Expanding the Possibilities with WebFlex Courses

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Title: Expanding the Possibilities with WebFlex Courses

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Expanding the Possibilitieswith Web-Flex Courses
Ann MillerInternet Instructional Administrator
Edison Community College
Piqua, Ohio

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A few facts about Edison
Faculty Information Full-Time 40
Part-Time162

Student Information Spring Semester
2,883 students
1,612 FTE
24,184 credit hours
Student Ages
25 years 1,423
Under 25 1,460
Student Status
35 Full-time
65 Part-time

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Putting the pieces together
Blackboard introduced on the Edison campus July
2001 for online courses.
Edison received grant from the Ohio Board of
Regents in the amount of 308,750 January 2002.
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Smart Classrooms
Each classroom is now equipped with
state-of-the-art technology
Hewlett Packard E-PC42s
1.8 ghz Pentium 4 processors
DVD ROMs
256 MB of RAM
40 gig hard drives
Windows XP Professional
15 LCD displays
Toshiba data projector
JVC Super VHS Video Cassette Player

Edison Internet Café

24 Stations, with 4 designated for those students
with disabilities Monitored for student
assistance Pleasing, student-friendly atmosphere
Additional campus computers
(15) The Learning Center (15) The Edison Library
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Faculty Selection
19 courses slated to be created for the fall
semester 2002.
Faculty submitted their names to the Academic
Vice President for consideration.
A wide variety of courses were to be developed
for programs such as Business, Nursing,
Sociology, Early Childhood Development and
Biology.
Faculty were granted release time to prepare
their courses for the fall semester.

Before participating in the project full-time and
adjunct faculty were each required to sign a
contract that contained the following
guidelines
Blackboard must be the medium used to deliver the
online content.
The syllabus for the course will demonstrate how
the blended flex activities are integrated into
the course learning objectives.
Appropriate links in Blackboard to support
blended flex activities will be established.
The developed blended flex course will be
available to serve as the common syllabus for all
sections of that course.
Streaming video developed as a component of
developed blended flex courses will be available
for use in other sections of courses.
Participants in this grant will agree to share
experiences with others during the development of
course materials or activities.
Developers of blended flex activities and faculty
that teach the courses will participate in course
assessment (surveys, etc.) and will present this
project to both internal and external groups.

Faculty Training
Spring 2002 Blackboard training sessions
A mixture of new and experienced faculty.
Blackboard YOU
One-to-one workshop sessions held for instructors
to work on their courses with help from the ITS
staff.

Challenges
Summer Training
Weekly Newsletters
Course Review
Academic Dean Review
New Format Surprised Students
Non-Traditional Student Issues

Outcomes
How would you rate your
satisfaction with the web-flex
instruction format?
Mid Term
37 Very satisfied with the web-flex format
40 Satisfied with the web-flex format
19 Somewhat satisfied with the web-flex format
3 Not satisfied with the web-flex format
1 No response
End of Semester
46 Very satisfied with the web-flex format
40 Satisfied with the web-flex format
14 Not satisfied with the web-flex format

Web-Flex Course Growth

Fall semester 200217 web-flex courses 241
students Spring semester 200329 web-flex
courses 363 students Fall semester 200339
web-flex courses in the new schedule
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