This document summarizes LaGrange College's online learning program from 2012 to the present and future plans. It discusses how the program started with a partnership with Learning House in 2012 and has since grown to include 11 online courses in fall 2014. Statistics show increasing student enrollment and seats filled in online courses each term. The document also notes that online learning has potential benefits for recruitment and retention, and that DFW rates for online courses dropped and narrowed the gap with face-to-face courses. It concludes by outlining future plans to expand online course offerings and launch an online RN to BSN program in 2015.

1. Online Learning at
LaGrange College
August 2014

2. Takeaway
• Where we’ve been…
• Where we’re at…
• Where we’re going…

3. Summer/Fall 2012
• June –Contract with Learning House signed.
• October – Board of Trustees resolution issued
• LH Representatives on Campus

4. 2013
• Spring – First class offered under LH guidance
• Summer – First term with multiple online courses
• Students from Florida, South Carolina, and Michigan
• One student took a course from Chile
• Survey results for online courses
• July – Moodle Campus
• Fall – Eight online courses
• Accepted into SECRRA (reciprocity agreement with 15 states)
• Survey issued for Summer 2014 online courses
• LH Moodle Tutorials on Campus

5. 2014
• Spring
• Eight online courses
• Alabama joined the SECCRA
• Received authorization from Illinois
• Designed/approved courses that enable our students to succeed in online courses
• Summer
• Eleven online courses
• Negotiating a flat rate that reduces LH fees by approximately 40%
• Fall
• Eleven online courses
• Two graduate level courses

6. Statistics
Term Students Seats Courses
Summer 2013 105 (175, 60.0%) 182 (54.7%) 7
Fall 2013 168 (19.6%) 198 8
Spring 2014 177 (22.4%) 210 8
Summer 2014* 139 (226, 61.5%) 196 11
Fall 2014 (Tentative) 173 214 11
2011 2012 2013 2014
26 61 36 37
Numbers of students, seats filled, and courses by term.
*112 (49.6%) of all Summer 2014 students were only online.
Number of transient credit requests during summer terms.

7. More Statistics
• 18 LaGrange College faculty have taught online/highly hybrid courses
(2 Adjunct Faculty)
• 47% of CIRP-surveyed students cited online learning as at least
‘somewhat motivating’ for choosing LaGrange College. (recruitment)
• Spring 2014 - DFW rates were 3.1% higher for online courses than
face-to-face (FTF) courses.(retention)
• From Fall 2013 to Spring 2014 (retention)
• Online withdrawal rates dropped by 4.15%
• Withdrawal rate margin falls from 6.5% to 2.3% between online and FTF
courses.
• Contributors: educator experience, college culture

8. Future of Online Learning at LaGrange College
• January 2015 - First Online January Term Course
• August 2015 – Online RN to BSN program launch
• A program with great potential for LaGrange College
• Several pieces to put into place (additional, regular Core courses)
• June 2016 – Take off the training wheels
• Support
• Pedagogy
• Technology

9. Conclusion
• Student and faculty participation in online learning is increasing
• Online learning can be used as recruitment and retention
• We have big plans for how online learning fits with LaGrange College
“By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.”
-Benjamin Franklin