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CPCC eLearning Advisory Committee. Final Report : April 30, 2010 Update March 4, 2011 2010/2011 Focused Five Recommendations. 2010/2011 Focused Five Faculty Training Quality Courses Guidelines for appropriate use of master eLearning Liaison eLearning Committee Student Orientation.
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CPCC eLearning Advisory Committee Final Report : April 30, 2010 Update March 4, 2011 2010/2011 Focused Five Recommendations
2010/2011 Focused Five • Faculty Training • Quality Courses • Guidelines for appropriate use of master • eLearning Liaison • eLearning Committee • Student Orientation Test Proctoring
Test Proctoring AccreditationStudent Idenity Virtual 3rd party proctoring biometrics personal questions webcams browser controls CostsTraining Faculty reduce academic dishonesty increase accurate assessment Pilot Emerging technologies HIGHLIGHTS
2010/2011 Focused Five • Faculty Training • Quality Courses • Guidelines for appropriate use of master • eLearning Liaison • eLearning Committee • Student Orientation Participation
Participation Highlights “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 • Prevent lots of FTE • Opportunities to inform • Registration • 80 percent is online • Need to weigh costsvs. benefits • Programming vs. Student Success Update: New legislation – effective in July 2011 regarding participation for financial aid purposes
Should it be Mandatory? • Yes Online eLearning Student Orientation • For all students who enroll in an online course
Student Orientation Highlights • Suggestions on How? • Requirement as a component of • ACA 118 – Student Success • CIS 070 – Fundamentals of Computing or CIS 110 – Introduction to Computers • or Requiring ACA 112 – Introduction to Distance Learning as a prerequisite Additional Recommendation:Traditional face-to-face students should go through a similar orientation that introduces CPCC Processes, Expectations, Computer Skills.
vStudent Orientation Highlights Recording assessment attempts At this time, they are not recorded
Student Orientation Highlights
2010/2011 Focused Five • Faculty Training • Quality Courses • Guidelines for appropriate use of master • eLearning Liaison • eLearning Committee • Student Orientation Quality
Quality 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
Subcommittee Highlights and Recommendations Quality 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.)
2010/2011 Focused Five • Faculty Training • Quality Courses • Guidelines for appropriate use of master • eLearning Liaison • eLearning Committee • Student Orientation Strategic Plan
Strategic Plan 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?"
2010/2011 Focused Five • Faculty Training • Quality Courses • Guidelines for appropriate use of master • eLearning Liaison • eLearning Committee • Student Orientation • 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
LMS – Blackboard and Moodle 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.
2010/2011 Focused Five • Faculty Training • Quality Courses • Guidelines for appropriate use of master • eLearning Liaison • eLearning Committee • Student Orientation Collaboration + Communication
Communication & Collaboration Highlights “"How do we improve communication and collaboration with influencers of distance learning at Central Piedmont Community College?" • 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
Communication & Collaboration 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?
2010/2011 Focused Five • Faculty Training • Quality Courses • Guidelines for appropriate use of master • eLearning Liaison • eLearning Committee • Student Orientation Office hOURS
Office Hours Highlights “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? ” • 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)."
Q. “Should training be required to teach a distance course for the first time?” Absolutely! Required Training
Faculty Training Highlights • 9 Hours Minimum • 3 hours Introduction • 3 hours Gradebook and Assessment • 3 hours Online Pedagogy • Flexible delivery • Face2Face • Online • Supportive faculty member • Stipend or Reassigned time • For new course development • Identify Quality Division Masters • For ALL Distance Courses • Strategy for extreme, last-minute situations • Provide, Assign, Request • Structured Learning Path • Advanced levels of training; • Recognition
2010/2011 Focused Five • Faculty Training • Quality Courses • Guidelines for appropriate use of master • eLearning Liaison • eLearning Committee • Student Orientation Recommendations Focused Five 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
2010/2011 Focused FiveFaculty Training - Update as of 3/4/11 Require all faculty teaching online for the first time to complete the 9 hour training series Accomplishment Designed, developed, and delivered 9hr (3 courses) fully online option) for “How to Teach Online” using Blackboard & Moodle. Eighty-four faculty took advantage of the two track series providing them with the necessary knowledge, skills, and tools for success in teaching at the distance. Communication: Email prior to the beginning of semester (Division Directors & Program Chairs) Advertised in Monthly eLearning Newsletter (Aug-Jan) Accomplishments - Online Sessions In LearnerWeb: Need for more automating Verify DD or PC would need to check LW to see if instructor completed
2010/2011 Focused Five Quality Courses - Updateas of 3/4/11 • Recommendation: • The Quality Course Review Process @ CPCC should be mandatory for every distance course: online (IN), hybrid (HY), and teleweb (TW). • Feasibility for 2010/2011: • Require all new online courses to go through the Quality Course Review Process prior to being offered online. • Pilot process –Division QCR…. Less man hours review includes the participation of an eLearning Liaison as one of the reviewers. (up to 4 / week) • Continue with Voluntary QCR (up to 2 / week) • Communication: eLearning Newsletter, website, Word of mouth, Division directive Accomplishments • 2 day Quality Matters (QM) workshop for 30 instructors, Program Chairs, and Division Directors on applying quality benchmarks and identify good practices in online learning. • Behavioral and Social Sciences Division pilot to implementation revised Quality Course Review process for all the distance courses in the division (IN, HY, TW) using the CPCC QCR Rubric. (Goal 40 course) • Guidelines for appropriate use of a Master
2010/2011 Focused FiveStudent Orientation - Updateas of 3/4/11 • Recommendation: • To have students complete a mandatory orientation prior to taking online classes. • Suggestions on How? • Component of a course eg: ACA 118, CIS 070, CIS 110 ; or require ACA 112 • Current Online Orientation automatic assignment and/or connected with Registration Blocks • Feasibility for 2010/2011: • ITS Project Request - towards the online assessments tied into the OSPwww.success.cpcc.edu • Communication: email via eLearning, Registration, Counseling & Advisement, Instructor Accomplishments • 13 Face2Face (F2F) Distance Learning Training sessions to better prepare students for their online courses in Fall of 2010. • Fall 2010 - A total of 329 students took advantage of preregistering for the in-person sessions, while an additional 264 participated in the fully online version. (593) • Spring 2011, 287 registered for the F2F and 177 for online (481)