Case Examples

Faculty Development & Student Preparedness

Student Preparedness

American Hospital Association Health Forum, Dominican University of California

Audience: Students and Professionals

Goal: To provide an orientation to the online or blended learning environment for college students or learners seeking continuing professional education.

Description: We have delivered our 2-week module entitled "Make the Most of Learning Online" for more than 13 years. Clients have included organizations ranging from the American Hospital Association's Fellowship in Creating a Healthier Community to continuing education programs at Dominican University of California. This same module with special annotations is frequently delivered as the introductory segment of our faculty development programs.

Faculty Development

Various Clients

Columbia College of California, Dominican University of California, King Abdul Aziz University of Saudi Arabia, Missouri State University, Modesto College, Saybrook Graduate School, Thompson Rivers University in British Columbia, Universidad Interamerican de Puerto Rico

Audience: Faculty

Goal: To provide training on learning theory, instructional design, web-page construction, the use of course management software, and teaching methods appropriate to the computer-mediated classroom.

Description: In past faculty development programs where we have delivered a pre and post assessment, 83% of MAINSTREAM FACULTY (not early adopters!) said they now felt like "intermediate," "advanced" or even "professional" Web course builders. Two-thirds had called themselves "beginners" prior to the training. (Source: Internal data.)

MadDuck Technologies (Manufacturers of Web Course In A Box)

Audience: Faculty

Goal: To provide training on how to use Web-Course-In-A-Box course management software that included learning theory and instructional design appropriate to technology mediated teaching.

Description: We delivered a series of such trainings to MadDuck clients such as Southwest Missouri State University, Merced College, and Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico as well as at professional meetings such as Syllabus, Educause and International Conference on Computers in Teaching and Learning in Jacksonville, Florida. As a consequence of this work, we ended up delivering additional training to most of the organizations MadDuck introduced us to.

University of Phoenix Online Campus

Audience: Faculty

Goal: To offer continuing professional education certificate programs in management, human resources, and information technology, based on existing course content, but tailored for working professionals.

Description: FutureU™ co-founder Claude Whitmyer, led a team of twelve University of Phoenix faculty to develop 16 modules and three certificate programs. The entire program was designed, developed, and delivered 100% online.

California Institute of Integral Studies

Audience: Faculty

Goal: To offer an alternative to traditional MBA programs by being among the first graduate programs in the U.S. to integrate right livelihood and sustainable business practices with traditional MBA content and deliver it online.

Description: The program included student-designed learning portfolios and drew participants from throughout the Western United States by holding nearly two-thirds of the curriculum in asynchronous virtual classrooms. As associate professor and director of this Master of Arts in Business program, co-founder Claude Whitmyer created and delivered training to program faculty on best practices in technology-mediated teaching and learning. Claude's experience with this project was the seed for what became The University of the Future, LLC, aka FutureU.™

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