UPDATE AND OVERVIEW OCTOBER 2015
A LITTLE BACKGROUND
WHERE WE ARE NOW
WHAT DO WE HOPE TO
ACCOMPLISH IN A NUTSHELL?
Ensure that more
students are able to
complete their
educational goals by
increasing both access
to and success in
high-quality online
courses and
programs.
GENERAL STRUCTURE OF THE OEI
System wide
resources for online
students
System wide
resources for
developing highquality online courses
Technology resources
that maximize
economies of scale
OEI
OEI COMPONENTS
CCMS (Canvas)
Online
Tutoring
OEI Course
Exchange
Student
Readiness
COMPLETION BY….
• Improve success and retention in online courses for
the CCC’s
• Prepared students
• Prepared faculty
• Quality course design and content resources
• Providing resources to colleges to allow for the
addition of quality online courses
• Providing students with opportunities to take classes
when and where they need them
PILOT COLLEGES
Phase 1 (Full Launch)
Phase 2 (Readiness/Tutoring)
Butte
Antelope Valley
Barstow
Coastline
Cabrillo
Columbia
Foothill
College of the Canyons
Imperial Valley
Shasta
Hartnell
Mt. San Antonio
Fresno City
Mira Costa
Ohlone
Lake Tahoe
Monterey Peninsula
Pierce
Mt. San Jacinto
Rio Hondo
Saddleback
Ventura
West Los Angeles
Victor Valley
ONLINE TUTORING CAPABILITIES
Tutoring:
• Students can
• Meet with a live tutor (up to 24/7, depending on subject)
• Use “Question and Answer Center” 24/7 (asynchronous tutoring)
• Essay or paper review 24/7 via “Paper Center”
• Embedded Basic Skills Support
• Just in time resources for underprepared students who enroll in
college-level courses without prerequisites
• Shared resources and strategies to address basic skills needs,
supplementing the traditional approach of basic skills courses
ONLINE STUDENT READINESS
• The Quest Program
• Smarter Measure Diagnostic
Assessment
• Tools & Resources (Multimedia
Tutorials)
• Evaluation
ONLINE STUDENT READINESS
• Spring 2015 pilot
• 8 schools integrated Quest in own LMS
• All students followed single pathway
• Pathway included 5 modules
• Spring 2016 pilot
• 24 schools will integrate Quest within their instance of
Canvas
• Dual pathways: new to online learners and experienced
online learners
• Pathways includes 4 modules for new to online and 6 for
experienced
TWO READINESS RESOURCES
• Quest for Online Success Workshop: Each pilot
college (24) has access to a comprehensive
readiness program built in a Canvas site for students
taking OEI courses
• Quest Multimedia Tutorials: 11 multimedia tutorials,
with a Creative Commons license that can be used
by everyone. http://apps.3cmediasolutions.org/oei/
MULTIMEDIA TUTORIALS
• NEW ONLINE LEARNER
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Overview of Online Learning
Getting Tech Ready
Organizing for Online Success
Online Study Skills &Managing Time
Communication Skills for Online Learning
Online Reading Strategies
MULTIMEDIA TUTORIALS
• EXPERIENCED ONLINE LEARNER
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Career Planning
Educational Planning
Instructional Support
Personal Support
Financial Support
INTERACTIVE TOOLS
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Cost Calculator
Computer Readiness Test
Daily Schedule Calculator
Study Schedule
RESOURCE UPDATES
• Professional Development & Course Design Support
• Online Course Design Standards (piloted and revised)
• Online Course Review (over 80 courses reviewed)
• Reviewer Training: Peer Online Course Review (POCR)
• Initially trained 30 faculty from 29 colleges
• Training revised spring 2015 to consist of 1 day “Applying the
Rubric” workshop + 2 weeks online.
• “Applying” open to all
• Professional Development Summit
• Access to Instructional Designers
• Access to Accessibility support
RESOURCE UPDATES
• Canvas
• 4-week online course developed
• Facilitated and self-paced versions
• Creative Commons licensed
• Train-the-Trainer events being held
• Weekly support calls for OEI faculty being held
• Migration support available
• Expanding support available via Canvas community
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
• Developing sustainable and scalable mechanisms
for improving the quality of CCC online course
offerings
• Most immediate goals
• Quality course design and content resources
• Prepared faculty
OEI COURSE DESIGN RUBRIC
• Informed by existing standards
• Initially adopted in August, revised following 1st
review cycle
• ccconlineed.org >> Professional Development
• Rubric Structure
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B.
