4. Gender & Life Experience?
45%
1. Female, under 40 yrs
2. Female, 40+ years 26%
3. Male, under 40 yrs 16%
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6. #1
Online Courses and
Developmental Education
Data from Lake Superior College
2009-2010 academic year
7.
8. “Best Practices”
• NCDE Director, Dr. • During Q & A, he
Hunter Boylan was asked to share
• Keynote speech: examples of good
“Best Practices in practice in offering
Developmental developmental
Education.” courses via online
delivery.
10. He Continued
He went on to say that the
completion rates (or success rates)
in online developmental courses
“are abysmal. Way below the
rates for on-ground courses. ”
11. #1: Reality or Myth?
Developmental Courses Cannot
be Effectively Taught Online
22% 1.Reality
78% 2.Myth
12. Who Thinks This is True?
50 Less than 5 years
40 Male, under 40 yrs
33.33 5 years or more
18.18 Never taught online
14.29 Female, 40+ years
14.29 Male, 40+ years
13. Case Study – Lake Superior College
• Developmental Math Sequence – 3 courses
• First taught online during Fall 2002
• As of Spring 2010, a total of 91 online
sections have been taught.
• MATH 0450 Pre-Algebra
• MATH 0460 Algebra I
• MATH 0470 Algebra II
14. Case Study – Lake Superior College
• Developmental Writing Sequence – 2 courses
• First taught online during Spring 2004
• As of Spring 2010, a total of 23 online
sections have been taught.
• ENGL 0450 Writing I
• ENGL 0460 Writing II
15. Case Study – Lake Superior College
• Developmental Reading Sequence – 2 courses
• First taught online during Spring 2005
• As of Spring 2010, a total of 17 online
sections have been taught.
• READ 0460 Reading II
16. AY 2010 Student Completion Results
• 510 students enrolled in online sections
• 2,226 students enrolled in on-ground
sections
• Course withdrawal rates were identical
at 15.7% for both groups.
17. Grades Earned
30%
LSC Developmental Courses - 2009-2010
25%
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
A B C D F FN W
Online On-ground
18. Passing Grades in These Courses
Passing Grades in Developmental Courses
67.5%
70% 66.8%
65%
62.3%
60.4%
60%
55%
50%
C or better D or better
2009-2010 Online On-ground
19. AY 2010 Results
• More A’s were given in online courses:
– 25.1% online
– 21.3% on-ground
• More F’s were given in on-ground courses:
– 17.5% on-ground
– 16.8% online
• GPA in these courses:
– 2.37 for online
– 2.31 for on-ground.
20. My Retort
Completion rates (or success
rates) in online developmental
courses “are no more abysmal
than and NOT way below the rates
for on-ground courses. ”
28. Course Syllabus
• You MUST be online Tuesday
nights for live chat from 7:00 to
8:30.
“But I work
Tuesday nights. If I
can’t work, I can’t
afford to go to
school.”
31. Course Syllabus
• Exams are open Monday
nights from 7:00 to 9:00.
“But your exams
No Makeups!
don’t work on my
mobile phone – the
only way I can
connect on Monday
nights.”
40. PSOL Basics
There are 72 questions that comprise the PSOL.
Average completion time is 15 minutes.
26 Priorities statements (can add 10)
7 Information sources about school/program
11 Factors to enroll in the program
3 Overall satisfaction questions
14 Demographics questions (can add 1)
NOTE: questions are answered on a 7-point Likert scale, where 7 is high.
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72. Conflicting Cottage Industries
• “Digital Net-Gennials” are loosely defined
as being born from 1980 (or ‘82) to 2000.
• So, many of this “group” are between 25
and 30 years old.
• “Non-traditional” age students are
usually defined as being 25 years and
older.
84. #6: Reality or Myth?
Cheating is Rampant Among
Online Learners
41% 1.Reality
59% 2.Myth
85. Who Says Cheating is Rampant?
58.33 Female, 40+ years
54.55 Never taught online
50 Taught 1 or 2 courses
37.5 Male, 40+ years
33.33 Female, under 40 yrs
33.33 5 years or more
20 Male, under 40 yrs
90. #7: Reality or Myth?
Online Faculty Work Harder
72% 1.Reality
28% 2.Myth
91. Guess Who Agrees with This
83.33 Female, 40+ years
80 Male, under 40 yrs
78.57 5 years or more
66.67 Female, under 40 yrs
66.67 Never taught online
62.5 Male, 40+ years
60 Taught 1 or 2 courses
50 Less than 5 years
104. #10: Reality or Myth?
The human brain can multi-task.
34% 1.Reality
66% 2.Myth
105. Most Correct Answers?
100 Male, under 40 yrs
78.57 5 years or more
72.73 Female, 40+ years
66.67 Never taught online
62.5 Male, 40+ years
50 Less than 5 years
40 Taught 1 or 2 courses
106. WRONG!
Multi-tasking is a Myth
• Great Book
• Brain Rules,
by Dr. John
Medina
