Jeff Getchell, Director, eLearning Services Del Mar College Corpus Christi, Texas PT-ID: Faculty Mentoring and a Whole Lot More

Jeff Getchell, Director, eLearning Services

Del Mar College

Corpus Christi, Texas

Agenda Introduction Program background Responsibilities Past projects Reactions Future direction

Introduction

Program background

Responsibilities

Past projects

Reactions

Future direction

Del Mar College ~12,000 per full term Distance learning in 1985 Web-based courses in 1998 Web-based programs in 2003 Positive enrollment trend Institution background

Del Mar College ~12,000 per full term

Distance learning in 1985

Web-based courses in 1998

Web-based programs in 2003

Positive enrollment trend

Web-based course growth

Web-based course growth

Limited funding for new positions Limited funding for DL support expansion Alternatives? Grant-based Expansion of in-house support Determination of need

Limited funding for new positions

Limited funding for DL support expansion

Alternatives?

Grant-based

Expansion of in-house support

Part-time instructional designers Current online faculty veterans One-course overload One term limit (may reapply next term) Other team members include eLearning director, learning technologist, library technologist PT-ID: What is it?

Part-time instructional designers

Current online faculty veterans

One-course overload

One term limit (may reapply next term)

Other team members include eLearning director, learning technologist, library technologist

Instructional design (30%) Course reviews (40%) Mentoring (5%) Development (15%) Tutorials Orientations Sounding board (10%) PT-ID: What they do

Instructional design (30%)

Course reviews (40%)

Mentoring (5%)

Development (15%)

Tutorials

Orientations

Sounding board (10%)

Online course reviews Use modified Quality Matters rubric Collaboration of PT-ID and instructor/designer PT-ID: What they do

Online course reviews

Use modified Quality Matters rubric

Collaboration of PT-ID and instructor/designer

Experiment with learning technologies Video conferencing (Sony IVE) Web-based conferencing (Elluminate) Audio e-mail (YackPack) Podcasting ( Discussions in DL ) PT-ID: What they do

Experiment with learning technologies

Video conferencing (Sony IVE)

Web-based conferencing (Elluminate)

Audio e-mail (YackPack)

Podcasting ( Discussions in DL )

Past activities Instructional design assistance Modification of the Quality Matters rubric Discussions in Distance Learning podcast Learning Technology Fair: WebCT courses Open course initiative

Instructional design assistance

Modification of the Quality Matters rubric

Discussions in Distance Learning podcast

Learning Technology Fair: WebCT courses

Open course initiative

E-mail sent to all faculty announcing application process E-mail explains program and expectations Applicants log in to SurveyMonkey.com and complete app. eL director reviews apps and does telephone interviews with those qualified Successful candidates screened by VPI to ensure qualified (course load, full-time, etc) Application process

E-mail sent to all faculty announcing application process

E-mail explains program and expectations

Applicants log in to SurveyMonkey.com and complete app.

eL director reviews apps and does telephone interviews with those qualified

Successful candidates screened by VPI to ensure qualified (course load, full-time, etc)

PT:ID Application process using www.surveymonkey.com

PT:ID Application process using www.surveymonkey.com

Faculty reactions Instructional design assistance: beneficial Course reviews: little reaction Learning technologies: beneficial

Instructional design assistance: beneficial

Course reviews: little reaction

Learning technologies: beneficial

Future directions More emphasis on course reviews More emphasis on technology reviews More emphasis on use of technology Less emphasis on f-2-f meetings Less emphasis on

More emphasis on course reviews

More emphasis on technology reviews

More emphasis on use of technology

Less emphasis on f-2-f meetings

Less emphasis on

Getting started Discuss with VPI/Provost Ensure sufficient interest online faculty Sketch out procedures beforehand Develop application process

Discuss with VPI/Provost

Ensure sufficient interest online faculty

Sketch out procedures beforehand

Develop application process

Jeff Getchell 361-698-1980 [email_address] Presentation materials: http://www.delmar.edu/distancelearning/ptid_presentation.pps