Online Companion: A Student

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Online Companion A Students Guide to Online
Success

• Faculty Summer Institute
• May 18, 2005
• Anita Crawley
• Michael Lindeman

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Agenda

• Supporting Online Students
• The Challenge
• Tour of the Online Companion
• Supporting Online Students
• The Discussion

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WCET The Scope
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Regional Accrediting Associations

• .that institutions accept the obligation to
  address student needs related to, and to provide
  the resources necessary for their academic
  success

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CAS Standards for Distance Learners

• Institutions must provide
• appropriate student services for all students
  enrolled in Distance Education Programs 
• a fully functioning program of student services
• comparable quality to services provided to
  on-campus students

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Poll 1 Most Resources

• Look at the WCET Scope Spider Web and identify
  the suite of online services that your
  institution has devoted the most amount of
  resources into developing.
• Academic Services Suite
• Communications Suite
• Administrative Core
• Student Communications Suite
• Personal Services Suite

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Poll 2 Least Resources

• Look at the WCET Scope Spider Web and identify
  the suite of online services that your
  institution has devoted the least amount of
  resources into developing.
• Academic Services Suite
• Communications Suite
• Administrative Core
• Student Communications Suite
• Personal Services Suite

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Online Companion A Students Guide To Online
Success

• Purpose information, community, connection
• Delivered from WebCT course site
• Enrollment All students enrolled in courses
  that use WebCT site

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Online Learning Content ModulesInformation

• Getting Started
• Online Learning Success
• Using the Internet
• Online Communication
• Academic Support
• The Library

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Advising Counseling ModulesInformation

• Decision Making Goal Setting
• Educational Planning
• Transfer Planning
• Career Exploration
• Personal Barriers

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Communication ToolsCommunity

• Discussion board
• Student to student email
• Phone
• On campus meetings
• Chat

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Activities, Events, Deadlines Connection

• Announcements
• Discussion Board
• Ask a Counselor
• Ask an Instructor
• Ask a Student Support Specialist
• Email a counselor

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What Are Students Talking About?
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Online Companion Statistics

• Fall 2004 enrollment 3024
• Spring 2005 enrollment 4782
• Increase 1758
• Of the 3024 users, 1254 (41.5) logged on at
  least once (1/12/05)
• Of the 4782 users, 2733 (57) logged on at least
  once (4/26/05)

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Group 1 Greatest Needs

• What are your online students greatest needs?

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Group 2 Doing Well?

• What areas of online student services are you
  doing well?

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Group 3 Unmet Needs

• What are the most important online student
  services needs that are not currently being met?

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Group 4 Meeting Needs

• What new ideas do you have for meeting the needs
  of online students?

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Guest Access to Online Companion Demo Site

• http//webct.montgomerycollege.edu/
• WebCT ID and Password guest_nb
• Also provides access to online College Survival
  Course (DS 107 Common Course)

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Additional Resources

• WCET Beyond the Administrative Core
• http//www.wcet.info/projects/laap/about/about.asp
  
• CAS Purchase Distance Learner Self Assessment
  Guide
• http//www.cas.edu/catalog/iteminfo.cfm?itemid26
  compid1
• League for Innovation (especially Distance
  Learning Student Support Resource 
  Nontraditional Student Service Program Resources)
  
• http//www.league.org/leaguetlc/learning_links/ind
  ex.htm
• Online Student Success Center
• http//www.montgomerycollege.edu/Departments/stude
  vgt/onlinsts

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Contact Information

• Anita Crawley
• Distance Learning CounselorMontgomery College
  (Maryland)
• Anita.Crawley_at_montgomerycollege.edu
• Michael Lindeman
• Program Director Illinois Online Network
• http//illinois.online.uillinois.edu/