C.
D.
Course Design
Interaction and Collaboration
Assessment
Learner Support
OEI COURSE DESIGN RUBRIC
• For each sub-category, Peer Online Course
Reviewers (POCRs) will assign a numeric score:
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Distinguished to Exemplary (5-6)
Satisfactory to Accomplished (3-4)
Promising (2)
Incomplete (1)
Not Evident (0)
FOR A COURSE TO BE OFFERED IN THE
EXCHANGE:
• A minimum score of 3 (Satisfactory) in each subcategory, requiring at least some sub-categories to
score in the accomplished to distinguished ranges.
• A minimum cumulative score of 51, earning at least
70% of all possible points.
• Courses in the Exchange will be taught in Canvas
and rubric alignment must be demonstrated in
Canvas
• Consequently, all reviews and re-reviews are being
conducted in Canvas
OEI COURSE DESIGN RUBRIC
NEXT STEPS?
• Ideally, colleges looking to define a standard for
quality online instruction will adopt.
• Train interested parties in the use of the rubric – and
train more POCRs.
• @ONE’s “Online Teaching Certification Program”
modified to align with rubric and components
offered as modules.
• 12-week course now available
• Modules to be available in spring
DEVELOPING RESOURCES
• Based on course design review findings, developing
targeted support –
• Common design issues
• Common accessibility issues
• Ultimately, “front-load” support
FUTURE PD ACTIVITIES
• 2nd Professional Development Summit
• Discipline convenings
• Identify common challenges and solutions
• Resource development
• Training for others involved in online education
• Support services
• Administrators
TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES
• Common Course Management System
• Allows for statewide online community
• Allows for statewide support
• Enables the deployment of integrated student
and faculty resources
• Provides no-cost access to an up-to-date, easy to
access, fully-functional CMS
WHY CANVAS?
• Overwhelming support from
students
• Nearly unanimous decision
• Ease of use and robust
functionality
• Partnership and customization
opportunities
• History of strong completion and success rate improvements
• Site visits and reference checks (including students & faculty) were
overwhelmingly supportive
DO ALL COLLEGES HAVE TO MOVE TO
CANVAS?
• NO!
• But we hope colleges will want to, because…
• Ease of use and upgrades will be managed at the system
level
• Cost will be significantly reduced for the system (and
eliminated for colleges)
• Resources will be integrated for both faculty and students
• Opportunities for collaboration for both faculty and students
• Partnership with Canvas will allow for customization for the
CCC’s
• BUT – OEI is committed to developing resources that
will be available to those who stay in their own CMS.
PILOT COLLEGE IMPLEMENTATION
• 8 Pilot Colleges currently offering OEI
Courses during Fall 2015
• 4 adopting Canvas campus-wide
• 16 Pilot Colleges beginning
implementation to offer OEI Courses
during Spring 2016
• 3 adopting Canvas campus-wide
CCC CANVAS ADOPTIONS
19 Adoptions
+
6 Existing
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WHAT’S THE EXCHANGE?
• It IS a mechanism for students at one college to register
for online classes at another participating college,
through the home college registration system.
• Leveling enrollments in high-demand courses (i.e. Sociology 1)
• Provide ample enrollments for difficult-to-fill courses (i.e.
Spanish 4)
• FOR THE STUDENTS!!! Fewer give up. More complete. Easier
access.
• It IS NOT the 114th CCC!!!!
• Students cannot register outside home college registration
system.
• Agreement between colleges, not a separate collection of
courses.
• Improve completion rates across the state.
• Access to resources for both colleges and students
IMPLICATIONS OF THE EXCHANGE…
• Access to the hard to get courses needed to graduate or
transfer
• Exchange courses seamlessly articulate between colleges
(C-ID, ADT courses)
• Streamlined application and registration processes
• Financial aid combined across colleges in the Exchange
• Common learning environment (CCMS / Canvas)
• Course status and final grade shared back to home college
automatically (credit toward degree or transfer goal)
FOR MORE INFORMATION
John Makevich
OEI Director, Strategic Planning and Operations
jmakevich@ccconlineed.org
Bonnie Peters
OEI Chief Student Services Officer
bpeters@ccconlineed.org
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