Cuyahoga Community College ITC eLearn 2012

1. Cuyahoga Community CollegeITC eLearn 2012 transitioning from idea to implementation leading to student success eAdvising, online tutoring, and eLearning orientation

2. transitioning from idea to implementation Dr. Christina Royal Associate Vice President, eLearning and Innovation & Project Director , Title III

3. Overview of Process

4. One College Approach to Distance Learning

5. supporting student and faculty success in distance learning • July 2008 receive approval to offer 3 fully online degrees • 2008 college applies for Title III grant • Oct 2008 college receives Title III $2 MM grant from department of education • Nov 2008 steering committee in place • Dec 2008 eight sub-committees formed • Jan 2009 work begins

6. college wide inclusion Faculty Preparedness Teaching for Online Learning Academic Quality Quality and Course Design Master (Sample) Course Student Services • Online Student Orientation • Virtual Front Door • Online Tutoring • eAdvising Institutional Management • Infrastructure and Technology

7. communication strategies • college wide communications • focus on excellence staff training • monthly steering committee meetings • includes the chairs from 8 sub-committees • SharePoint document repository • Title III blog • monthly progress report to steering committee • monthly progress reports to department of education • annual report

8. title iii initiatives • student orientation • eLearning Orientation • new student orientation • online student services • virtual front door • eAdvising • Financial Aid TV • online tutoring (SMARTHINKING)

9. virtual front door http://www.tri-c.edu/credit/Pages/default.aspx

10. case #1: e-Advising

11. New eAdvising system eAdvising system current eAdvising web form that student populates manually sends email to public folder accessible by multiple eAdvisers manual reporting process student with SNumber web Form pre-populated with student contact information prospect student populate contact information manually stores student questions and eAdviser responses in database student notes updated in SARs notes and SARs notes updated in eAdvising reports by querying database

12. eAdvising usage

13. eAdvisingstudent success

14. eAdvisingstudent success

15. eAdvisingstudent success

17. financial aid TV http://tri-c.financialaidtv.com/ • What is the Federal Supplemental Educational Grant (FSEOG) • What is a Pell Grant? • What is federal Work-Study job? • What is an Academic Competitiveness grant? • How can I pay for College?

18. eAdvising demo

19. eAdvisingstudent access

23. eAdvisingcounselor access

25. eAdvisingstudent access

28. case #2: online tutoring • Problem: student • success online courses • Methodology: Smarthinking • Results: 4,825 online tutoring sessions to date • Biggest Surprise: # of f2f students utilizing this service • Current State: Making business case to sustain

29. online tutoring

30. service when students want it • SMARTHINKING gives students around the clock access to live, one-to-one assistance from qualified educators

31. SMARTHINKING provides • access to qualified and monitored tutors in core courses and skills from any Internet connection • an online writing lab for all courses including career writing • academic resources (i.e. study guides, skills manuals, test prep, and self-assessment tools) to help you study smarter

32. online tutoring options • essay submission • writing center (live tutor) • basic algebra (liver tutor) • ask any question (by subject)

33. SMARTHINKING does not: • give answers or do the student’s work for them • rewrite and edit papers • allow untrained or unmonitored tutors to work with students

34. online tutoring sample http://www.smarthinking.com/services-and-subjects/sample-sessions/

35. online tutoring usage

36. online tutoringstudent success

37. online tutoringstudent success

38. online tutoringstudent success

39. case #3: orientation

40. online orientation • web based eLearning orientation • tracking learning objects accessed by SNumber • student self selects lessons • revised new student orientation • interactive learning objects • tracking of completion of learning objects • integration with student information system to release hold on student registration

41. online orientation • https://portal2.tri-c.edu/OnlineOrientation

44. lessons learned • inclusivity/diversity of buy-in • let people get there on their own • do your research…network, don’t re-invent the wheel • importance of audience/user feedback • usability testing • importance of metrics • flexibility for continuous improvement • consider sustainability beyond the grant up front before you implement…if you can

45. major successes • involved students in design & development • virtual front door institutionalized • eAdvising institutionalized • sustainability discussions started early • culture changed • student success data • college relationships built with eLi • unexpected outcomes

47. title iii blog http://title3.wordpress.com/awards/

48. thank you for your participation Sandy Moses 216-987-4912 sandy.moses@tri-c.edu Dr. Christina Royal 216-987-4577 christina.royal@tri-c.edu