Tracey A. Stuckey-Mickell - Poster presentation from Sloan-C Workshop on Blended Learning in Higher Education. The Moraine Valley College Center for Teaching & Learning is working to align its professional development opportunities to Community College Survey of Student Engagement Benchmarks. This poster describes the process and plans for evaluating the effort.

1. CCSSE and Technology:
A Framework for Student
Engagement
A poster presented by
Tracey A. Stuckey-Mickell
Center for Teaching & Learning
Moraine Valley Community College
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2. CCSSE Benchmarks
Active & Student-
Academic Support for
Collaborative Student Effort Faculty
Challenge Learners
Learning Interaction
These five benchmarks encompass 38 items
on the engagement survey instrument.
http://www.ccsse.org/
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3. Project Goals
Use technology to
help create and
support learner
engagement
•ICT
•Other tools
•Faculty development
•Staff development
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4. Our guiding question…
How could we use ICT to
support student engagement?
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5. Framework Development Process
Review
benchmarks &
items
Implement Analyze to
evaluation extract learning
plans activities
Pilot Brainstorm
workshops technologies
Create
Draft workshop
illustrative
modules
examples
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6. Sample Process
Illustrative Examples of technology-supported
activities
•Student uses a blog to share and discuss
reflections on course themes
•A small group creates a wiki containing an
annotated list of web resources about a course
topic
•Students use a Ning network to share resources
and communicate about final project
•Student-led study groups conduct an online chat
session to discuss topics on next test
•A small group uses freeonlinesurveys.com to
collect survey data from local business owners
•Students use text messaging to communicate in
class during a learning game
•Students use concept mapping software to create
an outline for an essay and presentation
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7. How do we encourage faculty &
staff to use these tools with students?
• Professional development workshops
– Give examples of uses
– Emphasize how technology can help
– Teach faculty/staff how to use
– Use tools with them
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8. Selected CTL Activities & Workshops
• Nontraditional Learning & Technology Blog
• Walk-in assistance (Creative Technology Lab)
• Online and Blended Workshops
– Internet Course Development Workshop
– Using Blackboard as a Supplement to F2F Instruction
• On-ground Workshops about Technology
– Internet Teaching/Learning Primer for Admins
– Using Your Podium to Its Potential
– YouTube in the Classroom
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9. Proposed New Workshops
• Encouraging Class Collaboration with Social
Networking Websites
• Enhancing Collaboration with Social
Bookmarking Tools
• Student Research with Online Survey Tools
• Supporting Online Student Study Groups
• ???
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10. Proposed Evaluation Plans
• Achievement of workshop learning outcomes
– Did participants learn what was intended?
• Participant feedback on workshop experience
– Perceived effectiveness of workshop
• Class/program-level data collection
– Did participants transfer new skills to the
classroom or work environment?
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11. Tools for Class-Level Evaluation
• CCSSE Course Feedback Form
• CCSSE Class Observation Form
Source: http://www.ccsse.org/publications/toolkit.cfm
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12. stuckeyt2@morainevalley.edu
Tracey Stuckey-Mickell
Director, Non-traditional Learning
Center for Teaching & Learning
Moraine Valley Community College
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13. References & Additional Info
Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE). (2008). 2008
Institutional Report: Benchmarks of Effective Educational Practice. Austin,
Texas: The University of Texas at Austin, Community College Leadership
Program.
CCSSE Website. http://www.ccsse.org
Moraine Valley Community College. http://www.morainevalley.edu
Moraine Valley Center for Teaching & Learning. http://www.morainevalley.edu/ctl
League for Innovation in the Community College. http://www.league.org/index.cfm
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