Innovative Learning Programs for Accounting
and Business: the Ivy League Goes Online, the Sloan Foundation Experiments
in Asynchronous Learning, and Experiments in Self-Learning at Major Universities
Using the BAM Pedagogy
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CPE SESSION 1 -
August 11, 2001
American Accounting Association,
Atlanta, Georgia
Good vs. Bad Online
Content for Learning: How the Pros Design, Author, Test, and Deliver
Knowledge Portals and Online Courses for Prestigious Universities and
Online Supplements for Publishing Companies
Description/Objectives:
The first theme of the workshop is on the purpose, design, and
implementation of Fathom, which Yahoo honored as the world's "Best
Learning Portal." Fathom is operated by a partnership that includes
the following:
- Columbia University
- London School of Economics
and Political Science
- Cambridge University Press
- The British Library
- Smithsonian Institution's
National Museum of Natural History
- The New York Public Library
- University of Chicago
- American Film Institute
- RAND
- Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution
Dr.
Kirschenheiter from Columbia University will make the Fathom
presentation. The Fathom website is at http://www.fathom.com/index.jhtml
A second theme is
how the pros design, author, test, and deliver online courses. UNext
Corporation owns Cardean University and has partnered with five
prestigious universities (Carnegie-Mellon, Chicago, Columbia, Stanford,
and the London School of Economics) to deliver online courses owned and
controlled by those universities. The pros in this case are instructors
with UNext Corporation. This portion of the workshop is especially
designed for persons interested in online MBA programs and executive
development programs. The UNext website is at http://www.unext.com/.
News Item: http://www1.worldbank.org/education/tertiary/news_archive/0424e0.html
A third theme is
how the pros design, author, test, and deliver online supplements for
publishing companies. Dr. Walsh will make a presentation on how he
designed his online supplements for Prentice Hall's basic accounting
textbook by Horngren, Harrison, and Bamber. This portion of the workshop
is especially designed for the basic accounting instructors and online
textbook supplement users. Special emphasis is placed upon "The
Good Versus The Bad."
A fourth theme of the conference is the new style of online materials
development and course delivery at the new Chartered Accountancy School
of Business (CASB) in Canada. |
CPE Workshop 1, August 11, 2001
Bob Jensen
American Accounting Association Annual Meetings in Atlanta
I am making the MP3 audio files and the
presentation files of each presenter available to the public. They can be
downloaded for free using the links below.
1. Workshop Title
Good
vs. Bad Online Content for Learning: How the Pros Design, Author, Test, and
Deliver Knowledge Portals and Online Courses for Prestigious Universities and
Online Supplements for Publishing Companies
Presenters:
Robert Jensen (Trinity
University),
Don Carter (Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants),
Steven Orpurt (University of Chicago) and Doug Stein (UNext.com)
Michael Kirschenheiter (Columbia University)
Robert Walsh (Marist College)
2. Principal Organizer
Robert E. Jensen, Ph.D., CPA
Jesse H. Jones Distinguished Professor of Business
Trinity University
715 Stadium Drive
San Antonio, TX 78212-7200
Voice: (210) 999-7347 Fax: (210) 999-8134 Email: rjensen@trinity.edu
Website: http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen
Bob Jensen has conducted workshops at over 350 campuses around
the world. The workshops focus upon learning and research technologies. In
1993, he was the British International Distinguished Lecturer and toured
five universities in England on behalf of the British Accounting
Association. His Website is featured in The August 14, 1998 issue of The
Chronicle of Higher Education, Page A25. The Website is located
at http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/
. Bob is the Jesse H. Jones Distinguished Professor of Business
Administration at Trinity University. He is also a former
Vice-President of the American Accounting Association and Vice-President of
the Academy of Business Education.
Presentation File Download:
Summaries taken from http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/000aaa/0000start.htm
MP3 Audio File Download:
The old guy forgot to tape his own presentation
You may also view the files and download from the list of
files at http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~rjensen/001cpe/
3. Other presenters
Don Carter
CA School of Business --- http://www.casb.com/
6th Floor 1133 Melville Street
Vancouver BC CANADA V6E 4E5
Voice: (604) 681-3264 Fax: (604) 681-1523 Email:
carter@casb.com
Don Carter, PhD, FCA, is the Vice President, Learning for the new CA
School of Business (CASB). He has been the Principal, School of Chartered
Accountancy and Director of Professional Education with the Institute of
Chartered Accountants of British Columbia (ICABC) for almost 20 years.
Don Carter has fifteen years experience as a faculty member at universities
across Canada, the U.S., and overseas and twenty years experience in
developing and administering professional education programs. He
earned his CA designation in 1966, and received his PhD from the University of
California in 1977. In 1991, he was honoured with a fellowship (FCA designation)
in the Institute of Chartered Accountants of BC. The "FCA" is the
highest honour given to a Chartered Accountant in Canada.
Presentation File Download: http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~rjensen/001cpe/carter.ppt
MP3 Audio File Download:
http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~rjensen/001cpe/carter01.mp3
THE ABOVE MP3 LINKS ARE CASE SENSITIVE!
