College of San Mateo Delivery Mode Course Comparison (9/03/2015)
Distance Education vs. Traditional Mode
Student Success Indicators: Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Fall 2014
FILM 100 Introduction to Film (3.0 Units), Online Mode
Part I—Summary: Enrollment and Student Outcomes
Fall 2012
Distance
#Sections
#Enrollments
%Success
%Retention
Fall 2013
Traditional
Distance
Fall 2014
Traditional
Distance
Total
Traditional
Distance
Traditional
1
1
1
1
1
2
3
4
47
51.1
72.3
57
82.5
98.2
42
73.8
88.1
55
83.6
92.7
45
64.4
84.4
102
68.6
95.1
134
62.7
81.3
214
76.2
95.3
Part II—Demographic Profile: Enrollment and Student Outcomes
Demographic
Variable
Ethnicity
Distance
Count
%
Traditional
Count
%
Distance
Traditional
% Success % Retention % Success % Retention
Asian
African American
Filipino
Hispanic
18
4
11
15
13.4
3.0
8.2
11.2
30
2
9
32
14.0
0.9
4.2
15.0
83.3
50.0
72.7
60.0
94.4
75.0
81.8
73.3
73.3
0.0
88.9
68.8
96.7
100.0
100.0
100.0
Native American
Pacific Islander
White
0
2
52
0.0
1.5
38.8
0
5
81
0.0
2.3
37.9
50.0
53.8
100.0
78.8
60.0
79.0
60.0
92.6
27
5
134
20.1
3.7
100
49
6
214
22.9
2.8
100
66.7
60.0
62.7
77.8
100.0
81.3
83.7
50.0
76.2
98.0
100.0
95.3
64
66
47.8
49.3
72
136
33.6
63.6
67.2
56.1
79.7
81.8
81.9
73.5
93.1
96.3
4
134
3.0
100
6
214
2.8
100
100.0
62.7
100.0
81.3
66.7
76.2
100.0
95.3
19 or less
20-24
25-29
40
47
15
29.9
35.1
11.2
110
87
10
51.4
40.7
4.7
67.5
66.0
53.3
80.0
89.4
80.0
70.0
83.9
80.0
95.5
97.7
80.0
30-34
35-39
40-49
13
8
5
9.7
6.0
3.7
4
1
1
1.9
0.5
0.5
76.9
50.0
20.0
76.9
50.0
80.0
75.0
0.0
100.0
75.0
100.0
100.0
6
0
134
4.5
0.0
100
1
0
214
0.5
0.0
100
50.0
62.7
83.3
81.3
100.0
76.2
100.0
95.3
Other
Unrecorded
Total
Gender
Female
Male
Unrecorded
Total
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’12, F’13,
and F’14.
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