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Online Strategy Sub-Committee, Santa Fe Senate

Explore the need for quality and equivalency standards in online education, address integrity issues, and highlight survey results and committee recommendations. Detailed insights and proposals aim to improve integrity, equivalence, and quality in online courses.

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Online Strategy Sub-Committee, Santa Fe Senate

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  1. Online Strategy Sub-Committee,Santa Fe Senate Recommendations Prepared by: Randy Handel Brett Holbrook Harry Hooper Jodi Long Dave Price Linda Tyson Dave Yonutas

  2. Introduction • Charges • Examine the need for setting quality standards for online courses • Examine the need for setting equivalency standards for online and onsite courses. • Identify academic integrity issues relating to online courses.

  3. Agenda • Spring 2010 – began meeting • Spring 2011 – Equivalency Form endorsed by Senate • Spring 2012 – bi-weekly meetings to identify other issues • Incorporated SACS requirements • Designed faculty survey on online instruction • Conducted the survey – May 2012 • Recommendations to the Senate Executive Council – September 2012

  4. See the Survey Results • http://www.surveymonkey.com/sr.aspx?sm=f4m9HBIehLvOPh4Bj0tBzm6R1S3oiXg2FFn7CPKIswE_3d • Senate Web Page : OnLine Survey Results Approx. 50% of full time and 25% of part time faculty responded. It’s important!

  5. Extreme Views from the Survey • Perceptions: “What difference does this question make? Aren't we trying to gather objective data with this survey?” • Integrity: “I think this is a losing battle and should not even be engaged … We can't waste 90% of our effort defeating the 10-15% who want to just collect financial aid or get by with cheating. We should focus on the good ones.”

  6. The Current Situation • Integrity • Faculty identified serious concerns re online integrity • SACS and Federal aid require student identity be confirmed • Equivalence • Faculty identified a need to demonstrate equivalence. • SACS requires equivalence • Quality • Faculty requested more administrative support for training, preparing, and delivering online courses. • Perceptions • Faculty believe public and students consider online courses a “soft” option. • Faculty believe it’s easier to cheat online

  7. Survey Results Integrity • 52% believe academic dishonesty is greater online. (6% of faculty believe academic dishonesty is greater onsite!) • 70% want specific college-wide online dishonesty guidelines. • 80% want proctored assessment for part of the final grade. 7

  8. Committee Recommendation # 1 Academic Integrity “At least 20% of the grade in all online and onsite courses be based on work performed in a proctored environment.” • (includes proctored online tests • (include the use of qualified, remote testing centers. ) • (permit existing and new technological approaches to online proctoring.)

  9. Survey Results Equivalence • 73% of faculty want peer review of online courses • 70% of faculty want peer review of onsite courses • 77% of faculty want SF equivalence guidelines

  10. Survey Results Quality • 80% of faculty want LMS training. • 78% of faculty want online class design training. • 76% of faculty want online class delivery training. • Most faculty can identify one or more ways to improve online instructional quality. • 73% of faculty believe peer review of courses is a good idea.

  11. Committee Recommendation # 2 Equivalence & Quality “Documentedpeer and/or department chair reviews be completed for all online courses.” • (use committee equivalence form, library equivalence form, or other standardized documentation.) • (areas of equivalence to include learning outcomes, student workload, participation, grading standards, etc.) • (if lacking in equivalence or rigor, provide appropriate training in online course development and/or delivery)

  12. Survey Results Faculty Perception • Most students take online classes for “good” reasons. • 75% of faculty believe the public considers online classes are less rigorous or lack integrity compared to onsite classes.

  13. Committee Recommendation #3 Perception If recommendations #1 and #2 are passed: “The administration allocates public relations budgets to informing the public, students, and faculty that • SF acts to ensure the academic integrity of degrees and diplomas involving online courses. • SF monitors its online courses to ensure quality and to maintain equivalence between online and onsite courses.”

  14. The Result SF leadership in online education

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