Distance Education at Carnegie Mellon University Mel Rosso-Llopart

Distance Education at Carnegie Mellon University Mel Rosso-Llopart Director of Distance Education (SE)

The Present Software Engineering Distance Education Institute for Software Research International

Current SE-DE Process Our Goal To offer the same high quality MSE courses currently available to resident students, to distance education students.

Internal Roles Content Developer: Person who develops the course materials. DE Instructor: Person who delivers a DE course using the course materials. A DE Instructor may also be a content developer. Courseware Specialist: Supports the Content Developers and DE Instructors by developing web products to support a DE course.

External Roles Corporate Student: Person who is sponsored by a company. The company provides a place for groups of students to watch videos, study, meet, work together. Individual Student: An Individual taking an SE-DE course on their own. They are typically not co-located with other SE-DE students.

Products and Services Our Product n recorded lectures and course materials Our Service n delivery of the product to clients w guidance of clients through the material by a qualified DE Instructor w provide timely feedback and assistance to clients

Development Product Evolution n each course has a first generation and a second generation w the first generation product is the initial delivery of the course when it is taped w the second generation product is the digitization and packaging of the course for subsequent distance delivery

First Generation Development and Delivery Video Tape Delivery Initial Delivery in Classroom Content Developer Hand-carry Homework Slides Readings Hand-carry and/or email Course Materials Courseware Specialist Course Materials via Traditional Mail On Campus Off Campus DE Instructor Video Tape First Generation Product Communications Mechanisms Assignments Questions Graded Assignments Chat BBoards Email Mail Video telecon Assignments Questions Graded Assignments

Second Generation Delivery Course Package Courseware Specialist Course Materials via Traditional Mail On Campus Off Campus DE Instructor Communications Mechanisms Assignments Questions Graded Assignments Chat BBoards Email Mail Video telecon Assignments Questions Graded Assignments

The Need Expansion of the current database system to include all modules needed to administer the Software Engineering Distance Education program.

SE-DE Work Flow A. Course Developed Developer and Courseware Specialist Courses Offered Student Demographics D. Liaison Application Information and Status B. Course Schedule Registration Information C. Course Database 5. Course Materials Sent Billing and Invoicing Information 6. Interact via: Chat Course Content Information Developer Information DE Instructor VTC 4. Student is Invoiced E-Mail Phone Administration Payment Schedules and Information 3. Registers for a course Database Student Current Database Coverage Transcripts 1. Applies Course Rosters Graduate Information Database 2. Accept Reject Admissions Committee

Security issues Web page access to Student info Grades on-line through blackboard Work submission online Student Assignments Billing information “What problems can I encounter by my choices of technology to support DE? ”

The Future The Office of Distance Education (ODE) Carnegie Mellon University

Implications for future develoment Expand coverage of database to the entire University Foster interface between the University’s SIS System and the local database Facilitate interactivity among the database, Blackboard®, and Tegrity®