Monographs

Pew Symposia in Learning and Technology

The purpose of the Pew Symposia in Learning and Technology was to conduct an ongoing national conversation about the issues related to the intersection of learning and technology. Six symposia were held between 1999 and 2003 and produced the following monographs:

Improving Learning & Reducing Costs: Redesigning Large-Enrollment Courses (1999)
By Carol A. Twigg
Explores the theory and practice of redesigning learning environments using technology to enhance learning and reduce costs. The monograph includes case studies illustrating successful practices.

Who Owns Online Courses and Course Materials? Intellectual Property Policies for a New Learning Environment (2000)
By Carol A. Twigg
Explores policy questions associated with the production of online learning. Includes case studies illustrating the various dilemmas faced by institutions and establishes a conceptual framework to assist them in developing appropriate policies.

Innovations in Online Learning: Moving Beyond No Significant Difference (2001)
By Carol A. Twigg
Through a series of case studies introduces new approaches to online teaching and learning that build on the strengths of the Internet in order to surpass traditional modes of instruction.

Quality Assurance for Whom? Providers and Consumers in Today's Distributed Learning Environment (2001)
By Carol A. Twigg
Explores the nature of the problem that distributed learning seems to present for traditional quality assurance practice both from the perspective of institutions and agencies and from the point of view of consumers, primarily students but also employers and graduate and professional schools.

Redefining Community: Small Colleges in the Information Age (2002)
By Carol A. Twigg
Explores the unique opportunities and challenges presented by information technology to small, residential liberal arts colleges and examines six new approaches being pioneered by peer institutions that are transferable to others.

Expanding Access to Learning: The Role of Virtual Universities (2003)
By Carol A. Twigg
Assesses the current state of statewide virtual university initiatives and offers an alternative strategy to the predominant collaborative model.

NCAT Program Outcome Reports

NCAT analyzed the results of each of its national programs, with a focus on the most important quality improvement and cost reduction techniques used in the redesigns, the implementation issues they encountered, and the projected sustainability of the course redesigns. In addition, NCAT analyzed the impact of its course redesign methodology on underserved students.

Improving Learning and Reducing Costs: Lessons Learned from Round I of the Pew Grant Program in Course Redesign (2001)
By Carol A. Twigg

Improving Learning and Reducing Costs: Lessons Learned from Round II of the Pew Grant Program in Course Redesign (2002)
By Carol A. Twigg

Improving Learning and Reducing Costs: Lessons Learned from Round III of the Pew Grant Program in Course Redesign (2003)
By Carol A. Twigg

Improving Learning and Reducing Costs: Project Outcomes and Lessons Learned from the Roadmap to Redesign (2006)
By Carol A. Twigg

Improving Learning and Reducing Costs:  Program Outcomes and Lessons Learned from Colleagues Committed to Redesign (2010)
By the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS)

Improving Learning and Reducing Costs: Program Outcomes from Changing the Equation (2013)
By Carol A. Twigg

Increasing Success for Underserved Students: Redesigning Introductory Courses (2005)
By Carol A. Twigg
Examines the impact of the redesign techniques developed by the Program in Course Redesign on the success of adult students, students of color, and low-income students.