting requirements and standards?  This interactive case study will include small group discussions.

Sino-American 1-2-1 Joint Degree Program 

• Fred Hurst, vice president for Extended Programs and dean of Distance Learning, Northern Arizona University

Building an Assessment Foundation: Technology Support for Course-Embedded Measures 
CSU, Chico College of Business faculty, students, and industry partners collaborated to develop and implement a web-based system (STEPS) that enables efficient and effective course-embedded assessment. The STEPS system allows an academic unit to define its programs, learning goals, course assignments and rubrics. The STEPS web interface facilitates double blind evaluations of student work by designated assessors, including external stakeholders, without requiring travel or paper document distribution. The STEPS system delivers student performance results in Excel spreadsheets. We will demonstrate the system, share preliminary results, discuss its contribution to continuous improvement, and outline how other schools can replicate the process.

PowerPoint Presentation 

• Gail Corbitt, professor, College of Business, California State University, Chico
• Lorraine Gardiner, professor, College of business, California State University, Chico

Plenary III: Legal Issues for Distance Education 
Hear Georgia Harper explain the basics of copyright, its purpose underlying the law, and how the law's provisions work in online and distance education environments.  She'll include information about what we may do with other's works in preparing course materials, as well as discuss who owns courses prepared by faculty members.

PowerPoint Presentation 
  http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/teachact.htm 
  http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/missouri.htm 

• Georgia Harper, manager, Intellectual Property Section, Office of General Counsel, The University of Texas System

Delivering Quality Distance at Scale 
Open University Business School is an AACSB accredited school with a major distance learning program. A particular feature of the program is that they achieve both scale, as many as 600 students and some cohorts, and high quality teaching and learning. In this session, discussion will focus on the key features of their approach to distance learning.

PowerPoint Presentation 

• Jack Broadley, client director, Henley Management School
• Joanne Hollier, Group Regional Manager, The Open University Business School

Integrated Learning Design 
Florida International University (FIU) College of Business developed and implemented an innovative, technology-mediated undergraduate business management education program for working adults. Characteristics include its integrated curricula, its cohort-based, collaborative, learning-centered environment, and its distribution of learning between on-site and online using a “hybrid” (blended) delivery model.

Following a brief case study, attendees will engage in active learning exercises to experience the power of integrative design and collaborative learning. Participants will use FIU-designed templates to simulate the process of developing integrated course outcomes and an integrated project deliverable. FIU templates will be shared with participants to facilitate replicability at other institutions.

PowerPoint Presentation 

• Cliff Perry, associate dean, Florida International University
• Charlotte Slater, instructional designer, University Outreach, Florida International University