Transcript Strengthening Our Institution The Power of Title III in

“Strengthening Our Institution
The Power of Title III in Impacting
Assessment, Distance Learning & Advising
at a Small, Rural Community College”
Donald Staub, Director, Title III,
Carteret Community College
Virtual Co-presenter :
Patrick Keough, Distance Learning Director,
Carteret Community College
Presentation Introduction
Location and Demographics
•Associate, Diploma, and Certificate
programs: 34
•Curriculum Enrollment: 1,500
• Online Courses Offered: 120+
• Full-time Faculty: 68
• Part-time Faculty: 95
• Staff/Administration: 108
Initial Concerns and Weaknesses
• Reliance on anecdotal data
• SACS on the horizon
• Lack of purposeful, systematic,
institution-wide assessment process
• DL expanding rapidly
• No concerted advising program
• Mean overall retention rate: ~50%
• Annual graduation rate: ~16%
Initial Concerns and Weaknesses
In Spring 2006, 31% of online students
failed, withdrew, or filed for incomplete..
In 2006, 39% of faculty reported having
received orientation for student advising.
Initial Concerns and Weaknesses
Proposed Solution
• Assessment
• Distance Learning
• Advisement
Goals and Objectives
Goal 1
Improve assessment of student
learning and institutional
effectiveness
Goals and Objectives
Goal 2
Improve student retention through
increased focus on instructional
technology and methodology
Goals and Objectives
Goal 3
Improve student retention through
increased focus on advising
Outputs and Outcomes
Assessment
• The Dialogue - from the top down
• Professional Development (conversations,
workshops, & more workshops)
• Institutional Level Learning Outcomes
• Program & Unit Reviews
• Program Level Learning Outcomes
Assessment Outputs
January 2007
• 6 workshops
• 54 FT faculty
• 18 PT faculty
• 20 staff
June 2007
• 4 days of workshops
• One-on-one with
Phase I teams
• ILLO workshop
• 44 FT faculty
September 2007
• 4 overview workshops
• 12 Admin Outcomes
workshops
• 8 follow-up workshops
• 4 Instructional Outcomes
workshops
• 36 FT faculty
• 63 staff
September 2007
Survey Writing Workshops (2)
16 Faculty / 12 Staff
Assessment Outputs
Instructional Program Reviews
Assessment Outputs
Administrative Unit Reviews
Assessment Outputs
Program Review Teams
Assessment Outcomes
Institutional Level Learning Outcomes
Assessment Outcomes
Program Level Learning Outcomes
Assessment Outcomes
Administrative Unit Outcomes
Advising Outputs
What’s been done so far…
Established: Career and Academic Planning Services
(CAPS)
• An entity & a physical space
• Guidance in selecting a career direction.
• Professional assessment services
• Assistance in selecting an academic or vocational
training program
• Over 2,000 students seen since July ‘07
• PD plan of action created
• Advising Outcomes
Distance Learning
The Distance Learning Department has made great strides in a variety of
key areas over the past two years because of funding and resources made
available through Title III Grant.
Blackboard Boot Camp
A comprehensive Professional Development
initiative was initiated for all online faculty in
both the technical aspects of teaching online and
in instructional design strategies and methodology.
Every full time and part time adjunct (120 +) have
been certified by attending our 6 hour Blackboard
Boot Camps over the past 2 years.
QAP “Peer Review” Process
A QAP Online Course "Peer Review" process has been
implemented campus wide. Before the QAP was initiated
there was a lack of visual and instructional continuity in our
online course offerings. Over the past year a team of veteran
online faculty and instructional design staff have been in the
process of reviewing every online course at Carteret
Community College using a comprehensive check-sheet
that addresses a variety of technical and instructional design
best practices.
Distance Learning Pioneer's
Dl Pioneers represent a cross section of Carteret Community College faculty and staff
that have committed to either completely upgrading and retooling their online classes
(adding content specific visuals, producing audio instructional podcasts and enhancing
course content) they are already teaching or developing new online courses (or
innovative online work environments for staff) for the college. These distance learning
pioneers are also participating in a variety of professional development activities (paid
for by Title III) such as, workshops, conferences and seminars in order to not only
upgrade their courses technically, but are upgrading their online teaching methods as
well.
CCC Online Tutoring Service
. Online tutoring service is available for English, Math, Biology and
Anatomy & Physiology and as more and more faculty and
students learn of the benefits of this service it is beginning to
grow and become part of the fabric of the learning process at CCC.
The service is in its infancy (4 Tutors) as we continue to learn what does
and does not work, but in the meantime, we continue to move
forward with this exciting initiative.
Online Tutoring Statistics
Online Tutoring Pilot Program
Funded by Title III
March 08 - September 30th
210 Hours of Online Tutoring for 4 Discipline Areas
English, Math, Biology and Anatomy & Physiology
Approximately 70 Students Served
English 33 Students
Math 20 Students
Biology 10
Anatomy & Physiology 7
“One on One”
Distance Learning Training
Any faculty member at CCC can contact the Distance Learning Lab
and make an appointment with our Instructional Technologist
Pre-Ah Hill or a distance learning intern for one on one intensive and
focused course specific training.
Distance Learning Campus Wide
DL Forum
Carteret Community College held its first Distance Learning
Forum moderated by Dr. Abbie Brown and Dr. Bill Sugar
both Professors in the Instructional Technology Graduate
Program at East Carolina University. It was an extremely
productive event, and I believe will be a catalyst for some of
the initiatives we implement in the coming year.
Applying and Receiving other
Grants
Due to the great strides our Distance Learning Department have made in
the areas of professional development and instructional media production
over the past 2 years thanks to the funding and resources made available
through Title III. We've been recognized at the state level for our work
and in turn have applied for and received additional state grants to produce
online instructional design resources for the state Community College System.
DL Assessment
All of these initiatives are at different phases
of progress and implementation at CCC.
We plan to continue building on our success
(and efforts) in these various areas and
hopefully will be able to start gathering
viable data as to how these campus wide initiatives are effecting
and impacting student success and retention at Carteret
Community College. Title III has been a primary catalyst
for faculty and staff upgrading, online course evaluations,
generating additional grant funding, self study through our
forums and adding new services like online tutoring for our students.
Faculty Accountability
As part of our T3 sponsored Professional Development initiatives
such as our DL Pioneer program we have instituted monthly
benchmarks (goals and objectives) that must be achieved and
documented with reports. In exchange for the funding
and equipment like laptops and IPOds we expect accountability
in the form of achieved and documented goals that can be
posted to our T3 Blog.
Contact Information
Donald Staub, Director, Title III,
Carteret Community College
[email protected]
252- 222-6010
Patrick Keough, Distance Learning Director,
Carteret Community College
[email protected]
252-222-6397
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