Increasing Student Success with Pre-enrollment and Self-registration Prep Courses
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Presenter: Dave Kell, New Brunswick Community College At Holland College in Charlottetown, PEI on May 31, 2019. D2L Connection: Atlantic Provinces is your opportunity to connect with peers and D2L staff, exchange product feedback, share effective practices, and network with other Learning Professionals.
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Increasing Student Success with Pre-enrollment and Self-registration Prep Courses
- 1. Increasing Student Success with Pre-enrollment and Self- registration Prep Courses Dave Kell – Dean, Technology Adoption & Learning Innovation dave.kell@nbcc.ca @dmskell
- 2. • 6 campus locations across New Brunswick (including one corporate office). • 4,500 regular, and 10,000+ continuing education students. • 750 full-time and 80 part-time instructors. • NBCC offers over 90 regular programs across 18 sectors.
- 3. The Challenge • Many students in struggle with math in our programs. • Our math courses are know to have high failure rates. • They come unprepared and lack the prerequisite skills.
- 4. The Plan • Contact incoming students and encourage them to assess their current math skill level. • Offer remedial content and exercises which they can use to review and improve. • Students will gain insight into not only their current skill, but also on the skills critical to the success in their program.
- 5. Engineering Building – Saint John, N.B.
- 6. The Plan • Pilot students will be from the Engineering and Trades programs. • Brightspace – 99 students assigned (52 from Eng., 47 from Trades) • Vretta – 97 students assigned (48 from Eng., 49 from Trades)
- 7. The Goal • Increase retention rates. • Reduce failure rates.
- 8. Pilot Platforms • Brightspace – Supported in-house, existing, no additional cost. • Vretta – 3rd party platform, SAS, specifically designed for math remediation, additional cost.
- 9. 29% 71% VRETTA (ENGINEERING) Participated Did Not Participate 55% 45% BRIGHTSPACE (ENGINEERING) Participated Did Not Participate 30% 70% VRETTA (TRADES) Participated Did Not Participate 52% 48% BRIGHTSPACE (TRADES) Participated Did Not Participate
- 10. 48 35 31 21 8 5 27 11 2 4 2 4 8 6 7 4 2 2 4 Vretta Engineering Math Vretta Math Trades Math Brightspace Engineering Math Brightspace Trades Math Participation Level Completed Summative Test. Finished Diagnostic, and some upgrading. Did not complete Summative. Finished Diagnostic Only. Logged in, but didn't complete any sections. Did Not Participate.
- 11. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% ENG - Diagnostic Scores Vretta Eng'g Math Diagnostic Brightspace Eng'g Math Diagnostic
- 12. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% TRADES - Diagnostic Scores Vretta Trades Math Diagnostic Brigthspace Trades Math Pre Assessment
- 13. Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Brightspace Engineering 3 14 4 9 6 3 1 Trades 2 5 5 8 10 2 Vretta Engineering 18 2 Trades 15 Continued Use – access after program began
- 14. Survey of Students - Brightspace Yes No 1 Poor 2 3 4 5 Very Good Do you recall receiving email invitation? 44 20 Did you have log in problems? 1 33 Clarity of log in instructions: 1 7 16 9 Value of Primer as a preparatory tool: 2 6 11 11 Value of Primer as resource: 4 1 13 4 5 Would you recommend to incoming students? 29 1 If you were concerned about math skill did this increase your confidence? 16 1
- 15. Survey of Students - Vretta Yes No 1 2 3 4 5 Do you recall receiving email invitation? 46 24 Did you have log in problems? 4 35 Clarity of log in instructions: 1 8 12 18 Value of Primer as a preparatory tool: 1 2 9 8 14 Value of Primer as resource: 7 5 8 6 11 Would you recommend to incoming students? 32 3 If you were concerned about math skill did this increase your confidence? 29 14
- 16. Trades – Grade Impact • For those who participated, their collective Math mark average slightly exceeded their collective average mark in the term (0.5%). • For those who did not participate, their Math marks showed no distinction from their program marks (0.1%). 82.5 83 83.5 84 84.5 85 85.5 Participated Average Math Mark Participated Average Program Mark Did Not Participate Average Math Mark Did Not Participate Average Program Mark
- 17. ENG – Grade Impact • Note: Engineering Math marks generally lower than average program marks overall. • For those who participated, their collective Math mark average was 3.5% below their collective average mark in the term. • For those who did not participate, their Math marks we 12.4% below their collective average mark in the term. 55.0 57.0 59.0 61.0 63.0 65.0 67.0 69.0 71.0 73.0 75.0 Participated Average Math Mark Participated Average Program Mark Did Not Participate Average Math Mark Did Not Participate Average Program Mark
- 18. The Results • There appears to be a correlation between students that participate in the pilot, and an improvement in their math grades. • The correlation appears to be strong in the Engineering programs. • The resource was seen as a positive benefit to participants. • Students in the Brightspace pilot tended to continue to access the resources in the pilot.
- 19. The Future • Fully adopt the program using the Brightspace platform. • Offer the Math Skills Assessment as a resource to all NBCC Students through the Brightspace “Self- Registration” tool. • Expand the types of learning resources offered through the self- registration tool (e.g. common entry- skills, core skills, etc.)