SUNY Blend: Supporting Student Success – an NGLC Project Report

Supporting Course Transformation at Scale - Educause invited NGLC panel

http://www.educause.edu/annual-conference/2012/supporting-course-transformation-scale

Encouraging pedagogical innovation at your institution can be a delicate balancing act that requires a nuanced understanding of faculty needs and a spirit of collaboration, good communication, and shared goals. But how can you support that transformation at institutions outside your own walls, when each has its own distinct faculty and academic culture? Join two recent NGLC grantees, the University of Central Florida and the SUNY Learning Network, to learn how they are using innovative approaches, open resources, and online tools to support course transformation across vast networks.

Thomas Cavanagh
Assistant Vice President of Distributed Learning
University of Central Florida

Carie Page
Manager, Community Engagement, Next Generation Learning Challenges
EDUCAUSE

Alexandra M. Pickett
Associate Director, SUNY Learning Network
SUNY System Administration

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1. SUNY BLEND SUNY SLN Catch-up and Complete Enhanced Blended Learning Initiative Supporting Student Success - an NGLC Project Report
8. relevant engaging less $$$ convenient flexible supportive social enhanced
9. SUNY BLEND SUNY SLN Catch-up and Complete Enhanced Blended Learning Initiative
11. SUNY BLEND $30-$50/course S N A P P
12. •  intent •  realization •  quasi-experiment •  independent variables •  dependent variables
13. Herkimer County Community College
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
15. Finger Lakes Community College
16. 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 • Blended - 8
17. Project overview… •  campuses: 2 – HCCC & FLCC •  students: so far 103 - from spring 2012 •  blended degree programs: 2 http://flcc.edu/academics/business/accelerated/ •  courses blended and enhanced: 33 •  faculty trained: 28 •  staff trained: 12 •  online student commons additional campuses: •  Fulton Montgomery Community College •  Niagara County Community College •  SUNY Sullivan •  Tompkins Cortland Community College
18. Results so far… •  “I like this way of taking a class. I learn more.” – spring 2012 student •  There is nothing more rewarding than witnessing a student succeed who might otherwise have decided he/ she wasn't capable, worthy, entitled. – Maureen Owens, FLCC learning concierge •  The power of blended teaching is that … the students and I can weave together the collaborative, community feel of the physical classroom with the versatility and flexibility of online learning. – Trista Merrill, Associate Professor, Department of Humanities, Finger Lakes Community College
19. Share with Friends! NGLC Project wiki: http://wiki.sln.suny.edu/x/UQOP SLN Online Student Commons: Student success materials: http://nglc.sln.suny.edu/ http://bit.ly/nglcsuccess
20. Questions? SUNY Blend: Supporting Student Success alexandra.pickett@suny.edu