Online Delivery of our MSIT Program Andrew Wasser Associate Dean [email protected].

Online Delivery of our MSIT Program

Andrew WasserAssociate [email protected]

•Leveraging what we have

2001 Launch with General Motors• Pure Distance Mode• Audio & Video Capturing of our

campus classes• Minimal impact on faculty

Our MSIT Tracks:

• Information Technology Management• Information Security & Assurance• Software Engineering Management

(with our School of Computer Science)

• Business Intelligence & Data Analytics (new)

• Dual Degree with Tec De Monterrey

Who are we teaching? Mid-career IT professionals with at least

3 years of working experience in the fieldGM IT professionals (70 students)Latin American IT professionals (70 students)Unaffiliated IT professionals (70 students)

Our campus students in Adelaide, Australia and Kigali, Rwanda

Students that started in exec ed (CIO Institute)

Flipping the classroom in Pittsburgh

• We do not spoon feed learning into three minute modules

• You see and hear the exact same thing as does our campus students

• Post production is minimal• A good class is a good class

Course Capture: Going against the grain

Not MOOC

We are not Massive or Open

We provide individual attention by faculty and staff

We have not partnered with an outside service provider

Our retention rates are over 95%

Our students are serious• They are balancing their work life, home life,

and academic life• There are no distinctions between our campus

and distance degrees• They contribute back with projects, speakers,

internships, etc. • Teaching to these students is a great way for

our faculty to learn

Andrew [email protected]