{"id":3084,"date":"2010-03-26T09:54:08","date_gmt":"2010-03-26T13:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=3084"},"modified":"2010-03-26T09:54:08","modified_gmt":"2010-03-26T13:54:08","slug":"improving-quality-and-reducing-costs-from-tony-bates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2010\/03\/26\/improving-quality-and-reducing-costs-from-tony-bates\/","title":{"rendered":"Improving quality AND reducing costs &#8212; from Tony Bates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tonybates.ca\/2010\/03\/25\/improving-quality-and-reducing-costs\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Improving quality AND reducing costs <\/strong><\/a>&#8212; from Tony Bates<br \/>\nBassis, M. (2010) Changing the equation <a href=\"http:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/views\/2010\/03\/25\/bassis\" target=\"_blank\">Inside  Higher Education<\/a>, March 25<\/p>\n<p>This article, by the President of a private college, Westminster  College, in the USA, challenges the notion that reducing costs of  teaching reduces quality. Some interesting quotes will give you the flavour of the article:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>So we started searching the  literature for instructional designs that  require fewer resources and  result in high levels of student learning.  The ones we found shared  certain characteristics. They were driven by  clear learning goals and  involved extensive assessment and feedback to  students. They stressed  active learning and took maximum advantage of  technology. In each  design, faculty spent less time lecturing and more  time coaching,  proactively asking and answering questions with groups of  students. And  faculty were assisted in their coaching role by teaching  assistants or  peer mentors. Finally, economies of scale helped to  produce  significant cost savings\u2026.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>I pulled together a team from our  school of business and told them that  the goal was to develop an  undergraduate degree completion program in  business that produced more  and better learning at <strong>half the cost of our  traditional program <\/strong><\/em>(emphasis DSC).<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>From DSC:<\/strong><br \/>\nThis is right along the lines of<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calvin.edu\/~dsc8\/walmartofeducation.htm\" target=\"_blank\">what I have been saying will happen<\/a><\/strong> &#8212; and is already starting to happen with Straighterline, University of the People, and other organizations. What are YOUR plans to deal with these trends?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Improving quality AND reducing costs &#8212; from Tony Bates Bassis, M. (2010) Changing the equation Inside Higher Education, March 25 This article, by the President of a private college, Westminster College, in the USA, challenges the notion that reducing costs of teaching reduces quality. 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