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Distance Students Strike it Rich!

Montgomery College Germantown Campus. Distance Students Strike it Rich!. Presenters: Karen Roseberry Tom Price Anita Crawley. Webbed Advisors doing ………. WEB ADVISING. A tom price production. 5,400 Students. 14,000 Students. 5,500 Students.

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Distance Students Strike it Rich!

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  1. Montgomery CollegeGermantown Campus Distance Students Strike it Rich! • Presenters: • Karen Roseberry • Tom Price • Anita Crawley

  2. Webbed Advisors doing ………. WEB ADVISING A tom price production

  3. 5,400 Students 14,000 Students 5,500 Students BackgroundMontgomery College: Three Campus Community College + • Plus: • School of Art and Design • Off Campus Sites ….and 166 distant courses with 2,941enrollments.

  4. More Background Data…………………. • In Montgomery County the average adult has almost 4 years of college • Seventy-five percent of students transfer • Counselors and Cadre (instructional faculty) do most of the advising • Advisors: Full-time and Part-time

  5. In 2004, 4,379 MC Students transferred to 42 different States

  6. Advising Problem Outdated, Complicated, and Inaccessible Information • Original Objectives (1998 circa): • Distribute collegewide transfer information to both advisors and students • Provide Montgomery College information to the Germantown Campus

  7. Unlike Caesar’s Gaul, we initially divided the web world into two parts: MC Advising StuffTom Price Transfer Advising StuffAnne Schleicher

  8. Transfer Advising Stuff Links to other sites and to MC developed information

  9. Links to popular college websites and Information developed by Montgomery College (MC).

  10. Links Information

  11. Example of Information Developed by MC

  12. Sample syllabi Advising Worksheets Advisor Locator Montgomery College Advising Stuff

  13. Links to Advisor, Department, Transfer Information, and Specific Courses.

  14. Sample Syllabus

  15. Advising Worksheets

  16. Advising Worksheet for Biology

  17. AdvisorLocator

  18. Improvements Needed • Web Sites need to be more student friendly and understandable. • Presently written for the advisor and focus on what the advisor doesn’t want to or can’t remember. • Organization needs to be reviewed and duplication reduced. • Presently developed according to Larry the Cable Puller’s principle: “Get ‘er done!” • Instructional Departments need to post their own additional course information. • Presently most give the catalog description or nothing at all.

  19. ….and then Cyber Space Anita blew in from Illinois! …..and changed our world forever! Anne Tom

  20. The Three Part World AFTER ANITA! Anita Crawley’s Service for Distance Students MC Advising StuffTom Price Transfer Advising StuffAnne Schleicher

  21. Anita leads the way in WEBAdvising!From Information Delivery to Distance Interaction Online Student Companion

  22. Mentor – Tom

  23. WCET – The Scope

  24. CAS Standards for Distance Learners Institutions must provide: • appropriate student services for all students enrolled in Distance Education Programs  • a fully functioning program of student services • comparable quality to services provided to on-campus students

  25. Three Resources • Online Student Success Center • Online Companion: An Online Student’s Guide to Success • Online College Survival Course

  26. Online Student Success Center Getting into MyMCFinding Your Online CourseWebCT TutorialOnline Study SkillsTechnical SkillsResearch on the InternetAdvantages/Disadvantages of Online LearningStrategies for Online Success

  27. Online Companion: A Student’s Guide To Online Success • Purpose – retention and community • Delivered from WebCT course site • Enrollment – Students in all courses that use WebCT site – fully or partially online • Easy access to Distance Learning counselors and instructors as well as other online students (student to student)

  28. Online Companion - Tour Online Learning Getting Started Online Learning Success The Internet Communication Academic Support The Library Advising Modules Decision Making Goal Setting Educational Planning Transfer Planning Career Exploration Personal Barriers

  29. Sample Module - Tips for Online Success Online Study SkillsLearning StylesTechnical Skills

  30. Discussion Board Topics for each module Introductions Campus News Ask A Counselor Ask A Teacher Student Lounge Information about online degrees

  31. Example – Ask A Counselor Which degree is best for me? What courses remain? What transfer school is best?

  32. Online Companion Statistics • Currently 4267 accounts – students/faculty • First 2 weeks of fall semester • 200 discussion messages • 70 emails • Add spring and summer enrollments – then clear website for next fall

  33. What Are Students Talking About?

  34. Online College Survival Course OrientationCommunicationsEd PlanningLearning StylesTransferCollege LifeTime ManagementCareers

  35. Online Quizzes Open Internet Unlimited Retakes Self Assessment Automatically Scored

  36. Electronic Grade Book Students keep track of progress See own records only

  37. Assignment Drop Student submits assignment Instructor grades assignment Student retrieves feedback and grade ALL AT A DISTANCE

  38. Ideas for the Future • Create an online version of the group advising session that all new students are required to attend. • Develop an Online Career Center • Use an ePortfolio solution • Figure out a way to improve and maintain all that we’ve created

  39. Web Addresses • WCEThttp://www.wcet.info/ • Online Student Success Centerhttp://www.montgomerycollege.edu/Departments/studevgt/onlinsts/ • Online Companion & College Survival http://webct.montgomerycollege.edu/ WebCT ID and Password – guest_nb

  40. So who does the work? Add-on Release time New Personnel Review all job descriptions

  41. Sticky Wickets • Workload- do virtual services equal campus services? • Place- can this be done from anywhere? • Fear of the unknown • ADA compliance • Confidentiality and other legal issues • Getting away from organizational structure and THINK STUDENT

  42. What next? • E-mail for students • E-portfolio • More marketing of distance services • More coordination and evaluation

  43. How to get started • Identify the key players • Don’t be discouraged by false starts • Encourage all efforts • Get rid of territorialism • Piggyback onto distance learning • Cross campus/cross functional team to look at the whole

  44. 3 Wishes • Tom doesn’t retire • Anita and Anne x 2 • More time for everyone

  45. Contact Information tom.price@montgomerycollege.edu anita.crawley@montgomerycollege.edu karen.roseberry@montgomerycollege.edu

  46. Discussion • What is your college doing in the area of distance services? • Do you have any sticky wickets? How are they resolved?

  47. And somewhere over the rainbow….. ….everyone strikes it rich!

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