Presented by Steve Rheinschmidt and Ann Jenkins on behalf of the Iowa Community College Online Consortium.

1. Steve Rheinschmidt and Ann Jenkins
Iowa Community College Online Consortium
Using Information at Hand to Increase Student Retention

2. The Iowa Community College Online Consortium …since 1999

3. Online Demographics – Spring 2012
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Online Student Enrollments: 23,162
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Unique Online Students: 11,703
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Unique Course Titles: 373
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Online Course Sections: 1,058
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Online Instructors: 492
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Annual Online Student Enrollment: 57,223
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Annual Blended Enrollment: 61,041
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Annual Total Enrollment: 118,264

5. Operational Definitions
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Student Completion, completer
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Census
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Student Success
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At-Risk Student
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eCollege
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Next Generation Learning Challenges (NGLC)
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Enterprise Reporting (ER)
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Program Intelligence Manager (PIM)

6. Completion & Success Results
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At-risk Student Completion
Improvement: 77% to 84%
All Students: 88%
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At-risk Student Success
Increase from 57% to 68%
All Students: 74%

8. Student Activity: Hours
First Week of Class
Average Activity Hours
Completers 3.1 hours
Non-completers 1.3 hours

9. Student Activity: Log-ins
First Week of Class
Average Days Logged In
Completers 3.1 days
Non-completers 1.7 days

10. Executive Summary
Changed how we provide instructor training
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Instructor activity in discussions, grade book and other interactive elements has a positive impact on course completion rates.
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Excess faculty activity in email is correlated to low course completion rates.
Student Services Manager
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Personal Interventions
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Compiling and Dissemination of Data

11. Enterprise Reporting
Student Activity Report
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Course first login date
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Course last login date
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Activity minutes
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Activity submission count
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Course points earned
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Course points possible to date
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Course average to date

13. At-Risk Reporting Form
Easy and efficient faculty tool

14. At-risk Student Completion
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Improvement 77% to 82%
At-risk Student Success
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Increase from 57% to 68%
Next Focus

15. We Did The Math…
Census Online Student Enrollments
23,162
% of Start Enrollments at Risk
20%
At Risk Enrollments
4,632
Original Completion Rate of At Risk Enrollments
77%
Original Number of Completers
3,567
Improved Completion Rate of At Risk Enrollments
82%
Improved Number of Completers
3,798
Increase in Completers
231
Online Class Tuition
$450
Improved Revenue (semester)
$103,950
What courses have low student success rates?

16. At-risk Success Gatekeeper Courses
At-risk Student Success:
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All Courses: 68%
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Math for Liberal Arts: 56%
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College Algebra: 52%
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College Composition I: 70% Average: All Students: 74%
50%
31%
55%

17. Three Gatekeeper Courses
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Math for Liberal Arts, College Algebra, College Composition
Develop Faculty Dashboard
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Last Login Date
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Last Submission
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Number of Activity Submissions
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Grade to Date

18. Faculty Dashboard

19. Automated and Timely Data
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Integration of systems
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Retention alert
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Daily data
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Central case management

20. “The effectiveness of early intervention, is that it’s early.”
Vince Tinto

21. A Look at the Future

23. Questions?