Online Monitoring: Maintaining the Standard of Excellence

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Online Monitoring Maintaining the Standard of
Excellence
November 2, 2007
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Growth of online education
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Annual Growth of Course Offerings
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Faculty Selection

• Application Review
• Interview Process
• Approval by
• Director of Online Education
• Department Chair
• Dean of CGCS
• Vice President of Academic Affairs
• Course Assignment

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Faculty DEVELOPMENT

• New Instructor Training
• 6-8 weeks prior to semester start
• Practical hands on meetingcourse design
• One day training with individual follow up
• Special training on technology and online
  andragogy
• Given rubric of what is expected of a Drury
  University online class
• Must have first two weeks of class posted by an
  advanced date
• Faculty Development Meetings
• Fall and Spring Meetings
• October and March
• Balanced approachtechnical aspects with
  andragogy principles
• Faculty Team Building

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Semester Checkpoints

• 1. New Instructors Secret Student
• 2. All Instructors Faculty Monitors
• 3. IDEA

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CheckPoint 1 New Instructors

• Secret Student
• Visits all new instructors classes
• Looks for clarity, rubrics and plan for course
• Report goes to Director of Online Education and
  then to new instructor
• New instructors must bring the class up to Drury
  University standards
• Follow up visit, if necessary

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Secret Student Report
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Secret Student Report
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CheckPoint 2 All Instructors

• Faculty Monitors
• Visit all online classes three times each
  semester
• Fill out report looking at feedback, clarity and
  organization
• Report goes to Director of Online Education who
  contacts all faculty regarding the report on
  their classes
• Online faculty take it very seriously

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Faculty Monitor Form
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CheckPoint 3 IDEA

• IDEA Individual Development and Evaluation
  Assessment (KSU)
• Reports sent to
• Director for Online Education
• Department Chairs/Faculty Coordinators
• Dean of CGCS (Permanent Records)
• Faculty

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IDEA Essential Objectives
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IDEA Comments
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Conclusions
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Conclusions

• Faculty care and are responsive about the quality
  of their courses as reflected in the monitor
  reports and IDEA evaluations.
• Put checkpoints as appropriate.
• Secret student acts as a conductor to excellence.
  Avoids derailment.

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Where it all comes together The Golden Spike

• Faculty Selection Training Checkpoints

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Q A
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Contact Information
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Drury University Contacts

• Gary Rader, PhD, Director for Online Education
• grader_at_drury.edu [phone]
• Leah Blakey, PhD, Assistant Professor and Faculty
  Coordinator
• lblakey_at_drury.edu [phone]
• Tessa Melancon, MA, Assistant Director for Online
  Education
• tessa_at_drury.edu [phone]
• Tiffany Adamson (Secret Student)

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