ECE Update to FRCC Cabinet
Published on Jan 29, 2016
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ECE Upate to FRCC Cabinet
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"The biggest risk is not taking any risk... In a world that's changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks." - Mark Zuckerberg
Education is THE happening area of technological disruption, following newspapers, publishers, television, gaming, and other industries. Data drives most decisions in education these days.
It's clear that we need to adapt and be innovative. The nature of learning and the student experience is coming under scrutiny. We are developing Prior Learning Assessments, staying on the cutting edge of pedagogical delivery, designing stronger competency-based programs that include industry standards as well as 21st century skills (SLOs), changing the role of the teacher, embedded advising and student success strategies, and more.
Dr. Johnstone's advice, and strategies from Redesigning America's Community Colleges, are in alignment with what we are trying to achieve.
It's clear that we need to adapt and be innovative. The nature of learning and the student experience is coming under scrutiny. We are developing Prior Learning Assessments, staying on the cutting edge of pedagogical delivery, designing stronger competency-based programs that include industry standards as well as 21st century skills (SLOs), changing the role of the teacher, embedded advising and student success strategies, and more.
Dr. Johnstone's advice, and strategies from Redesigning America's Community Colleges, are in alignment with what we are trying to achieve.
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ECE College-Wide Plan
- acknowledges the current trend of students preferring online
- recaptures enrollment from CCCOnline
- balances online/on campus offerings from a college wide perspective while identifying differences among campuses
- gives students a clear path to completion
We are here to share our successes and challenges moving forward with the long term plan.
Here's a reminder of our initial four goals.
Here's a reminder of our initial four goals.
Current trend for online enrollment
Data from President Dorsey showing the dramatic shift toward online enrollments. Since we have been watching the data for a few years, this was not new information for us.
Recapture CCCO enrollment
However, we really wanted to bring our online students home.
Been receiving calls from CCCOnline students...lacking support.
Our students wanted our classes...still going to determine exactly why, but to start we have information from Kim Moore's phone survey. Online survey is going out in about a week.
Been receiving calls from CCCOnline students...lacking support.
Our students wanted our classes...still going to determine exactly why, but to start we have information from Kim Moore's phone survey. Online survey is going out in about a week.
Change FTE SP 15 to SP 16
Making the decision to offer more online sections paid off.
Notice that our total online FTE hasn't changed very much, but our on campus enrollment has diminished. We need to assess why.
Notice that our total online FTE hasn't changed very much, but our on campus enrollment has diminished. We need to assess why.
Untitled Slide
This is the slide that was most impressive at the online leads meeting. Message: students want online and if you reduce online sections, you don't increase on campus enrollment.
No brainer with numbers: Create more access (16 sections instead of 6) and students are enrolling. Students are choosing FRCC Online over CCCSOnline.
No brainer with numbers: Create more access (16 sections instead of 6) and students are enrolling. Students are choosing FRCC Online over CCCSOnline.
College FTE = 0% change
ECE FTE = +1% change
College Headcount = -5% change
ECE = +4% change
Five year change:
College FTE = -14%
ECE FTE +29%
From IR Five-Year Trends data:
online student support
Successes:
ECE Embedded & Hands On Advising
ECE Community Hub
Online Orientation
Early Alert
OWL
FTE better than on campus - recruit from wider area, many courses filling at 34, cuts down on campus space issues
Challenges:
Coordination: Advising, Libraries/Media Centers, Orientation (right now is just a D2L orientation with some student success strategies), Student Success Resources at all campuses
Technology!
What is lost when students never have f2f experiences?
Accessibility (on campus students) - Who are we losing?
How to:
Best connect students to supports they need, when they need them. Get technology that can manage all the hands on that we try to do.
With the success of our online program, there is some question about whether or not this program should be offered exclusively online. Caution.
ECE Embedded & Hands On Advising
ECE Community Hub
Online Orientation
Early Alert
OWL
FTE better than on campus - recruit from wider area, many courses filling at 34, cuts down on campus space issues
Challenges:
Coordination: Advising, Libraries/Media Centers, Orientation (right now is just a D2L orientation with some student success strategies), Student Success Resources at all campuses
Technology!
What is lost when students never have f2f experiences?
Accessibility (on campus students) - Who are we losing?
How to:
Best connect students to supports they need, when they need them. Get technology that can manage all the hands on that we try to do.
With the success of our online program, there is some question about whether or not this program should be offered exclusively online. Caution.
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commitment to blended pedagogy
Students like the flexibility of online, but tend to say they learn better in person.
Also hearing some who think online is easier. Need to balance convenience with rigor and genuine learning experiences.
All full-time faculty are teaching a minimum of 6 credits online.
We are recruiting part time instructors who can teach equally well on campus or online.
Westminster is running all hybrid courses on campus.
Alison...Blended Learning MOOC & cohort model is blended.
Considering combining on campus trainings for community clock hours with opportunities, especially for online students to attend...difficulty figuring out how to pay for this.
Need time to discuss the pedagogy...students don't want asynchronous online discussions, for example. Do those in class.
