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Overcoming Obstacles with Faculty and Students

Overcoming Obstacles with Faculty and Students. Professor Kate Demarest Program and assessment analyst Carroll Community College Pearson faculty advocate. Carroll Community College. Located in Westminster, MD Total student body – 4,000 full- and part-time students

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Overcoming Obstacles with Faculty and Students

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  1. Overcoming Obstacles with Faculty and Students Professor Kate Demarest Program and assessment analyst Carroll Community College Pearson faculty advocate

  2. Carroll Community College • Located in Westminster, MD • Total student body – 4,000 full- and part-time students • Average class size – 20 students • Age: • Under age 20: 40%  • Age 20-24: 31% • Age 25-39: 18%  • Age 40 and above: 11%

  3. MyLab & Mastering: 10 Best Practices

  4. Planning your implementation What are the issues that you are trying to solve? What are the quantifiable goals you want to achieve? When do you want to start integrating MyLab & Mastering into your course? Will you start with a pilot course? If so, at what point do you foresee moving into a full implementation? What course materials are you using? Do they align with your intended outcomes? Have you pursued grants or initiatives? If yes, what are they? Do you plan to hold organizational and professional development meetings for the faculty, lab staff, IT administrators, or others? List three ways to educate the culture of your faculty involved in the project. Who comprises your implementation or redesign team (faculty, staff, lab directors, senior administrators)? Who will be responsible for managing the actual implementation? How will you measure success? Will you use historical data to support the efficacy of MyLab & Mastering? Will you administer common exams and assessments? MyLab & Mastering assignments will contribute what percentage to a student’s final course grade? Do you have – or have to seek – approval from your Institutional Review Board? What is your main concern about implementing MyLab & Mastering? At the end of the course, would you like assistance in analyzing your data?

  5. Part 1 Do you plan to hold organizational and professional development meetings for the faculty, lab staff, IT administrators, or others?

  6. Organizational and Professional Development • It’s not just for faculty! • Be sure to remember all the stakeholders: • Vice presidents, provosts, deans, and other decision makers • Classroom technical support • Lab technical support • Lab aides • Target the development to the audience!

  7. Educate administrators about results

  8. Connect classroom and lab technical support to resources

  9. Demonstrate the features to lab aides

  10. Questions? Do you plan to hold organizational and professional development meetings for the faculty, lab staff, IT administrators, or others?

  11. Part 2 List three ways to educate the culture of your faculty involved in the project.

  12. Houston, we have a problem. • The first step in changing the culture is convincing faculty that there is a need for change. • Approaches: • Intuition / appreciative inquiry • Data (retention, success, subsequent courses) • Administrative decree

  13. Overcoming barriers to change “I’m so busy that I cannot do one more thing!” “I’m just not a tech kind of person.” “Registration and sign-on issues will ruin the start of the semester.” “Students will not be able to master the technology.” “Students will not be willing to pay for this.” “Are you sure that this will really work?”

  14. Support, support, support Consider a pilot project. Provide on-campus training to build confidence and enthusiasm. Connect faculty to Pearson resources.

  15. Pearson Technical Support

  16. Pearson Support – YouTube

  17. Pearson Support – Product Site Links

  18. Questions? List three ways to educate the culture of your faculty involved in the project.

  19. Part 3 Who comprises your implementation or redesign team (faculty, staff, lab directors, senior administrators)? Who will be responsible for managing the actual implementation?

  20. Members of the team • Redesign team • Faculty and department chairs • Advisors • Tutoring center managers • Deans and vice presidents • IT administrators

  21. Members of the team • Implementation team • Faculty and department chairs • Advisors • Tutoring center managers, as well as tutors • Deans and vice presidents • IT administrators • Computer lab staff

  22. Leadership for implementation Most often, faculty and department chairs should drive the implementation as content is at the center of the redesign. Quickly identify cheerleaders and enlist their support. Provide an open environment for continuing discussion.

  23. Questions? Who comprises your implementation or redesign team (faculty, staff, lab directors, senior administrators)? Who will be responsible for managing the actual implementation?

  24. Thank you! Professor Kate Demarest Program and assessment analyst Carroll Community College kdemarest@carrollcc.edu Pearson faculty advocate

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