1. Radford University Radford , Virginia
2010 EDUCAUSE Southeast Regional Conference
Ensuring Academic Continuity During Emergencies
Dr. Dennie Templeton Executive Director of Emergency Preparedness

3. Assessment of Regional Environment
Radford, Virginia (population of 16,500)
Radford University (9600 students/faculty & staff)
Regional
Virginia Tech (Blacksburg, 28,000 students)
New River Community College (Dublin)
Potential of 45,000 students in 10 mile radius

4. RU Historical Perspective
Emergency Coordinator (2006)
Pandemic Catalyst (2007)
Need for Academic and Emergency Management engagement
Technology needs assessment for RU
Director appointment(2007)

5. Academics and Emergency Management
COMMUNIACATION

6. Emergency Preparedness Needs Assessment

7. Assessment of Resources Telecommunication & Instructional Technologies
Wireless Campus
ATM (videoconferencing)
ISDN (Videoconferencing)
IP Teleconferencing
IP Telephone Bridging
Web Based Delivery Platforms
WebCt, IP Based Polycom
Evaluation of Moodle/Open Source
Macromedia Breeze
Satellite Downlink
I-University (IPOD)

8. As a result of Hurricane Katrina and its effects on New Orleans, Tulane University was closed for the second time in its history—the first being during the American Civil War. The university closed for four months during Katrina, as compared with four years during the Civil War.[1]
The Tulane University Medical Center. John Duffy. Louisiana State University Press

9. Academic Continuity
…“the continuity of teaching and learning, in particular, is not usually on the emergency management radar screen, despite the fact that this is the ‘core business’ of higher education.” (Schweber, 2007)

10. “…academic continuity is a process that serves to sustain and maintain teaching and learning during a crisis situation, whether a natural disaster, a man-made disaster, or some precipitating factor.”(The Sloan Consortium, 2008)

11. The Radford University Model
Derived from a model created by Farleigh Dickinson University
A web-based resource that is accessible to faculty as a means of providing access to instructional, tools, regardless of the level or understanding and skills they posses with regard to the use of technology.

12. The Radford University Model
The model is designed in a manner which facilitates customization as appropriate to the unique academic mission of any university.
Continuing in the spirit of the work completed by FDU, anyone who adheres to the guidelines established by the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike Non-Commercial License version 3.0 is free to use, edit, and redistribute the content on the Radford University site consistent with specific provisions.

13. Research Informing the Model
Academic continuity and campus resiliency are inextricably linked.
Because teaching and learning are core components of the business of higher education, it follows that any emergency preparedness plans must of necessity include specific strategies to maintain academic continuity. (Schweber, 2007)

14. Research
A number of institutions and organizations consistently support the use of distributed technologies as a means of responding to emergencies and preserving academic continuity. (Pirany & Yanoski, 2007)
“Disaster or no disaster, the goal is to utilize distance education to improve learning outcomes.” (Chelan, 2006)
Students enrolled in distributed education courses expect support that is both accessible and flexible.

15. Delivery (Wiki)

16. NOTE

17. Preparation

18. Course Preparations Quality Matters Course design and re-purposing
Critical course components
Course evaluation
Open Source Materials
Open courseware

19. Assessment of Technologies

20. Professional Development
Faculty Development
RU Faculty Development Institute for Distributed Education Course Development
F2f Training and Consultation
Tutorials online through CITL 24/7/365

21. Course Design Course Design and Delivery Methods and Options:
Emphasize access and communication
Encourage interaction
Emphasize engagement

22. What if !

23. SOP’s

24. Roles & Responsibilities

25. Issues Faculty & Administration Support Testing Assessment-Surveys
Accreditation
Training
Will it work ?
Apathy

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Dr. Dennie Templeton Executive Director Emergency Preparedness