Fletcher Technical Community College

Teaching Statistics in a Blended Format Can it be done? Fletcher Technical Community College Teaching Statistics in a Blended Format Can it be done? Peggy L. Hohensee, M.Ed., M.S. Dean of Student Affairs

Fletcher Technical Community College About Fletcher 1948: Originally established as South Louisiana Trade School 1951: South Louisiana Trade School opened 1977: Name was changed to South Louisiana Vocational-Technical School 1990: South Louisiana Regional Technical Institute 1995: Louisiana Technical College – South Louisiana Campus 1999: Louisiana Technical College - L. E. Fletcher Campus 2003: L. E. Fletcher Technical Community College with approval by the Louisiana Board of Regents (BoR), the coordinating board for all public higher education Fletcher is governed by the Louisiana Community & Technical College System Board of Supervisors. 3

Fletcher Technical Community College About Fletcher established as in 1948 as a trade school located in Houma, Louisiana 4

Fletcher Technical Community College There’s land below New Orleans 5

Fletcher Technical Community College About Fletcher 2003 granted approval to transition to a technical community college Fall 2005, named fastest growing community college in the U.S., enrollment below 2500 6

Fletcher Technical Community College Strategies that work for Hybrid Rework the Syllabus: Software directions Visual directions Detailed schedule Student expectations Contact Information 7

Fletcher Technical Community College Strategies that work for Hybrid Software directions and/or PowerPoint Training 8

Fletcher Technical Community College Strategies that work for Hybrid Visual directions 9

Fletcher Technical Community College Strategies that work for Hybrid Detailed schedule 10

Fletcher Technical Community College Strategies that work for Hybrid Student Expectations textbook and software information attendance policy makeup policy students with disabilities 11

Fletcher Technical Community College Strategies that work for Hybrid Contact Information When Where How 12

Fletcher Technical Community College F-2-F vs. Hybrid Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE) Fletcher 2007 Cohort Use computers in academic work 50.3 % 40.9 % Use computing and information technology 34.3 % 25.5 % Would you recommend this college 96.6 % 94.2 % 13

Fletcher Technical Community College F-2-F vs. Hybrid Enrollment Information Fall 07 – Fall 08 Hybrid Stats Growth: 53.6% Institution Growth: 13.4% ** F-2-F class is available if students prefer 14

Fletcher Technical Community College F-2-F vs. Hybrid Classroom availability Faculty time Student time 15

Fletcher Technical Community College F-2-F vs. Hybrid Professional Development Train Fletcher faculty in providing quality online course instruction. Phase one: Blackboard Training Phase two: 6 half-day face-2-face sessions 16

Fletcher Technical Community College F-2-F vs. Hybrid Course Documents PowerPoint Presentations Matching Handouts Calculator Supplements 17

Fletcher Technical Community College F-2-F vs. Hybrid Typical Lesson Group activity introduction PowerPoint guided lessons (different from handout) 18

Fletcher Technical Community College F-2-F vs. Hybrid Computer Lessons Instruct Practice Certify Webtest 19

Fletcher Technical Community College F-2-F vs. Hybrid Instruct 20

Fletcher Technical Community College F-2-F vs. Hybrid Instruct Self-pacing or guided lessons 21

Fletcher Technical Community College F-2-F vs. Hybrid Practice 22

Fletcher Technical Community College F-2-F vs. Hybrid Certify Tutor button gone, etc. 23

Fletcher Technical Community College F-2-F vs. Hybrid Webtest 24

Fletcher Technical Community College F-2-F vs. Hybrid Student Performance Fall 06 Fall 07 A 24 % 29.6 % B 24 % 29.6 % C 28 % 18.5 % D 8 % 14.8 % F 4 % 7.4 % W 12 % 0 % Mean 80.7 % 78.83 % Complete 76 % 77.7 % 25

Textbook Options (not a complete list) Fletcher Technical Community College Textbook Options (not a complete list) * Beginning Statistics – Warren, Denley, and Atchley with Hawkes Learning Systems Understandable Statistics – Brace and Brace with HM MathSpace Elementary Statistics – Bluman with NetTutor * Book adopted by Fletcher 26

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Fletcher Technical Community College For more information: Presentation uploaded www.ftcc.edu Peggy Hohensee: phohensee@ftcc.edu 28