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CPCC eLearning Advisory Committee

CPCC eLearning Advisory Committee. Final Report : April 30, 2010. Test Proctoring. Accreditation. Subcommittee Highlights and Recommendations. student identity virtual third-party proctoring services biometrics personal questions webcams browser controls complexity / cost. Inquiry??.

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CPCC eLearning Advisory Committee

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  1. CPCC eLearning Advisory Committee Final Report : April 30, 2010

  2. Test Proctoring

  3. Accreditation Subcommittee Highlights and Recommendations • student identity • virtual third-party proctoring services • biometrics • personal questions • webcams • browser controls • complexity / cost Inquiry?? HIGHLIGHTS

  4. Subcommittee Highlights and Recommendations • Train faculty in quality online assessment practices: • Reduce academic dishonesty • Increase accurate assessment of student learning HIGHLIGHTS

  5. Subcommittee Highlights and Recommendations HIGHLIGHTS • Pilot emerging technologies Google Docs LaTex MathML 1 Word 2007 MathType Eq editor in PowerPoint yEd Walrus Nodes3D Equation & Graphing Editors

  6. Participation

  7. Subcommittee Highlights and Recommendations Highlights • Minimum of one “hit” • in LMS statistics within 10% period “Determining ‘participation’ in online classes for reporting purposes” • Minimum of one “hit” in LMS statistics within 10% period • Increase student awareness: • Login to the LMS by the 10% date

  8. Subcommittee Highlights and Recommendations Highlights • Prevent lost FTE • Increase Student Success “Determining ‘participation’ in online classes for reporting purposes” • Many opportunities to inform students • During registration process • In-person • Online 80% • Need to weigh costsvs. benefits • Programming vs. Student Success

  9. Should it be Mandatory? Online eLearning Student Orientation • Yes • For all students who enroll in an online course

  10. Subcommittee Highlights and Recommendations Highlights Suggestions on How? • Requirement as a component of • ACA 118 – Student Success • CIS 070 – Fundamentals of Computing • CIS 110 – Introduction to Computers • or Requiring ACA 112 – Introduction to Distance Learning as a prerequisite

  11. Subcommittee Highlights and Recommendations Highlights Another recommendation • Traditional face-to-face students should go through a similar orientation that introduces: • CPCC Processes • Expectations • Computer Skills Recommended Marketing • CPCC Today! student newsletter • CPCC homepage spotlight area • Statement or phrase on students receipt

  12. Subcommittee Highlights and Recommendations Highlights Recording assessment attempts At this time, they are not recorded

  13. Subcommittee Highlights and Recommendations Highlights

  14. Quality

  15. Subcommittee Highlights and Recommendations Highlights • Recommendation: • The Quality Course Review should be mandatory for every distance course: online (IN), hybrid (HY), and teleweb (TW).   • New course/Division Masters be submitted for QCR –Quality Course Review. • Division Directors/delegator will take a lead in the submission process • QCR in conjunction with areas/divisions. • CPCC Quality Course Review rubric is thorough, effective and does not need immediate modifications • Opportunities • Promotion/application checklist/ annotated rubric • Visibility – best practices • Availability of options • Face-to-face • On-demand options

  16. Subcommittee Highlights and Recommendations Highlights • Recommends: an eLearning Liaison position • A pilot process for Division’s Quality Course Review. This review process includes the participation of an eLearning Liaison as one of the reviewers. • eLearning Liaison would be an assigned instructor by the Division who would be compensated for their additional duties by the way of re-assigned time or a stipend). • Also recommended by Strategic Plan • Recommends: • The implementation of guidelines for appropriate use of master courses or QCR reviewed courses from another instructors. (A draft document was developed by eLearning and this subcommittee.) 

  17. Strategic Plan

  18. Subcommittee Highlights and Recommendations Highlights • Current distance offerings • 1 AAS degree (HIT) • 7 certificates • Recommendations • Prerequisites adapted for DL "How do we successfully increase the number of online courses being offered by Central Piedmont Community College?"

