College of San Mateo Delivery Mode Couse Comparison (09/03/2013)
Distance Education vs. Traditional Mode
Student Success Indicators: Fall 2010, Fall 2011, Fall 2012
COMM 110 Public Speaking (3.0 Units), Online Mode
Part I—Summary: Enrollment and Student Outcomes
Fall 2010
#Sections
Distance
#Enrollments
%Success
%Retention
0
Traditional
0
0
Fall 2011
Distance
0
0
-
-
0
-
Traditional
11
283
63.6
84.1
Fall 2012
Distance
1
Traditional
11
19
26.3
47.4
308
66.9
86.7
Part II—Demographic Profile: Enrollment and Student Outcomes
Demographic
Variable
Ethnicity
Distance
Count
%
Traditional
Count
%
Distance
Total
Distance
1
19
26.3
47.4
Traditional
22
591
65.3
85.4
Traditional
% Success % Retention % Success % Retention
Asian
African American
Filipino
Hispanic
0
3
2
4
0.0
15.8
10.5
21.1
92
32
52
83
15.6
5.4
8.8
14.0
0.0
50.0
25.0
33.3
100.0
50.0
69.6
46.9
71.2
57.8
85.9
84.4
88.5
83.1
Native American
Pacific Islander
White
0
0
4
0.0
0.0
21.1
4
19
180
0.7
3.2
30.5
75.0
75.0
0.0
31.6
72.2
75.0
52.6
87.8
6
0
19
31.6
0.0
100
99
30
591
16.8
5.1
100
0.0
26.3
16.7
47.4
70.7
53.3
65.3
89.9
80.0
85.4
Female
Male
15
4
78.9
21.1
268
302
45.9
51.7
26.7
25.0
46.7
50.0
69.8
62.6
86.6
85.1
Unrecorded
Total
0
19
0.0
100
14
584
2.4
100
26.3
47.4
57.1
65.3
71.4
85.4
19 or less
20-24
25-29
3
8
5
15.8
42.1
26.3
262
228
44
44.3
38.6
7.4
0.0
0.0
80.0
33.3
25.0
80.0
66.8
61.4
79.5
88.2
80.3
95.5
30-34
35-39
40-49
2
1
0
10.5
5.3
0.0
18
8
11
3.0
1.4
1.9
50.0
0.0
-
50.0
100.0
-
83.3
50.0
36.4
100.0
87.5
54.5
0
0
19
0.0
0.0
100
13
7
591
2.2
1.2
100
26.3
47.4
84.6
28.6
65.3
92.3
85.7
85.4
Other
Unrecorded
Total
Gender
Age
50+
Unrecorded
Total
DEFINITIONS & NOTES
Overview of Data
This is a delivery-mode
comparison of student
success in online courses
with their traditional mode
counterparts, if offered.
The comparison spans Fall
semesters only: F’10, F’11,
F’12.
Part I: Enrollment & Student
Outcomes
Displays summary data of
total enrollment, numbers of
sections offered, retention,
and success.
Part II: Demographic Profile
Displays comparative
demographic data
aggregated with retention
and success data. This
includes totals for all Fall
semesters combined.
Enrollments
Indicates a duplicated
headcount that is the sum
of end-of-term enrollments.
Retention %
The percentage of
enrollments with a grade of
A, B, C, D, F, P, NP, I, at endof-term (only excludes W’s).
Success %
Also known as “successful
course completion.” The
percentage of enrollments
with a grade of A, B, C, or P
at end-of-term.
Prepared by the Office of
Planning, Research, and
Institutional Effectiveness (PRIE)
collegeofsanmateo.edu/prie
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