Collaboration within a Community College System
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Collaboration within a Collaboration within a Community College Community College System System WCET 2009 WCET 2009 Denver, CO Presented by: Cheryl Comstock, M.S. Ed. Director of Online Program Development
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Beyond the Institution Series, How CCCS is different than most Community College Systems.
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Collaboration within a Collaboration within a Community College SystemCommunity College System
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Presented by: Cheryl Comstock, M.S. Ed.Director of Online Program Development
Comprised of 13 Land-based Colleges and CCCOnline
Each college develops and manages distance learning and
programs for its students
Students can take courses online from their college or
through the CCCOnline consortium
All CCCS colleges operate online, hybrid and web-
enhanced learning programs while being part of the
unique consortial organization
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Colorado Commission on Higher Ed. (CCHE)
› 2+2 and 2+4 Statewide Discipline meetings
› drive Guaranteed Transfer courses (GT 25)
GT 25 Pathways – CCC Numbering System
› validates articulation at State 4-Yr institutions
Colorado Legislative mandates
› 2004 – Legislative mandate to move to one LMS
› 2004 – Legislative mandate - CCCS SIS into Banner
› 2010 – Legislative - Student Driven Textbook mandate
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1995 – Colorado Electronic College (CECC) Legislature authorized
› cable and video networks to 41 students in 4 classes
2000 – CECC renamed CCCOnline – reflects internet-based format
2002 – Migrate from eCollege to WebCT CE 3.2
2003 – Standardized Courses - Instructional Design and QA
2005 – Wins Wow award for QA process in courses
2005 – Legislative move to one LMS (250+ courses to WebCT Vista)
2005 – Digital Textbook Adoption initiated (50+ courses in 2009)
2007-08 CCCOnline provided 94,392 credit-hr. to unduplicated head-ct of 18,061 students in 1,489 sections
2009 – Migration in progress into D2L
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Credit Hours - 979% increase over 10 Years
FTE - 978% increase over 10 Years
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CCCOnline is unlike any multi-campus online consortium in the nation
CCCOnline is not a degree-granting institution in and of itself
Student Service for online courses (i.e., geo., time, access, etc.)
Serves as an aggregate for low-enrollment classes across CCCS; quicker degree
and certificate completion method
CCCOnline provides a centrally supported operation for:
overseeing issues with Bb Vista and D2L, servers, networks, any other LMS support
consortial faculty recruitment, pay and evaluation
faculty training and professional development
instructional course design, development, and quality control
record keeping and student services
oversight of helpdesk and call center functions
tutoring and bookstore services
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1 DE Representatives came from each respective College and 3 from CCCOnline
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Today there are 21 total with 5 at CCCOnline and 1 from CCCS IT
The most important initiatives the Learning Technology Council completed or initiated during 2006-2008 are:
A training course with elements all CCCS faculty need to teach successfully in Blackboard Vista
A student orientation, which can be customized for each campus
A set of Course Quality Guidelines
The process for course migration
Technical troubleshooting to find common problems and solutions
Management of student data loads from the Student Information System to Blackboard Vista
Beta Testing new upgrades to the Learning Management System
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The Learning Technology Council has brought a new level of consistency
and collaboration among college distance learning programs. This:
› benefiting students taking courses from any CCCS college or CCCOnline
› providing a consistent learning experience and higher level of service
Managed and implemented RFP for helpdesk solution - all CCCS colleges
Streamlined business operations at all colleges
Prioritized system level budget expenditures for online learning (Bb Vista, Respondus, Elluminate, Help Desk)
Developed faculty survey in cooperation with SFAC; gather faculty input on evaluation of alternative LMS’ for the system
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eMail: [email protected]
Colorado State Government
http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite/CO-Portal/CXP/11656930601
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Colorado Commission on Higher Education
http://highered.colorado.gov/CCHE.html
Colorado Community Colleges Numbering System
http://www.cccs.edu/cccns/ccnsindex.html
CCCOnline
http://www.ccconline.org
NCA – Higher Learning Commission
http://www.ncahlc.org/
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