4. Online Courses and Developmental Education Data from Lake Superior College 2009-2010 academic year #1
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6. âBest Practicesâ NCDE Director, Dr. Hunter Boylan Keynote speech: âBest Practices in Developmental Education.â During Q & A, he was asked to share examples of good practice in offering developmental courses via online delivery.
8. He Continued He went on to say that the completion rates (or success rates) in online developmental courses âare abysmal. Way below the rates for on-ground courses. â
9. Case Study â Lake Superior College Developmental Math Sequence â 3 courses First taught online during Fall 2002 As of Spring 2010, a total of 91 online sections have been taught. MATH 0450 Pre-Algebra MATH 0460 Algebra I MATH 0470 Algebra II
10. Case Study â Lake Superior College Developmental Writing Sequence â 2 courses First taught online during Spring 2004 As of Spring 2010, a total of 23 online sections have been taught. ENGL 0450 Writing I ENGL 0460 Writing II
11. Case Study â Lake Superior College Developmental Reading Sequence â 2 courses First taught online during Spring 2005 As of Spring 2010, a total of 17 online sections have been taught. READ 0460 Reading II
12. AY 2010 Student Completion Results 510 students enrolled in online sections 2,226 students enrolled in on-ground sections Course withdrawal rates were identical at 15.7% for both groups.
15. AY 2010 Results More Aâs were given in online courses: 25.1% online 21.3% on-ground More Fâs were given in on-ground courses: 17.5% on-ground 16.8% online GPA in these courses: 2.37 for online 2.31 for on-ground.
16. My Retort Completion rates (or success rates) in online developmental courses âare no more abysmal than and NOT way below the rates for on-ground courses. â At least that is true for Lake Superior College
19. Through the use of rubrics and standards related to the quality of online courses (i.e. Quality Mattersâą), we are sufficiently addressing the questions about e-learning quality Reality Myth
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21. Learning Level Is Low Learning Assessment Teaching Level Is High Course Design Meets Standards QualityMattersÂź Performance Eval
22. Learning Level Is High Learning Assessment Teaching Level Is High Course Design Below Standard QualityMattersÂź Performance Eval
23. Learning Level Is Low Learning Assessment Teaching Level Is Low Course Design Meets Standards QualityMattersÂź Performance Eval
45. Conflicting Cottage Industries âDigital Net-Gennialsâ are loosely defined as being born from 1980 (or â82) to 2000. So, many of this âgroupâ are between 25 and 30 years old. âNon-traditionalâ age students are usually defined as being 25 years and older.
58. 59 PSOL Basics There are 72 questions that comprise the PSOL. Average completion time is 15 minutes. NOTE: questions are answered on a 7-point Likert scale, where 7 is high.