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Queensborough Community College’s Student eLearning Readiness Program
CUNY’s 10 Annual IT Conference“Is the Early eLearner Prepared for Academic Success?”
December 1, 2011, 2:30 pm, Concurrent Session II
Edward Volchok, PhDDenis Bejar
Queensborough Community College/CUNY
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Agenda
Demonstrate the Queensborough Community College Student eLearning Readiness Program
: Queensborough Community College
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Middle States Self-Study & eLearning at Queensborough
College created the Special Committee
on Distance Education. Its charge:
Evaluate online instruction modalities
to increase student access
Identify ways our college can
support eLearners
Identify ways to support faculty who want to develop and
teach eLearn courses
Identify infrastructure and software needs
Queensborough Community College
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May 2010: Our Senate Approved the Special Committee’s Resolutions
Appropriate support for
students and faculty engaged
in eLearning
Right of academic departments to
determine which courses to offer,
assign faculty, and establish
prerequisites with the Academic
Senate
Recognize faculty member’s
contributions to eLearning when
making decisions regarding
reappointment, tenure, and promotion
Provide adjunct faculty teaching
eLearning courses the same support
received by full-time faculty
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Vigorous Support for eLearning
New Hires
Faculty eLearnin
g Institute and peer mentorin
g
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Support For Students
Poor student preparedness for the rigors of eLearning
Low student retention
How do we prepare
students?
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Significantly Lower Retention Rates
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Source: QCC Registrar
z = -3.87*p-Value = .005%
z = -6.23*p-Value = .000000002%
*Compared to on-campus classes
H0: πOn Campus ≤ πeLearn; H1: πOn Campus > πeLearn
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Plan for Student Readiness Program Approved in July 2010
The President’s
charge
Build it fast(10/31/10)
Stay On Budget
Do not interfere with the college’s
test of CUNYfirst
Queensborough Community College
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eLearning Readiness Program’s Objective & Strategies
Increase students’ eLearning
success rate
Student Self-Assess-ment
Netiquette
Academic Integrity
Technology Require-mentsBlackboard demo
courseNew Learning Tech-nologies
Support Services
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Taking Our Program to the Next Level
Less Text
More
Student & Faculty Produced
Rich Media
Digital
Storytelling
Service
Learning/Learning Community
Projects
Our Plan
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Plans to Assess the eLearning Readiness Program are Under Development
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