SUNY Blend: Supporting Student Success - an NGLC Project Report

Sloan-C ALN 2012 panel presentation
October 11, 2012
Orlando, Florida
http://sloanconsortium.org/conference/2012/aln/suny-blend-supporting-student-success-nglc-project-report

"SUNYBlend" uses a number of interventions & approaches to support at-risk student success including blended instruction, learning concierges, social networking, & a focus on developing student self-regulation.

Transcript

1. SUNY
   BLEND
   SUNY SLN Catch-up and Complete Enhanced Blended Learning Initiative
   Supporting Student Success - an NGLC Project Report
   

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8. relevant
   engaging
   less $$$
   convenient
   flexible
   supportive
   social
   enhanced
   

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9. SUNY
   BLEND
   SUNY SLN Catch-up and Complete Enhanced Blended Learning Initiative
   

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11. SUNY
    BLEND
    $30-$50/course
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12. •  intent
    •  realization
    •  quasi-experiment
    •  independent variables
    •  dependent variables
    

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13. Herkimer County Community
    College
    

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14. HCCC Students…
    • 5% single parent
    • 46% work full or part time
    • 60% female
    • 65% plan to transfer
    • 59% take at least 1 online course
    • 30 yrs. - Average age of online only students
    • 19 yrs. - Average age of campus only students
    

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15. HCCC Internet Academy…
    • …has offered totally online 2-year Associate
    Degree programs since 1999.
    • …currently offers eighteen 2-year
    degree programs totally online.
    • …offers three 1-year certificates totally online.
    – Medical Coding is a 1-year certificate that is
    only available online.
    • 75% of HCCC’s full-time faculty teach 1 or more
    online courses.
    

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16. Blended Programs & Courses
    • HCCC offers a total of forty 2-year Associate
    Degree programs. All of them can be completed at
    least partially online- so they can all be considered
    “blended programs.”
    • However, HCCC has not been aggressive in
    offering blended courses. The NGLC grant has
    provided us the opportunity to blend every course
    required for the Business  Admin-­‐  AAS  degree  
    program.  
    

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17. NGLC Grant Benefits to HCCC
    • Professional Development:
    – 12 seasoned online instructors are developing 16
    new blended courses.
    •  2-day workshop with Tanya Joosten
    •  1-day workshop with Tracy Sleep
    •  1-day workshop with Alejandra Pickett
    • New Student Service Resources
    – Starfish
    – SmarThinking
    – SUNY SLN Commons / Social Network
    – Open Course Library / other digital resources  
    

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18. Benefits continued…
    •  Blended Program: Business Administration AAS
    –  All required courses and Developmental Math.
    –  Of great benefit to working students, students living off campus,
    and students who do not benefit from totally online courses.
    •  Collaboration with other institutions:
    –  SUNY Albany
    –  SUNY Learning Network
    –  Finger Lakes Community College
    •  A research project on campus adds to a collegiate
    atmosphere
    –  Faculty and student awareness.
    –  Contribution to the knowledge collective.
    

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19. Finger Lakes Community
    College
    

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20. FLCC Data
    • 5100 FTE
    • 600 online FTE (66% female)
    • 64% plan to transfer
    • 41% take at least 1 online course
    • Web Enhanced courses – 750
    • Online Online Courses – 184
    • Hybrid- 8
    

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21. FLCC Students - Modality
    • Increase in Developmental Math students
    • Decrease in student time
    • Online Learning – about 15% of FTE and
    probably not the best for these students.
    • Hybrid Courses –
    – Preferred modality over online and face to face
    – Lack of clear understanding of what hybrid
    truly is.
    

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22. Historical Hybrid Data
    • “How about a Hybrid” campaign
    • Historically unsuccessful
    – Student confusion
    – Demographically Challenged
    – Lack of Hybrid training
    – Lack of Hybrid best practices
    

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23. Grant focus and development
    • Faculty training and collaboration
    – Dr. Trista Merrill, English
    • Student Support
    – Maureen Owens, Student Concierge
    

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24. Share
    with
    Friends!
    NGLC Project wiki:
    http://wiki.sln.suny.edu/x/UQOP
    SLN Online Student Commons:
    http://nglc.sln.suny.edu/
    Student success materials:
    http://bit.ly/nglcsuccess
    

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25. Questions?
    SUNY Blend: Supporting Student Success
    alexandra.pickett@suny.edu
    pshea@albany.edu
    pelzwe@herkimer.edu
    duganls@flcc.edu
    merriltm@flcc.edu
    

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