Online Education Annual Report Mike Fino | Dean, Math & Sciences Jim Julius | Faculty Director, Online Education November 16, 2017

Presentation Outline Key Terms Important Data Notable Accomplishments Online Education Plan Objectives Work In Progress

Vision MiraCosta’s Online Education leverages an increasingly rich array of teaching and learning resources, experiences, and environments. MiraCosta College will lead in providing effective and innovative Online Education as an integral means of equitable access and student success. Mission MiraCosta College embraces student-centered, engaging, and accessible Online Education that meets student needs, enhances the learning experience, and broadens access to superior educational opportunities and support services.

Key terms Distance Education (DE): instruction in which students and instructor are separate, but have regular substantive interaction through technology (Federal) DE Class: A class where over 50% of instructional class time occurs via Distance Education. (state/ACCJC) DE Program: A program where 50% or more of the required courses have been approved for offering as DE classes. (ACCJC)

Key terms 100% Online Class: The entire class may be completed online. (MiraCosta) Hybrid Class: Some instructional time occurs outside of the classroom. May be DE or non-DE. May be entirely online except exams. (MiraCosta) Online Education: an expansive term encompassing technologies, services, resources, programs, classes, and teaching/learning experiences that are mediated at least partially through the Internet. (MiraCosta)

DE Participation at MiraCosta 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 DE course sections 492 540 588 624 688 % of FTES from DE 17.2% 18.5% 20.0% 20.9% 22.9% Students taking at least one DE class 44.3% 46.6% 49.5% 49.8% 53.0% Students taking only DE classes 12.4% 14.5% 14.9% 16.6% 18.1% FTES: 1607 100% online, 645 DE hybrid = 2252 total DE (out of 9816 total) Unduplicated Headcount: 19265 total – 10204 unduplicated DE, 15774 unduplicated non-DE (3491 undup DE-only) Spring 2015 analysis of full-time (12+ unit students)- of 4250 students, a bit under 2000 were exclusively on-ground, around 130 were exclusively online, all others a mix of online/on-ground.

> 18% of enrollments from DE > 18,000 enrollments from DE Coastline Foothill MiraCosta Modesto Mt. San Jacinto Saddleback Santa Barbara SD Mesa SJ Delta Southwestern West LA 4 colleges 24 colleges MiraCosta’s DE success rate is 3rd of the 11 peer group colleges. MiraCosta’s DE retention rate is 9th of the 11 peer group colleges. based on 2016-17 credit enrollment data retrieved from Datamart

based on spring/fall credit data retrieved from Datamart Several years ago Mary Benard challenged departments to narrow the on-line/on-ground gap to under 5%. Have done that with retention. Historically these gaps are in the 8-12% range here, across CA, and nationwide. Retention rate gap in 2013/14: 7.5%, in 2014/15: 6.2%; in 2015/16: 4.4%; in 2016/17: 4.9% (DE improved .8% while non-DE improved 1.3%) MiraCosta DE retention is 80.3% (state: 82.5%). (non-DE MCC vs. state: 85.2% vs. 87.2%) based on spring/fall credit data retrieved from Datamart

based on spring/fall credit data retrieved from Datamart Success rate gap in 2013/14: 8.1%, in 2014/15: 7.8%; in 2015/16: 5.9%; in 2016/17: 7.8% – DE success increased .5% but non-DE success increased 2.3% MiraCosta DE success is 66.3% (state: 64.7%). (non-DE MCC vs. state: 74.1% vs. 72.1%) based on spring/fall credit data retrieved from Datamart

Notable Accomplishments, 2016-17 Canvas transition underway well with support from faculty Transition Team Creation of Guidelines for Departments: Preparation of Online Faculty Multiple grants supporting expansion of Open Educational Resource usage; development of Zero Textbook Cost courses and programs Continued Online Education Initiative participation 861/1544 credit courses in Canvas now (56%). Attendance at Canvas workshops in 2017: over 800 – various formats from in-person, live online, extended asynchronous online 150k across 3 grants. Cost savings to students related to one of those grants was $240k in 2015-16 Child Development department close to offering a Zero Textbook Cost certificate. Sociology department developing a ZTC AA degree in Sociology. Requires a full ZTC pathway across GE – we’ve identified many classes that support this but just this week Thao and I were excitedly reviewing ZTC classes listed now in SURF in compliance with SB 1359 About 10 of our teaching faculty and many of our counselors have participated to some extent in OEI-related activities – developing classes, participating in professional development, reviewing classes Course Exchange has been implemented with a subset of the 24 Consortium colleges; we are unique being on PeopleSoft and are a bit behind the second wave of colleges implementing the Exchange OEI provides us access to tools like Canvas, NetTutor, Cranium Café, (Proctorio, Plagiarism detection)

Online Ed Plan Objectives Establish online education programs within an integrated and comprehensive web-based environment. Enhance support and clarify procedures for faculty involved in online education. Engage students in effective supports for success in online education. Ensure online education at MiraCosta College is in compliance with external regulations. Continuing to work toward identifying programs that should be promoted to students as being available fully online – have worked with IR to find patterns of offerings that indicate this is possible across about 15 programs at present Canvas support, OER support, Online Class Quality Guidelines … sabbatical project to develop a DE Handbook and Certification resource Online tutoring, writing center, counseling/advising, Student Orientation to Online Learning – over 2000 students participated since it began in 2014; participant success in DE @ 72.8% vs. 64.7% for non-participants No DE-related issues for MiraCosta last fall; about half of all colleges in CA going through accreditation do get some sort of DE-related recommendation

Work in Progress Completing transition to Canvas Implementing OEI Course Exchange Continued support of OER and ZTC adoption in courses and programs, including ZTC designation in class schedule Ensuring online education is considered carefully in the implementation of Guided Pathways and the redesign of the student experience I am involved in GP coordination

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