Transcript OEI Resources presentation

OEI – Online
education initiative
What are the implications for
Canada college and the district?
Open Forum – District Board Room
Friday Oct. 16th 1-3 pm
What is the OEI?
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The Online Education Initiative (OEI) is a state-funded
collaborative effort among California Community Colleges
(CCCs) to increase student success and completion by
working together to increase access to quality online
courses and support services for students.
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Ensure that more students can obtain certificates, degrees,
and transfer to four-year colleges in a timely manner.
Special attention is given to support services that are
tailored the diverse needs of community college students.
Course Exchange
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This is the final product of the OEI, but the one that is the most complex.
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Courses selected for the pilot are part of ADTs (C-ID approved) and are
courses that commonly fill quickly.
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4/10/15 update- 67 courses reviewed so far.
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Courses selected for pilot
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Meant to enable students to take online classes from across the group of
participating colleges. None of the colleges in SMCCD are participating in the
pilot.
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Must develop business processes and standards to ensure consistent and
effective data transfer between colleges. Details still a work in progress.
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Launch with pilot colleges using new CMS is expected in Fall 2015. Courses
are now being offered, but the exchange has not been structured.
eTutoring
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OEI nettutor from Link Systems International (LSI)
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OEI has negotiated volume discounted pricing for online tutoring services.
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Also funded a systemwide license for LSI’s WorldWideWhiteboard online
tutoring platform. This platform can be used by any college wanting to hire
its own tutors to provide online tutoring.
Student Readiness Modules
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Student Readiness modules, including Smarter Measure Assessment –
Pilot colleges began using these in Jan and modules are now available to all
at no cost.
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Module 1: Introduction to Online learning
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Module 2: Getting Tech Ready
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Module 3: Organizing for Online Success
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Module 4: Online Study Skills and Managing Time
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Module 5: Communication Skills for Online Learning
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Module 6: Online Reading Strategies
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College can adopt any or all parts. Can be embedded into courses
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http://apps.3cmediasolutions.org/oei/
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Assessment tool not yet available outside of OEI
Canvas
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2/12/15 – Canvas chosen as the course management system for the OEI course
exchange.
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Canvas - free trial available
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Canvas is free to all CCC through the 18/19 academic year.
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Cohorts have been structured for the conversion.
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https://ccconlineed.instructure.com/courses/90/pages/implementationguide
Course Rubric
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meant to ensure quality of course design as well as overall quality of courses
in the Exchange.
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Could be used for course design or course evaluation
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OEI Rubric
On-going evaluation, particularly around regular and effective contact.
Needed for accreditation. Could use section of rubric on Interaction and
Collaboration to assess.
Standards for faculty preparation
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OEI does not currently have any requirement.
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There is currently interest in developing district-wide standards for faculty
preparedness for teaching online.
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Online counseling network – trained DE counselors that know how to use the
tools and work with students in the OEI environment.
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Statewide proctoring network – expected that colleges not part of OEI pilot
would be able to get discounted pricing for online proctoring.