1. UPDATE
June 2017

2. ETOM Retreat Agenda Online Enrollments SARA
MCO OER Repository Initiative
Collaborative Programs
Help Desk Project
Collaborative Purchases

7. Online Enrollments What is the cause of flat enrollment growth rates?
What are some strategies to move the needle with online enrollment?

8. SARA

9. SARA Bay College Jackson College Kalamazoo Valley Community College
Kellogg Community college
Lake Michigan College
Lansing Community College
Muskegon Community College
Northwestern Michigan College
Schoolcraft College
Washtenaw Community College

10. SARA

12. MCO OER Repository Initiative
Goals of the Initiative
Improving student success and completion
Lowering costs for students
Increasing inter-institutional faculty collaboration
Steering Committee
Faculty, Instructional Designers, DE Administrators, Librarians

14. Repository Activity

15. MCO Repository Progress
OER Usage
Fall 2018
14 colleges – 120 courses
$1,523,200 estimated savings for students
Winter/Spring 2017
14 colleges – 118 courses
$1,197,000 estimated savings for students
Faculty Grants – stipends to assist with OER usage
Adoption Projects – 4 grants
Adaption Projects – 5 grants
Development Projects – 3 grants
MI OER Summit – September 22, 2017
Hosted by Kellogg Community College
Call for proposals – open to June 23, 2017

17. Collaborative Programs
MRI Technologist Program
Kellogg Community College
Lake Michigan Community College
Mid-Michigan Community College
Grand Rapids Community College
Lansing Community College
Grand Valley State University
Program received JRCERT accreditation

18. Collaborative Programs
New colleges joining
Bay College
Gogebic Community College
North Central Michigan College
Alpena Community College
St. Clair County Community College
New programs added next year
Computed Tomography (CT) Technician – certificate program
Electroencephalogram (EEG) Technician – certificate program with the option to complete an Associate degree.

19. Help Desk Initiative
Extends the capacity of existing help desk services to 24/7 model
Kirtland
KVCC
LMC
NCMC
Mott
Contract open for other colleges to join – deadline is June 23, 2017

20. Collaborative Purchases
NetTutor – US based online tutoring service for all students.
TechSmith – Michigan based company offering digital curriculum development tools. Collaborative discounts provide all faculty and students with licenses at reduced costs close to 50% of standard pricing.
ZOOM – US-based web conferencing service. MCO has negotiated a savings of nearly 90% off standard pricing.
ReadSpeaker – A text- to-speech technology. MCO contract statewide purchase based on FTE – members will see close to 40% reduction.

21. MCO Marketing Link to MCO on the colleges’ DE site MCO rack cards
Advisor’s Guide to the MCO
60 second testimonials – for campus TV networks
Video
Slides

22. Questions?