This document provides an audit of the proposed online communication degree program at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS). It summarizes background research on online degrees, health effects of social belonging in college, current enrollment trends, and a comparison of similar programs at other universities. The audit finds that while UCCS's proposed online program has potential, there are issues around interdepartmental communication, marketing, and requiring an in-person public speaking course to be classified as a fully online degree. It recommends improving coordination between departments, developing an online public speaking course, and creating measures to evaluate the program's success.
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This is the fifth edition of the guide compiled by the University Library. The main changes that have been made to this edition are:
- Additional examples have been added for certain document types
- Double quotation marks are recommended to assist students when they run their work through Turnitin (Technology to Improve Student Writing)
- Some guidance has been provided for music resources
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Sustainability and Carbon Footprint in ICL- interview from ICL global magazin...Roy Weidberg
Interview with myself and Mr. Tzachi Mor regarding our work on corporate responsibility, environmental improvement and the struggle against climate change, in the ICL organization. Published in ICL's global semi-annual magazine, "Many people- One ICL", January 2016 (published and sent to all 14,500 ICL employees around the world, in 7 different languages).
This is the fifth edition of the guide compiled by the University Library. The main changes that have been made to this edition are:
- Additional examples have been added for certain document types
- Double quotation marks are recommended to assist students when they run their work through Turnitin (Technology to Improve Student Writing)
- Some guidance has been provided for music resources
The sources quoted in this guide have been compiled and shown in red for the purposes of illustration only. Any similarity with published work is coincidental. In-text referencing examples are included for additional help
where appropriate.
This guide has been compiled with reference to a number of British Standards. The most recent being BS ISO 690:2010 Information and documentation - guidelines for bibliographic references and citations to information resources. The layout has been informed by Harvard style conventions currently being followed in UK Universities.
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● Public Speaking must be taken in person at UCCS or at any accredited institution of
higher learning with the credit being transferred to UCCS until an online public speaking
course has been developed.
● Fully online comm degree (main point)
○ Public speaking must be in class for online degree (ppcc has online)
○ General ed holding comm degree up
● Want to target new vast audience
● UCCS Connect has no verbiage
Literature Review
While the knowledge and existence of online degrees is still relatively new, there is much
in the way of studies and aspects in regard to the topic that must be considered when developing
an online degree. These aspects are detailed below as follows:
1. The effects of belonging and having physical human interaction in an environment of
higher education, in both a psychological and physiological sense, coming to show that
having sense of belonging is beneficial to students on multiple levels.
2. General trends of the current environment for online degrees in higher education. Aspects
like enrollment rates and prospective employer perspectives are analyzed.
3. Comparative research between several competing universities with similar programs,
with regard to pricing, student opinion, and more.
4. Current status of UCCS in terms of university assets and general ranking, to be
considered for the sake of developing a competitive edge among other online universities.
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Tutorial/entry course
Auditing Instrument
FacultyEnrollment Ratio
Entry Survey
Department Unity
A major first step the school and communication department needs to make to roll out the
this online degree is to get everyone involved on the same page and sharing the knowledge that
is currently known. While getting everyone on the same page share the working plan and who is
working on what so that questions that do present themselves can be answered or directed
towards that person who is working on the portion of the degree. Communication is essential for
a communication degree and understand what stage the program is in and where it is headed.
Having a plan going forward into fall of 2016 with the rolling out of the online degree and
making sure that everyone included in the future of this program is as informed as possible to
help current and potential students make informed decisions between choosing an online or on
campus degree.
Public Speaking Requirement
Based on current timelines and set goals for the release of this program, the current
standard of requiring a public speaking course be taken in person at an accredited university will
likely have to remain. However, with the large threat of potentially causing great inconvenience
to students who may be living in a rural or lessaccessible area, we recommend that development
on an adapted online course begin, to implement into the degree later on.
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Appendix
1. Entry Survey
Possible Survey Monkey Questions
1. How old are you? 1721 , 2225 26+
2. Gender: Male Female
3. How far from the campus do you live? 01 miles, 13 miles, 36 miles, 610 miles, 10+
4. What is your current degree: General Communication Organizational & Strategic
Communication Leadership Communication Media Studies Digital Filmmaking & Media
Arts
5. Have you taken an online course? If no, skip to question 8.
6. How many online classes have you taken?
7. Would you recommend online classes to other students? Scale 15 (five highest)
8. Rate your interest in an online degree program? 15 scale (five highest)
9. Would you recommend an online degree program to other students? Scale 15 (five highest)
10. Estimate your comfort level using a computer to learn and participate in a course[JT5] ? Scale
15 (five highest)
11. Estimate your comfort level with [JT6] corresponding and discussing coursework online with
your instructor and fellow students? Scale 15 (five highest)
12. What made you decide ([JT7] or would make you decide) to take a course online over
inperson? Scale 15 (five highest)
13. Would you change your current Comm degree to an Online Comm Degree if it was
available? Scale 15 (five highest)
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