  19. Table 1. Fall 2008 Online Instructors • Subcommittee Highlights and Recommendations Highlights • Current distance offerings • 1 AAS degree (HIT) • 7 certificates • Recommendations • Prerequisites adapted for DL • Required training for DL faculty "How do we successfully increase the number of online courses being offered by Central Piedmont Community College?" Fall 2008 Online Instructors

  20. Table 1. Fall 2008 Online Instructors • Subcommittee Highlights and Recommendations Highlights • Current distance offerings • 1 AAS degree (HIT) • 7 certificates • Recommendations • Prerequisites adapted for DL • Required training for DL faculty "How do we successfully increase the number of online courses being offered by Central Piedmont Community College?"

  21. Subcommittee Highlights and Recommendations Highlights • Current distance offerings • 1 AAS degree (HIT) • 7 certificates • Recommendations • Prerequisites adapted for DL • Required training for DL faculty • Departmental liaisons + collaboration "How do we successfully increase the number of online courses being offered by Central Piedmont Community College?"

  22. Subcommittee Highlights and Recommendations Highlights • Current distance offerings • 1 AAS degree (HIT) • 7 certificates • Recommendations • Prerequisites adapted for DL • Required training for DL faculty • Departmental liaisons + collaboration • Distance campus model "How do we successfully increase the number of online courses being offered by Central Piedmont Community College?"

  23. Evaluating effectiveness of the current Learning Management Systems (LMSs) at CPCC: Blackboard and Moodle • Researching resources that would need to be in place for hypothetical migration from Blackboard to Moodle. Learning Systems - Lms / cms

  24. Subcommittee Highlights and Recommendations Highlights • Environmental Survey: • Identifying faculty preferences for the online teaching environment • Identifying student preferences for online learning environment • Evaluate the effectiveness of existing learning systems to the needs of our community • Timeline Considerations:The subcommittee recommends that no significant transitions or migrations to alternative or secondary LMS/CMS platforms occur before the upcoming SACS visitation. • Learning Systems: A migration from Blackboard to Moodle or Moodle to other platforms is not seamless, and requires an investment. At this time, the subcommittee does not support the introduction of additional LMS.

  25. Collaboration + Communication

  26. Subcommittee Highlights and Recommendations Highlights • Subcommittee Goals / Mission • Identify participants • Identify communication channels • Develop process for innovation “"How do we improve communication and collaboration with influencers of distance learning at Central Piedmont Community College?"

  27. Subcommittee Highlights and Recommendations Highlights • Subcommittee Goals / Mission • Identify participants • Identify communication channels • Develop process for innovation • Internal Participants • External Influences • Recommendations “"How do we improve communication and collaboration with influencers of distance learning at Central Piedmont Community College?"

  28. Subcommittee Highlights and Recommendations Highlights • Subcommittee Goals / Mission • Identify participants • Identify communication channels • Develop process for innovation • Internal Participants • Students “"How do we improve communication and collaboration with influencers of distance learning at Central Piedmont Community College?"

  29. Subcommittee Highlights and Recommendations Highlights • Subcommittee Goals / Mission • Identify participants • Identify communication channels • Develop process for innovation • Internal Participants • Students • Educators “"How do we improve communication and collaboration with influencers of distance learning at Central Piedmont Community College?"

  30. Subcommittee Highlights and Recommendations Highlights • Subcommittee Goals / Mission • Identify participants • Identify communication channels • Develop process for innovation • Internal Participants • Students • Educators • Support “"How do we improve communication and collaboration with influencers of distance learning at Central Piedmont Community College?"

  31. Subcommittee Highlights and Recommendations Highlights • Subcommittee Goals / Mission • Identify participants • Identify communication channels • Develop process for innovation • External Influences • Colleges and universities “"How do we improve communication and collaboration with influencers of distance learning at Central Piedmont Community College?"

