WESTERN GOVERNORS UNIVERSITY

WESTERN GOVERNORS UNIVERSITYONLINE. ACCELERATED. AFFORDABLE. ACCREDITED.

High Altitudes,

low multitudes,

great attitudes!

Smart Communities Sept 2016 Gov Geringer

Wyoming Unified Network 100GB

State as Anchor Tenant800 participating entities

• Network availability, connectivity, cloud http://ets.wyo.gov/inside-ets/unified-network

(2016)

A special report from Lumina Foundation

• Attainment – How much is good enough? How good is 38%?

U.S. is 14th in the world for college attainment

62%

Society for Keeping Everybody East of the Mississippi (SKEEM)

Wash GIS 2012 Gov Geringer

WGU - Talk About Technology Last, Not First

• Start with a vision, not the technology

• Support your vision for personalized learning with quality

digital curriculum and infrastructure, people and processes

• Develop an implementation strategy based on clear goals

• Find the right match of competencies, content, delivery and

outcomes

• Document and credit knowledge regardless of source

WGU Background

• Nonprofit, founded in 1997 by bi-

partisan group of 19 governors.

• 98,000+ students; 105,000+ graduates

in all 50 states.

• 60+ degrees in four colleges for high-

demand fields:

- Business

- Teacher Education

- Health Professions

- Technology

• Competency-based, 100% online

…with different needs

• Flexibility

• Access

• Affordability

• Recognition of knowledge

and skills already acquired

Non-traditional Student Is Now in the Majority

Competency-based Education (CBE)

• Market (employer) alignment

• Measure learning, not time

• No waiting to learn

• Individualized support

• Regular, substantive progress

Recognizes adults have different levels of knowledge and

learn at different rates.

ONLINE ≠ CBE

WGU Students

12% of WGU students are active military, veterans, or

military families.

The bottom line for global

competitiveness is raising our innovation

potential

AGB Gov Geringer 11-19-0915

There is no greater innovation than the

development of a young mind

• Among the 35 members of the Organization for Economic

Cooperation and Development, which sponsors the PISA

initiative, the U.S. ranked 30th in math, 19th in science and 17th

in Reading

•Don’t conform to what technology can do,

conform technology to what you want to do

NACo WIR Gov Geringer

Thanks!geringer@wyoming.com

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