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E-learning and Faculty Load/ E-learning Lessons Learned

E-learning and Faculty Load/ E-learning Lessons Learned. Goodlett McDaniel Flo Richman Carol Urban. Facts/Figures. Total Enrollment 32,067. In-State Students-(84%) 26,558, Out-of-State Students-(16%) 5,509.

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E-learning and Faculty Load/ E-learning Lessons Learned

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  1. E-learning and Faculty Load/E-learning Lessons Learned Goodlett McDaniel Flo Richman Carol Urban

  2. Facts/Figures • Total Enrollment32,067. In-State Students-(84%) 26,558, Out-of-State Students-(16%) 5,509. • Degree Programs Offered: Undergraduate 71, Graduate/Master's - 105; Doctoral – 36, Professional- 114, Nationally ranked law program. • Students: Undergraduate 19,700, Graduate 9,800, Doctoral 2,000, Law 700, Extended education 1,800. • Operating Budget: 887.1 million, 100.7 million in Sponsored Research. • Alumni: 132,000.

  3. Mason’s Footprint • 1.6 billion annually. • Top 5 “Up and Coming Universities in US News. • Top 100 North and Latin American Universities. • Great Colleges to work for in Chronicle. • Forbes 100 best American Public Colleges. • Best places to work for persons 50 or older, AARP.

  4. Don Hossler Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies,Indiana University Bloomington & Executive Director, Research Center National Student Clearinghouse hossler@indiana.edu

  5. Opening Thoughts • Gregory W. Hislop, a, , and Heidi J. C. Ellis,A study of faculty effort in online teaching. College of Information Science and Technology, Drexel University. February 2004. • Opinion that teaching online takes considerably more time than traditional face-to-face instruction. • Lack of quantitative data to either support or disprove. • Seven comparable pairs of online and traditional course sections. • Total effort expended by faculty and pattern of effort over time. • Conclusion: Total time expended less but when normalized for class size, amount of per student instructor effort equal.

  6. What Does Faculty Load Include? • CAO’s cite DE as essential for Plan (APLU, 2010) • 40-40-20 formula for allocating faculty time (AAUP, 1968) • Need for faculty support • Greater variability in classes • 20% > teaching, advising, & assessment (Tomei, 2010)

  7. Define FTE Please? • 19 Faculty • 11 Advisors • Organization Chart • Target Markets • Demographics • Points of Entry • Tuition? • Single Most Asked Question? • Summer 2011 Courses • N317 - Health Assessment (4 cr.) • Nursing 341 - Theoretical Foundations (4 cr.) • Nursing 444 - Community Health Nursing (3 cr.) • Nursing Elective • Cross Cultural Nursing (3 cr.) • Electives • Primary Healthcare in a School Setting (2 cr) • Cross Cultural Nursing (3 cr) • Ethical Issues in Nursing (3 cr) • Pathophysiology (3 cr) • Clinical Pharmacology (3cr) • Adaptation to Chronic Illness and Disability (3 cr) • Coordinated Care of the Child with Chronic Illness (3 cr)

  8. Who Teaches and Develops Online? Taught and Developed Online Taught Online Developed Online All Faculty APLU-Sloan National Commission on Online Learning

  9. It Takes More Effort APLU-Sloan National Commission on Online Learning

  10. Barriers APLU-Sloan National Commission on Online Learning

  11. Recommend Online? APLU-Sloan National Commission on Online Learning

  12. Who/How Is Performance Measured? • Puddles of Data • Shadow Systems • What Should Data Look Like? • How is Data Reflecting Student Experience? • How is Data Reflecting Costs? • How Does Measurement Reflect Teaching/Learning Quality?

  13. The Northern Virginia Health Care Workforce Alliance • A coalition of academic, business, community and health care leaders • Mission is to establish a strategy to address the regional health care workforce shortage

  14. N. VA. Needed 2,800 health care workers in 24 professions ♦ 1,000 vacancies are RN’s ♦ 2,974 RN vacancies by 2010 ♦ 6,350 RN vacancies by 2020

  15. NVCC and Mason Partner

  16. NVCC Facts • During the 2010-2011 academic year, NOVA served • More than 78,000 students in credit courses • More than 24,000 students in non-credit courses • Approximately 200,000 individuals participate in community activities

  17. Momentum 2 + 1 Registered Nurse Track • The Momentum 2 + 1 Registered Nurse Track is a prescriptive track with students attending classes for six semesters at the Medical Education Campus of NOVA, and two semesters at George Mason University (GMU). • Courses are offered in an online hybrid format or completelyonline. • The student will graduate with two Associate Degrees; an Associate of Science Degree in General Studies (A.S.) and an Associate Degree in Applied Science for Nursing (A.A.S.). Once students take and pass the NCLEX-RN exam they will complete the senior year (2 semesters) of the nursing program at GMU and, if successful, will earn a Bachelor’s Degree in Science (B.S.N.) for Nursing.

  18. Distance Education

  19. NVCC DE Team • Students: Demonstrate working knowledge of the technology used in the DE class • Faculty: Facilitate as content expert and motivator. Understand learning styles and technologies used • Support Staff: student registration, facilities scheduling, processing grade reports, managing technical resources

  20. FTE – Full Time Equivalent • Number of working hours that represent one full-time employee during a fixed time period. • Simplifies work measurement by converting work load hours into number of people required to complete that work • FTE analysis is the methodical analysis of current work activities with related time and cost measures. Assists in understanding the root causes and drivers of workload levels, organizational performance, and improvement opportunities http://www.orientpoint.com/FTE.htm

  21. Faculty Workload • Preparation Time: Course development • Delivery: Asynchronous and Synchronous, using enhanced technologies • Evaluation: Assessing student learning outcomes • Required time depends on….. 1. Exams – proctored on campus 2. Online quizzes – timed 3. Papers; case studies 4. Discussion Boards

  22. Suggestions for Workload • Variables to consider….. • Type of course • Testing • Synchronous and Asynchronous • Preparation by faculty or course designers • Recorded lecture with PowerPoints

  23. Suggestions for Workload • Variables to consider….. • Type of course • Testing • Synchronous and Asynchronous • Preparation by faculty or course designers • Recorded lecture with PowerPoints

  24. Suggestions • Course Designers build • Content Experts on the team • Course design/development reimbursed • If/Then, workload will be determine by credits taught plus a determine number of overload based on the number of students

  25. Bibliography Still working on the list • Orient Point Consulting LLC DOI: http://www.orientpoint.com/FTE.htm • DiBiase, D.& Rademacher, H.J. Scaling up: faculty workload, class size, and student satisfaction in a distance learning course on geographic information science. Journal of Geography in Higher Education. (29) 2, pp. 139-158,

  26. Bibliography Still working on the list • Orient Point Consulting LLC DOI: http://www.orientpoint.com/FTE.htm • DiBiase, D.& Rademacher, H.J. Scaling up: faculty workload, class size, and student satisfaction in a distance learning course on geographic information science. Journal of Geography in Higher Education. (29) 2, pp. 139-158,

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