  32. Subcommittee Highlights and Recommendations Highlights • Subcommittee Goals / Mission • Identify participants • Identify communication channels • Develop process for innovation • External Influences • Colleges and universities • Providers “"How do we improve communication and collaboration with influencers of distance learning at Central Piedmont Community College?"

  33. Subcommittee Highlights and Recommendations Highlights • Subcommittee Goals / Mission • Identify participants • Identify communication channels • Develop process for innovation • External Influences • Colleges and universities • Providers • Organizations “"How do we improve communication and collaboration with influencers of distance learning at Central Piedmont Community College?"

  34. Subcommittee Highlights and Recommendations Highlights • Process for Innovation • Decision Models • Problem • Consider alternative • Choose alternatives • Evaluate • Development Models • Analysis • Planning • Development • Execution • Evaluation • Performance Models • Planning • Coaching • Appraisal Stakeholders?

  35. Subcommittee Highlights and Recommendations Highlights • Subcommittee Goals / Mission • Identify participants • Identify communication channels • Develop process for innovation • Distance Campus “"How do we improve communication and collaboration with influencers of distance learning at Central Piedmont Community College?"

  36. Subcommittee Highlights and Recommendations Highlights • Subcommittee Goals / Mission • Identify participants • Identify communication channels • Develop process for innovation • Opportunities • Internal communication enhancements • External innovators and environment • Innovation decision-making process • Recommendations • DL student organization • eLearning community • Senate eLearning committee • Communication enhancements to Outlook • Collaboration tools needed • Distance campus “"How do we improve communication and collaboration with influencers of distance learning at Central Piedmont Community College?"

  37. Office hOURS

  38. Subcommittee Highlights and Recommendations Highlights • Opportunities + Recommendations • Office hours • Physical presence • Fully at a distance faculty “What is the position of the College to provide opportunities for virtual faculty office hours? Do we provide equitable practices that support the needs of our students and the organization? ”

  39. Subcommittee Highlights and Recommendations Highlights • Opportunities + Recommendations • Office hours Policy 4.12, section A, part 1 "Each full-time teaching faculty member has responsibilities to serve students, the division and the College by providing instruction, assisting students, and engaging in professional growth/service and college/community service.“

  40. Subcommittee Highlights and Recommendations Highlights • Opportunities + Recommendations • Office hours • Physical presence • Require physical on-campus presence of all full-time faculty Policy 4.12, section A, part 3d "When the instructor cannot meet the scheduled hours, the instructor should notify the division director or secretary as soon as possible and post appropriate notice."

  41. Subcommittee Highlights and Recommendations Highlights • Opportunities + Recommendations • Office hours • Physical presence • Fully at a distance faculty • Does not support a different contract for full-time distance faculty Policy 4.12, section A, part 3a "Each teaching faculty member will schedule and maintain office hours in appropriate locations (e.g., office, lab, studio)."

  42. Required Training

  43. Subcommittee Highlights and Recommendations Highlights Q. “Should training be required to teach a distance course for the first time?” Absolutely! • 9 Hours Minimum • 3 hours Introduction • 3 hours Gradebook and Assessment • 3 hours Online Pedagogy • Flexible delivery • In the classroom • Online

  44. Subcommittee Highlights and Recommendations Highlights • Supportive faculty member “Should training be required to teach a distance course for the first time?” • Stipend or Reassigned time • For new course development • Identify Quality Division Masters • For ALL Distance Courses

  45. Subcommittee Highlights and Recommendations Highlights • Strategy for extreme, last-minute situations • Provide • Assign • Request “Should training be required to teach a distance course for the first time?”

  46. Subcommittee Highlights and Recommendations Highlights • Structured Learning Path • Advanced levels of training • Recognition “Should training be required to teach a distance course for the first time?”

  47. Conclusions / Q+A Contact: Erin Reed Director, Distance Education Development & Delivery Central Piedmont Community College Central Campus, Hall PD Building, Room 323 704.330.6946 phone 704.330.6945 fax erin.reed@cpcc.edu eLearning Faculty Support Line: 704-330-6111 www.cpcc.edu/distance

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