Queensborough Community College’s Student eLearning Readiness Program

CUNY’s 10 Annual IT Conference“Is the Early eLearner Prepared for Academic Success?”

December 1, 2011, 2:30 pm, Concurrent Session II

Edward Volchok, PhDDenis Bejar

Queensborough Community College/CUNY

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Agenda

Demonstrate the Queensborough Community College Student eLearning Readiness Program

: Queensborough Community College

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Middle States Self-Study & eLearning at Queensborough

College created the Special Committee

on Distance Education. Its charge:

Evaluate online instruction modalities

to increase student access

Identify ways our college can

support eLearners

Identify ways to support faculty who want to develop and

teach eLearn courses

Identify infrastructure and software needs

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May 2010: Our Senate Approved the Special Committee’s Resolutions

Appropriate support for

students and faculty engaged

in eLearning

Right of academic departments to

determine which courses to offer,

assign faculty, and establish

prerequisites with the Academic

Senate

Recognize faculty member’s

contributions to eLearning when

making decisions regarding

reappointment, tenure, and promotion

Provide adjunct faculty teaching

eLearning courses the same support

received by full-time faculty

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Vigorous Support for eLearning

New Hires

Faculty eLearnin

g Institute and peer mentorin

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Support For Students

Poor student preparedness for the rigors of eLearning

Low student retention

How do we prepare

students?

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Significantly Lower Retention Rates

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Source: QCC Registrar

z = -3.87*p-Value = .005%

z = -6.23*p-Value = .000000002%

*Compared to on-campus classes

H0: πOn Campus ≤ πeLearn; H1: πOn Campus > πeLearn

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Plan for Student Readiness Program Approved in July 2010

The President’s

charge

Build it fast(10/31/10)

Stay On Budget

Do not interfere with the college’s

test of CUNYfirst

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eLearning Readiness Program’s Objective & Strategies

Increase students’ eLearning

success rate

Student Self-Assess-ment

Netiquette

Academic Integrity

Technology Require-mentsBlackboard demo

courseNew Learning Tech-nologies

Support Services

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Taking Our Program to the Next Level

Less Text

More

Student & Faculty Produced

Rich Media

Digital

Storytelling

Service

Learning/Learning Community

Projects

Our Plan

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Plans to Assess the eLearning Readiness Program are Under Development

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