Academic+Impressions+-+Day+1+Notes

=Day 1:Academic Impressions, Planning and Growing Online Learning Intiaitives=

=What are your plans for developing and sustaining your online learning initiatives?=

Themes:

1.) A Point Person 2.) Process (internal, w/students,)

networks communication internal, students dissemination of info web based information programming

3.) Student support, Continuity of student experience -- systems that are appropriate for the initiative, 4.) Centralizing unit support (financial, pricing, marketing, etc.)

Generating a campus vision for student support, unit support Faculty support is a strength in that we have a faculty development program for blended and online is almost 10 years old.

Comments

Latonia SCE 1 year ago -- "A point person" Liason between SCE and main campus What other resources are needed

Kim supporting students not within the brick and mortar continuity of student experience whether online

Bill PSOA Harnessing resources to launch a program Identifying mechanisms on campus for online courses, programming (market, support, funding)

Sue CHS packages of courses, certificate, graduate degrees, pre-req student experience -- quicker d2l registration, student support mechanisms faculty stipends, online courses develop, procedures, etc. is established central repository for financing and pricing info

Tanya, LTC

=Other questions= What are your aspirations and expectations? Waht specific issues do you want to see addressed? What would you like to take home with you?

=Activity 2: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats=

Strengths --
DE fee resources -- can provide for future and continued course development Campus unit leaders -- have proven experience in certain depts and colleges Faculty development, peer eval -- through the LTC Unit heads control programming opportunities for their unit rather than centralized control Many initial online and blended initiatives were grassroots rather than top down

Weaknesses --
Lack of resources, money, human resources, technology resources Current economic condition of our community and our campus Culture for teaching -- teaching academic staff lowest paid and recognized, but teaching many online courses, teaching academic staff, LTE, not tenure track, but overloaded Current organizational process tend to inhibit progress rather than facilitate progress (e.g., IT, human resources) Many faculty do feel that this is a top-down initiative Lack of effective and efficient IT process for basic functions like e-mail, file storage access, etc.

=Activity 3: Serving Students=

Who is served by our online learning intiaitives?

...see handout from Laura (under resources tab)

Who else do we want to serve

From Bill:

PSOA pre-req courses, fundamentals, freshman and sophomores blended gradaute courses, grad reviews to meet lack of proficiencies

From Sue:

CHS pre-req program courses prior to applicaiton Speciflity certificates, undergrads and post Baccelorate Graduate offerings

Increase degree completion for all students Discuss change in requirements of transfer requirements to better meet economic and social situation of our community

What needs to be developed to provide existing or better services to online students? (and other ideas)

Virtual students help desk -- student support for all questions, not just IT An online orientation to an online or blended course Mentoring of lower level (incoming freshman/transfer students) online/blended students by upper level students Embrace a theme of universal access for our student services Increase faculty awareness of student support emchanisms Increase understanding of purpose of AOC, A2S, 1st year centers for blended and online