SFSU Spring 2011

1. Instructional Strategies for Reducing College Student Loan Debt Chris Lee May 2011

4. Organization Analysis Design Development Implementation Evaluation

5. Analysis

6. Students Taking on More Debt Average student loan debt at graduation up 48% since 2001

7. Look! Here’s One Culprit. 86-97% of attendees of private, for-profit schools borrow to pay their tuition

8. Performance Gaps

9. Design

10. Instructional Goals Demonstrate knowledge of the several types of financial aid (Needs-based, merit-based, and the individual award types: scholarships, grants, loans, work study) After learning about the typical aid and tuition policies of private non-profit, private for-profit and public colleges, calculate the total cost of attendance (COA) of the different types of colleges Identify “bargain” colleges Estimate whether eligible for needs-based aid Calculate college borrowing recommended ceiling

11. Development

12. Hierarchical Goal Analysis

13. Delivery & Media Why the web? Must be accessible by students outside of school Availability of existing instructional material already on the web Web-based research is an important part of the performance context for selecting colleges Will use some video, some text

14. Website Organization

15. Assessment Intermission! Drop a new block for Each question you get right.

16. Drag each of the items below left to the correct definition on the right. Work Study Student Loan Grant “Free Money” Money you must pay back Money you get by working Questions Presented On-screen One-by-one Type answer here Which Type of aid is most popular? True or False: If you declare bankruptcy, it’s up to a judge whether you must repay student loans. T F These questions tie to learning objectives shown in table 5. T F True or False: Virtually every student is eligible for Some kind of federal student aid. What do you call aid you get because of good grades? Needs- Merit- Based Based What do you call aid you get because of financial hardship? Needs- Merit- Based Based

17. Development

18. Implementation

19. Evaluation Formative One-on-one evaluation Targeted field trial Summative Expert judgment phase --Congruence, content, design, feasibility Field Trial --Kirkpatrick

21. Thanks!