Taking the Distance Out of Distance Education Mobile Outreach and Local Learning Centers (LLCs) for Student Success

Technology What We Think

What We Get

What We Realize

Aims  Show that the need exists for online classes at developmental levels  Determine students ability to succeed in an online course  Uncover the obstacles to their success  Detail specific strategies and activities that work to improve student success in an online course.

Observations  Increased need for online classes  More students taking online classes whose writing is at developmental levels

Statistics  Who are our students? Hawai‘i County has  a large rural population  higher poverty rates  lower achievement at the high school level  lower high school graduation rates  higher community college enrollment. Background

 Ability to get to the site—this can be navigation problems with the various browsers, etc., and can be having reliable equipment and Internet access. Problems

 Attendance and interaction are a problem. Just getting students to the site can be an issue, and once there, it is often difficult for them to maintain attendance and to interact consistently with other students and the instructor. Problems

 Group work is extremely difficult to organize for instructors, and for students to do. Problems

 Computer/tech knowledge is often lacking in students, even those who are using their smartphones for social media all the time. The two technologies do not seem to overlap, or at least the skill sets do not. Problems

 Use of tools, such as is very problematic. Most students do not check , and/or are not checking their UH mail, so any communication from the instructor is lost. Problems

 Student expectations for VC vs. instructor expectations Problems

 Students are un- or under- prepared in terms of writing skills, time management, and non-cognitive skills, such as persistence. Problems

Current Solutions and Strategies  Technology  Communication  Connection  Motivation  Persistence

Technology  Early identification of tech skills and intervention as needed

Technology  Counseling/Advising  MySuccess Early Alert  Tutorials  Laulima Help Laulima Help Laulima Help  Online Readiness Self- Assessment Online Readiness Self- Assessment Online Readiness Self- Assessment

Proposed Solutions and Strategies  Use the homepage for the syllabus with links to everything  Use a video with T talking rather than written communication wherever possible  Make sure the same information is in more than one place  Allow for social/personal time in VC  Push out daily reminders to Ss  Implement “role playing” (needs explanation)  Use multiple try “quizzes” as learning tool  Graded discussions that require multiple postings to T and other Ss.

Proposed Solutions and Strategies  Help Ss direct class to their personal  Mandatory Virtual F2F or other orientation to online classes for Ss / (Ts?)  Create a supportive open lab for all disciplines for Ss in VCs  Use YouTube and social media as much as possible

Two Hawai‘iCC Strategies. Rural Utilities Grant USDA USDA Promote expansion of online learning and skills training to outlying rural communities Promote expansion of online learning and skills training to outlying rural communities Specifically for hardware and telecommunication equipment. Specifically for hardware and telecommunication equipment. Awarded to increase instruction opportunities for Early College Awarded to increase instruction opportunities for Early College

Two Hawai‘iCC Strategies. Rural Utilities Grant Targeting communities in North Kohala, South Kona, Ka‘u, and Pahoa. Targeting communities in North Kohala, South Kona, Ka‘u, and Pahoa. WindwardCC is another awardee WindwardCC is another awardee Creating a potential multi- island hub with polycom. Creating a potential multi- island hub with polycom.

Two Hawai‘iCC Strategies. Community Mobile Learning Lab Mobile lab to support deployment of instruction and services. Mobile lab to support deployment of instruction and services. Partnership with other literacy organizations. Partnership with other literacy organizations. Partnership with Department of Health. Partnership with Department of Health. Projected cost of $300,000 Projected cost of $300,000 Identifying ways to fund. Identifying ways to fund.

Questions? Ideas? Anne Miller Learning Facilitator Hawai'i Community College office