You may also view the files and download from the list of
files at http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~rjensen/001cpe/
Michael T. Kirschenheiter
Graduate School of Business
Columbia University
New York, NY 10027
Voice: (212) 854-4352 Fax: (212) 316-9219 Email: mtk4@columbia.edu
Dr. Kirschenheiter is Associate Professor of Accounting at Columbia
Business School. Kirschenheiter worked at Arthur Andersen & Co. and,
shortly after becoming an audit manager, obtained a Ph.D. from Northwestern
University. At Columbia, Kirschenheiter teaches courses in
financial and managerial accounting, equity valuation, and accounting theory.
In 1999, Columbia University signed an agreement with UNext.com, a private
company, to create web-based business courses. This agreement was soon
followed by agreement between UNext.com and University of Chicago, Carnegie
Mellon University, Stanford University and the London School of Economics and
Political Science. Acting as liason between the Columbia Business School
accounting department and UNext.com, He helped draft one of the first
courses resulting from these business agreements. He will speak on his
experiences, including the difficulties and opportunities of web-based
accounting courses."
Presentation File Download:
Mike
presented live online from http://www.fathom.com/
MP3 Audio File Download:
http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~rjensen/001cpe/kirsch01.mp3
THE ABOVE MP3 LINKS ARE CASE SENSITIVE!
You may also view the files and download from the list of
files at http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~rjensen/001cpe/
Robert Walsh
School of Management
Marist College
POUGHKEERSIE, NY 12601-1387
Voice: (845) 575-3000 Fax: (845) 316-575-3640 Email: robert.walsh@marist.edu
Web Site: http://www.academic.marist.edu/faculty/walsh
Dr. Walsh developed on-line accounting courses to supplement Prentice Hall’s
Accounting by Horngren, Harrison and Bamber, served as an academic reviewer to a
University Access on-line accounting course and has presented a number of papers
at academic conferences about different aspects of on-line accounting education.
Professor Walsh received his Ph.D. from Notre Dame in 1995. He also was employed
as an auditor for Deloitte & Touche and as a tax specialist at
PricewaterhouseCoopers and is a CPA in the state of Michigan. Dr. Walsh has also
created and administered on-line MBA accounting courses at Marist.
Website:
Presentation File Download: http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~rjensen/001cpe/walsh.ppt
MP3 Audio File Download:
http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~rjensen/001cpe/walsh01.mp3
THE ABOVE MP3 LINKS ARE CASE SENSITIVE!
You may also view the files and download from the list of
files at http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~rjensen/001cpe/
Main Presenters from UNext Corporation
Steve Orpurt
UNext Corporation and
the University of Chicago |
Doug Stein
UNext Corporation |
Instructors from UNext Corporation Present in the Audience
(These instructors made comments during the UNext session.)
Robert Clusky
UNext Corporation and State University of West Georgia |
Michael Kirschenheiter
UNext Corporation and Columbia University |
Michael Maher
UNext Corporation and the University of California at Davis |
Steven F. Orpurt
373 Hazel Ave. #A1
Glencoe, IL 60022
Voice: (312) 953-0827 Email: orpurt@unext.com
The UNext Website is at http://www.unext.com/
The Cardean University Website is at http://www.cardean.edu/cgi-bin/cardean1/view/public_home.jsp
Steve Orpurt is in the final stages of completing an
accounting PhD at the University of Chicago. He is also on the
Senior Faculty of Cardean University (a subsidiary of UNext) and is a
former Senior Auditor and CPA with KPMG, a Senior VP with Bankers United
Trust Co, and Vice President and Portfolio Manager, Franklin Asset
Management Systems (FAMS), San Mateo, CA. He also has an MBA from the
University of Chicago.
Doug Stein
UNext
500 Lake Cook Road
Deerfield, IL 60015-5609
Voice: 1 847 405 5000 (U.S./Toll free) or 1 847 405 5000 (outside
the U.S.)
The UNext Website is at http://www.unext.com/
Doug Stein is a full-time faculty advisor at UNext Corporation. He has
a PhD in accounting information systems from the University of Wisconsin and was
on the AIS faculties of both the University of Northern Illinois and the
University of Akron prior to joining UNext Corporation.
UNext Presentation File
Downloads:
Slides 01-05 --- http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~rjensen/001cpe/unext01a.ppt
Slides 06-10 --- http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~rjensen/001cpe/unext01b.ppt
Slides 11-20 --- http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~rjensen/001cpe/unext01c.ppt
Slides 21-40 --- http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~rjensen/001cpe/unext01d.ppt
Slides 41-52 --- http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~rjensen/001cpe/unext01e.ppt
UNext MP3 Audio File Download:
http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~rjensen/001cpe/unext01.mp3
THE ABOVE MP3 LINKS ARE CASE SENSITIVE!
You may also view the files and download from the list of
files at http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~rjensen/001cpe/
Year 2000 Session
The presentation files and audio files for CPE No. 1 in Philadelphia in the Year
2000 are available from http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~rjensen/000cpe/00start.htm
Bob Jensen's homepage is at http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/