Post on 26-Mar-2015
"Strengthening Our Institution The Power of Title III in Impacting Assessment, Distance
Learning, & Advising at a Small, Rural Community College"
"Strengthening Our Institution The Power of Title III in Impacting Assessment, Distance
Learning, & Advising at a Small, Rural Community College"
A Dialogue about Retention Challenges and Strategies for Distance Learning and the Traditional Classroom
Don Staub, Title III DirectorPatrick Keough, Distance Learning Director
Carteret Community College
http://ccctitle3.wordpress.com/
A Dialogue about Retention Challenges and Strategies for Distance Learning and the Traditional Classroom
Don Staub, Title III DirectorPatrick Keough, Distance Learning Director
Carteret Community College
http://ccctitle3.wordpress.com/
•Associate, Diploma, and Certificate programs: 34
• Curriculum Enrollment: ~1,700
• Online Courses Offered: 78 (F/H)
• Full-time Faculty: 68
• Part-time Faculty: 95
• Staff/Administration: 108
A Little Background
Challenge“Between 2002 and 2005, the mean overall retention rate for college credit programs was 50% (the range in program retention in 2004 – 2005 was 33.3% to 100%). ”
The Challenge• Advising = Registering
• No systematic assessment program (and here comes SACS)
• Distance Learning’s open door policy
The Challenge Student Preparedness
• Career goals
• College readiness• Online instruction
The Response:
Professional Development
Getting all faculty and staff willing to upgrade their technical skills and developing viable and targeted training for our faculty and staff
• Advising
• Assessment
• Technology
• DL Best Practices
The Challenge
39% … In 2006, full-time faculty reporting that they had received orientation on their role in advising (down from 48% in 2001 survey)
The Response:
A Plan for Proper Advising
• Developing a Product: CAPS
• Developing a Process
Advising
• Fall 2008 - all campus workshop with NACADA consultant (Jennifer Bloom)
• Spring 2009 - Focused seminar for small group of faculty
• Summer 2009 - Stipends for faculty to work in CAPS
• Fall 2009 - CCC team to attend NACADA annual conference
• On-going: Advising Task Force
The Response:
Professional Development
The Challenge “Too few administrators and staff understand assessment…Written assessment plans for departments are not related to student learning and institutional competencies.”
Asessment Planning
• Spring 2007 - ILLOs
• Spring-Summer 2007 - PLLOs & Program Reviews
• Fall 2007 - PLLOs & Administrative Outcomes
• Since then: ILLOs, PLLOs, Program Reviews, Administrative Unit Reviews…Working to create a culture of assessment
The Response:
Professional Development
The Challenge “Students in online and hybrid Internet courses are less successful than students in traditional classroom courses.”
success ratesfall 2006 spr 2007 fall 2007 spr 2008 fall 2008 spr 2009
total 74.1% 75.0% 74.6% 72.7% 72.2% 68.9%internet 65.4% 68.7% 64.3% 64.0% 66.5% 60.1%hybrid 69.5% 75.7% 79.7% 72.6% 81.2% 74.2%traditional 76.6% 77.1% 77.2% 76.2% 73.6% 72.4%
“Too few professional development opportunities for faculty have resulted in a low number of faculty using creative teaching methodologies.”
The Challenge Student Preparedness
• Career goals
• College readiness• Online instruction
http://dlccc.wordpress.com/effective-online-learning-student-module/
The QAP Scorecard
The Challenge Are We There Yet?
• Using Technology (Excel - Sharing Files)
• Understanding online instruction
• Mastering and Embracing Online Instruction
• Understanding the importance of assessment & understanding assessment
The Outcome
fall to fall retentionfall 05 - fall 06
fall 06 - fall 07
fall 07 - fall 08
retention rate retention rate retention rate
first time 53.0% 48.0% 52.3%female 55.9% 51.1% 49.5%male 49.2% 44.9% 56.3%age - to median 55.0% 46.8% 52.3%age - over median 49.6% 51.2% 52.2%college transfer 53.1% 43.7% 54.9%non-transfer 53.3% 52.2% 50.8%
“Between 2002 and 2005, the mean overall retention rate for college credit programs was 50%…”
Buy-In (20 months ago)
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50
Those who get it Those who don't Those who don't care
Faculty / Staff
Buy-In (today)
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90
Those who get it Those who don't Those who don't care
Faculty / Staff
Advising Task Force
Online Resources
• Title III Blog http://ccctitle3.wordpress.com
• Distance Learning Blog http://dlccc.wordpress.com
• Carteret Community College http://www.carteret.edu
Contact Us @
Don Staub - staubd@carteret.edu
Patrick Keough - pjk@carteret.edu