1. Online Education Annual Report
Jim Julius | Faculty Director, Online Education
November 15, 2018

2. Presentation Outline Key Terms Important Data Notable Accomplishments
Work In Progress

3. 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.

4. 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)

5. 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)

6. DE Participation at MiraCosta
DE course sections
531
580
613
662
694
% of FTES from DE
18.5%
20.0%
20.9%
22.9%
23.7%
Students taking at least one DE class
46.6%
49.5%
49.8%
53.0%
54.1%
Students taking only DE classes
14.5%
14.9%
16.6%
18.1%
2018
Undup headcount: total – undup DE, undup non-DE (3550 undup DE-only)
FTES: DE ( ) out of total
2017
FTES: % online, 645 DE hybrid = 2252 total DE (out of 9816 total)
Unduplicated Headcount: total – unduplicated DE, 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.
Source: MiraCosta Data Dashboards

7. > 20% of enrollments from DE > 20,000 enrollments from DE
Canyons
Coastline
Foothill
MiraCosta
Modesto
Mt. San Jacinto
Saddleback
SD Mesa
SJ Delta
West LA
3 colleges
25 colleges
MiraCosta’s DE success rate is 4th of the 10 peer group colleges.
MiraCosta’s DE retention rate is 10th of the 10 peer group colleges.
based on credit enrollment data retrieved from Datamart

8. 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%) 2017/18: 4.3%
MiraCosta DE retention is 80.9% (state: 83.5%). (non-DE MCC vs. state: 85.2% vs. 87.3%)
based on spring/fall credit data retrieved from Datamart

9. 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%; in 2017/18: 5.8%
MiraCosta DE success is 67.9% (state: 67.0%). (non-DE MCC vs. state: 73.8% vs. 72.5%)
based on spring/fall credit data retrieved from Datamart

10. How Online Ed Supports Student Success
Online academic support services: tutoring, writing center, library
Online counseling/advising and (increasingly) other student services
Student Orientation to Online Learning
Increasing classes using low- and no-cost digital course materials
Faculty development for enhanced online course design and teaching
Robust set of online teaching & learning tools
Canvas is used in 93% of our credit classes this semester. This continues a steady, slight year-to-year increase in the use of a course management system – the transition did not impact that.
Child Development department now offering a Zero Textbook Cost certificate.
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 timeline changed a bit with renewal of the CVC-OEI grant this year; now won’t be implemented here until at least fall 2019
OEI provides us access to tools like Canvas, NetTutor, Cranium Café, (Proctorio, Plagiarism detection)

11. Notable Accomplishments, 2017-18
Completion of Canvas transition
Designation of ZTC and Low Textbook Cost (LTC) classes in SURF
Continued Online Education Initiative participation
Student Orientation to Online Learning has now served nearly 2700 students
Canvas is used in 93% of our credit classes this semester. This continues a steady, slight year-to-year increase in the use of a course management system – the transition did not impact that.
Child Development department now offering a Zero Textbook Cost certificate.
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 timeline changed a bit with renewal of the CVC-OEI grant this year; now won’t be implemented here until at least fall 2019
OEI provides us access to tools like Canvas, NetTutor, Cranium Café, (Proctorio, Plagiarism detection)

12. Work in Progress
Development of online teaching preparation resources and experiences for MiraCosta faculty
Development of an online student support hub within Canvas; expansion of live online options for student support
Selection of a video management system to be integrated with Canvas
Ensuring online education aligns with and supports Guided Pathways and Equity work
Compliance with changes to Title 5

13. Questions / Discussion