Sloan-C ALN 2012 panel presentation October 11, 2012 Orlando, Florida http://sloanconsortium.org/conference/2012/aln/suny-blend-supporting-student-success-nglc-project-report "SUNYBlend" uses a number of interventions &approaches to support at-risk student success including blended instruction, learning concierges, social networking, &a focus on developing student self-regulation.

1. SUNY
SUNY SLN Catch-up and Complete Enhanced Blended Learning Initiative
Supporting Student Success - an NGLC Project Report
BLEND

8. relevant
engaging
less $$$
convenient
flexible
supportive
social
enhanced

9. SUNY
SUNY SLN Catch-up and Complete Enhanced Blended Learning Initiative
BLEND

11. SUNY
BLEND
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12. • intent
• realization
• quasi-experiment
• independent variables
• dependent variables

13. Herkimer County Community
College

14. HCCC Students…
• 5% single parent
• 46% work full or part time
• 60% female
• 65% plan to transfer
• 59% take at least 1 online course
• 30 yrs. - Average age of online only students
• 19 yrs. - Average age of campus only students

15. HCCC Internet Academy…
• …has offered totally online 2-year Associate
Degree programs since 1999.
• …currently offers eighteen 2-year
degree programs totally online.
• …offers three 1-year certificates totally online.
– Medical Coding is a 1-year certificate that is
only available online.
• 75% of HCCC’s full-time faculty teach 1 or more
online courses.

16. Blended Programs & Courses
• HCCC offers a total of forty 2-year Associate
Degree programs. All of them can be completed at
least partially online- so they can all be considered
“blended programs.”
• However, HCCC has not been aggressive in
offering blended courses. The NGLC grant has
provided us the opportunity to blend every course
required for the Business
Admin-­‐
AAS
degree
program.

17. NGLC Grant Benefits to HCCC
• Professional Development:
– 12 seasoned online instructors are developing 16
new blended courses.
• 2-day workshop with Tanya Joosten
• 1-day workshop with Tracy Sleep
• 1-day workshop with Alejandra Pickett
• New Student Service Resources
– Starfish
– SmarThinking
– SUNY SLN Commons / Social Network
– Open Course Library / other digital resources

18. Benefits continued…
• Blended Program: Business Administration AAS
– All required courses and Developmental Math.
– Of great benefit to working students, students living off campus,
and students who do not benefit from totally online courses.
• Collaboration with other institutions:
– SUNY Albany
– SUNY Learning Network
– Finger Lakes Community College
• A research project on campus adds to a collegiate
atmosphere
– Faculty and student awareness.
– Contribution to the knowledge collective.

19. Finger Lakes Community
College

20. FLCC Data
• 5100 FTE
• 600 online FTE (66% female)
• 64% plan to transfer
• 41% take at least 1 online course
• Web Enhanced courses – 750
• Online Online Courses – 184
• Hybrid- 8

21. FLCC Students - Modality
• Increase in Developmental Math students
• Decrease in student time
• Online Learning – about 15% of FTE and
probably not the best for these students.
• Hybrid Courses –
– Preferred modality over online and face to face
– Lack of clear understanding of what hybrid
truly is.

22. Historical Hybrid Data
• “How about a Hybrid” campaign
• Historically unsuccessful
– Student confusion
– Demographically Challenged
– Lack of Hybrid training
– Lack of Hybrid best practices

23. Grant focus and development
• Faculty training and collaboration
– Dr. Trista Merrill, English
• Student Support
– Maureen Owens, Student Concierge

24. Share
with
Friends!
NGLC Project wiki:
http://wiki.sln.suny.edu/x/UQOP
SLN Online Student Commons: Student success materials:
http://nglc.sln.suny.edu/ http://bit.ly/nglcsuccess

25. Questions?
alexandra.pickett@suny.edu
pshea@albany.edu
pelzwe@herkimer.edu
duganls@flcc.edu
SUNY Blend: Supporting Student Success merriltm@flcc.edu