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Center for Teaching, Learning and
Advising
Maximizing Results with Minimal Resources
Bringing online learning to the mainstream is challenging when resources are limited. That challenge is even greater when the staff is small. This session showcases how a three member staff, under
the auspices of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff‘s Title III Administration, has leveraged resources to grow their distance learning program from only five (5) online courses to more than
fifty (50) courses with an enrollment of over 1200 students.
The Center for Teaching, Learning and Advising (CTLA), designed to promote excellence in teaching at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, provides professional development activities, including workshops, seminars, training sessions, and technical assistance to develop and enhance instructional skills.
WHO WE ARE
The Center for Teaching, Learning and Advising is committed to increasing the retention and graduation rates of UAPB students. The center strives to expand and coordinate distance education at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff by increasing the number of online courses offered. As such, the center trains faculty in the development and use of instructional technology;
OUR VISION
and provides online technical support for faculty and students with the ultimate goal of increasing teacher and student success. The center is enhanced by the University Library and Learning Resource Center.
The center commenced under the previous Title III Grant with emphases on
Teacher Improvement Academic Advising
and Student Success
WHERE WE ORIGINATED
As of May 2006, the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff had its own Certified WebCT/Blackboard Trainer to provide training to UAPB faculty.
Certified Blackboard Trainer
Academic Advising Workshop
Faculty Attendance was Highly Encouraged by Administration
Over 100 Faculty/Staff Participated
A very successful Academic Advising Workshop was held in conjunction with the annual Faculty Professional Development Workshop on May 15, 2006. The workshop highlighted the mandate of Act 1014 (the Semester Degree Plan) for first semester freshmen at state supported institutions.
More than 130 participants attended, including academic advisors, deans, department chairs, counselors and other administrators. Follow-up Academic Advisement Workshops were also presented to assess: 1) improvements in general advisement strategies and 2) progress in adaptation to Act 1014.
Magna Online Seminar: “15 Survival Strategies for Instructors in Higher Education”
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS
Adaptive Instruction: Teaching Strategies for Under-Prepared Students
Good Teaching Practices
Legal Issues Plagiarism 101: Keys to Preventing Academic
Misconduct
Legal Seminar: Five Legal Issues to Have on Your Radar So You Can Have a Great Year
With subsequent grants the focus has been directed more toward expansion of the UAPB
Distance Education Program.
This activity addresses two primary objectives that target activities designed to improve faculty instructional skills and promote student success.
WHERE WE ARE NOW
Objective 1: To increase the number of courses offered online by 20% above the current baseline of twenty four by September 30, 2011. (Allowable 4)
Objective 2:
To increase the number of faculty who teach fully online courses by 20% above the baseline of twenty (20) by September 30, 2011. (Allowable 12)
OBJECTIVES
2008 Fall
Lower Level
2008 Fall
Upper Level
2009 Spring Lower Level
2009 Spring Upper Level
2009 Fall
Lower Level
2009 Fall
Upper Level
2010 Spring Lower Level
2010 Spring Upper Level
2010 Fall
Lower Level
2010 Fall
Upper Level
2011 Spring Lower Level
2011 Spring Upper Level
2011 Fall
Lower Level
2011 Fall
Upper Level
2012 Spring Lower Level
Spring 2012 Upper Level
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
557
210
627
253
831
289
916
334
640
429
749
387
757
421
773
552
Student Enrollment Chart
The Center for Teaching, Learning and Advising has assisted faculty in all schools with the development and implementation of Web-based (online courses) learning. For the past several years, the number of students on “academic drop” at UAPB has increased each semester. However, both online student headcount and online courses
have continued to increase.
WHAT WE ARE DOING
Therefore, a percentage of the loss of students has been circumvented with online learning.
Web-based education provides unique opportunities for all students to have electronic access to higher education.
CONT….
This activity also focuses on strengthening the instructional skills of individual faculty members. It is designed to assist in developing a total learning experience with the greater potential to improve faculty overall quality of teaching and student achievement.
The following documentation represents some of the accomplishments of the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Advising:
The Center staff serves over 150 students per semester via telephone, office visits and email. This is evidenced by call logs and sign-in sheets.
Reports from the Office of Research and Development show an increase in Retention of 8% in online courses.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Online Enrollment 2006-2011
Impact of Online Courses
0200400600800
100012001400
Fall 2006 (554)Spring 2007 (613)
Fall 2007 (547)Spring 2008 (689)
Fall 2008 (816)Spring 2009 (948)
Fall 2009 (1120)Spring 2010 (1250)
Fall 2010 (1250)Spring 2011 (1136)
Fall 2011 (1202)
Fall 2006 (554)
Spring 2007 (613)
Fall 2007 (547)
Spring 2008 (689)
Fall 2008 (816)
Spring 2009 (948)
Fall 2009 (1120)
Spring 2010 (1250)
Fall 2010 (1250)
Spring 2011 (1136)
Fall 2011 (1202)
Over seventy 70 faculty have received training and are now teaching online.
On average UAPB has offered a total of more than 50 online courses per semester.
As of Fall 2011 UAPB has an online student enrollment of 1202 and 56 online courses.
Cont…
2008 Fall 2009 Spring 2009 Fall 2010 Spring Fall 2010 2011 Spring 2011 Fall 2012 Spring 0
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0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.9
0.12
0.88
0.33
0.67
0.19
0.81
0.18
0.820.79
0.21
0.78
0.22
0.65
0.35
0.8
0.2
0.88
0.12
0.81
0.19
0.89
0.14
0.85
0.15
0.85
0.15
0.87
0.13
0.78
0.22
0.78
0.22
Percent of Online Instruction by Faculty
• Part-Time Lower Level Faculty • Full –Time Lower Level
Faculty• Part-Time Upper Level Faculty • Full-Time Upper Level Faculty
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351009
431802
488934
445887
382667
514290
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Distance Learning Tuition
The center upgraded from Web-CT to Blackboard in the summer of 2009. The purpose for the upgrade was to ensure that our student information system and our learning management system were globally connected to the university.
Blackboard Upgrade
As a result of the merger of WebCT and Blackboard, the Certified WebCT Trainer concurrently received re-certification renewal as a Certified Blackboard Trainer and continues to provide instructional technology training
for UAPB faculty.
Certified Blackboard Trainer
This includes the North Little Rock campus and establishes a partnership with the Division of Graduate Studies and Continuing Education.
On an on-going and daily basis, the center staff assists faculty in the development and use of online instructional technology.
Instructional Technology Training Expanded
Through this innovative technology we can engage more students in exciting new ways, reaching them on their terms and devices and connecting more effectively, keeping students informed, involved, and collaborating together to build a better educational experience; reaching everyone on
their preferred devices anywhere; opening up the technology and removing barriers so that we can focus on the fundamentals, manage outcomes and improve performance in real time.
With tools like this, we can build a better educational experience to open more doors for everyone.
Training sessions are presently conducted on Tuesday and Thursday. The UAPB Web page will document the number of courses online.
Blackboard Training Sessions
Approval of Distance Education Policies and Procedures through all official channels
A “New Teacher” Training Institute
Mobile Learning
Online Distance Education Degree Program
On The Horizon
STUDENT SUCCESS GRADUATION !!!
The great challenge is to prepare ourselves to enter these doors of opportunity.
~Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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DREAM TEAM
Dora Sanders Dr. Verma Jones Mary Williams