DET/CHE 2018

Chuck will present the results of twenty-five years of research on digital learning at the University of Central Florida-one of the largest universities in the United States. He will document its inception from an interesting innovation to where online learning is major component of the institution’s culture. This involves multiple course modalities, unbundling of the traditional classroom, institutional outcomes and the creation of an enduring culture of the scholarship of teaching and learning. Long term results will include: student success and satisfaction, reasons for choosing digital learning, challenges encountered in that modality and implications of the Anna Karenina principal for effective teaching and learning. Chuck will demonstrate a decision tree rule for what students consider an excellent learning environment. Finally, he will discuss the need for working partnerships to better understand effective higher education.