Also hearing some who think online is easier. Need to balance convenience with rigor and genuine learning experiences.
All full-time faculty are teaching a minimum of 6 credits online.
We are recruiting part time instructors who can teach equally well on campus or online.
Westminster is running all hybrid courses on campus.
Alison...Blended Learning MOOC & cohort model is blended.
Considering combining on campus trainings for community clock hours with opportunities, especially for online students to attend...difficulty figuring out how to pay for this.
Need time to discuss the pedagogy...students don't want asynchronous online discussions, for example. Do those in class.
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ON CAMPUS & ONLINE OFFERINGS
balance
Successes:
2 year plan
Challenges:
How to sustain the program long-term (5, 10 years). The cohort has the potential to build a more streamlined blended learning model.
Last minute on campus registrations. 14 day convenience windows.
2 year plan
Challenges:
How to sustain the program long-term (5, 10 years). The cohort has the potential to build a more streamlined blended learning model.
Last minute on campus registrations. 14 day convenience windows.
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clear path to completion
Successes:
Guided Pathways - 2-Year Plan, stackable certificates
ECE Community Hub
Embedded & Hands-On Advising
potential: Cohort (competency based), able to complete in 2 years with full-time DO-ABLE credits, financial aid eligible...still some structural kinks to iron out.
Challenges:
Online isn't a separate campus, but it is treated like one. Current campus silos are prohibitive. Need college-wide advisors, one discipline-specific team, college-wide deadlines and processes.
Our most prohibitive challenge is trying to align with Colorado ECE Workforce Requirements...next slide.
Guided Pathways - 2-Year Plan, stackable certificates
ECE Community Hub
Embedded & Hands-On Advising
potential: Cohort (competency based), able to complete in 2 years with full-time DO-ABLE credits, financial aid eligible...still some structural kinks to iron out.
Challenges:
Online isn't a separate campus, but it is treated like one. Current campus silos are prohibitive. Need college-wide advisors, one discipline-specific team, college-wide deadlines and processes.
Our most prohibitive challenge is trying to align with Colorado ECE Workforce Requirements...next slide.
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ECE workforce requirements
Successes:
People in Colorado can become credentialed in a variety of ways that recognize the many ways that people learn: formal education, training, work experience, and demonstrated competencies. Child care licensing (program) regulations = accept some trainings in lieu of college coursework.
Challenges:
confusing and fragmented system
We can no longer create certificates to exactly meet workforce requirements - want to see stackable specializations
running into barriers with customizable certificate
People in Colorado can become credentialed in a variety of ways that recognize the many ways that people learn: formal education, training, work experience, and demonstrated competencies. Child care licensing (program) regulations = accept some trainings in lieu of college coursework.
Challenges:
confusing and fragmented system
We can no longer create certificates to exactly meet workforce requirements - want to see stackable specializations
running into barriers with customizable certificate
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Programs of Study SP 16
Untitled Slide
The question for us now is what comes next. We are delighted by the short term gains that our tactical responses have made for us. The recapture of enrollment from CCCOnline alone has made this process valuable for our program. But now that we have some momentum, we want to make sure that we capitalize on that and think strategically about the long-term sustainability of what we are doing. We are beginning to think 5 and 10 years down the road.
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Barriers to Innovation
"What's working is working in spite of college structures, not because of them." - Anne Marie
on campus/hybrid/online...cost, SILOS
Triage for new students, orientations, advising, progress checkpoints, completion is no where near college-wide.
Data Issues
on campus/hybrid/online...cost, SILOS
Triage for new students, orientations, advising, progress checkpoints, completion is no where near college-wide.
Data Issues
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Boulder County Campus: Boulder, Dacono, Erie, Frederick, Firestone, Jamestown, Lafayette, Longmont, Louisville, Lyons, Milliken, Nederland, Mead, Niwot, Platteville, Superior, and Ward.
Westminster Campus: Arvada, Aurora, Brighton, Broomfield, Castle Rock, Centennial, Commerce City, Denver, Federal Heights, Golden, Henderson, Highlands Ranch, Lakewood, Littleton, Morrison, Northglenn, Parker, Thornton, Westminster, and Wheat Ridge.
Larimer Campus: Berthoud, Eaton, Estes, Park, Evans, Fort Collins, Johnstown, Laporte, Loveland, Nunn, Severance, Wellington, Windsor
Rural/Mountain/Out of State/Distance:
Bailey, Bellvue, Colorado Springs, Dillon, Drake, Galeton, Glenwood Springs, Green River WY, Jacksonville NC, Keenesburg, Lake City, Leominster MA, Lithonia GA, Lochbuie, Mancos, Mansfield TX, Montrose, Norwood, Rocky Ford, St Louis MO, Simi Valley CA, Sonoma CA, Sullivan WI, Wichita KS, Winter Park, Yuma
Percentage of ECE Students by Address Fall 2015
Percentage of ECE Students by Address Fall 2015
Need for discipline-specific hierarchy
Benefits: campus specific culture and community
Challenges: Fragmented goals and direction
Challenges: Fragmented goals and direction
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