1. AMATYC Conference 2014 S017 Dr. Peg Pankowski Dr. Calandra Davis

2.  Introductions  About WGU  Peg ◦ Cohort for Struggling Students  Calandra ◦ Cohort for Self-Selecting Students  Q&A

3.  Private, nonprofit university  50,000 students  Online courses (solely), competency-based ◦ Proctored testing  Four degree programs ◦ General Education: Traditional core classes

4.  Students sign up to join cohort and commit to: ◦ Attend weekly webinars ◦ Meet weekly with me ◦ Meet weekly with student partner ◦ Spend at least 10 – 12 hours per week on homework and unit post tests

6.  Adobe conference room  PowerPoint presentation sent to students in advance of webinar along with log in instructions ◦ Most students participate online using chat box ◦ Few students participate by phone ◦ Conference room has screen sharing and white board capabilities

7.  Program Overview ◦ Required Activities ◦ Schedule ◦ Questions and Answers ◦ Student Partners  Introductions  Work Spaces  Week 1 Real Numbers Webinar  Wrap Up – Questions and Answers

8.  Attend Weekly Monday evening webinars  Spend at least 10 hours per week doing homework tutorials and/or posttests in MyMathLab.  Check in weekly with Dr. Peg  Check in weekly with student partner  Take QLC1 Assessment early November ◦ White board/scratch paper policy reminder

10.  Recorded presentation available ◦ Math Anxiety and Math Study Strategies Presentation Math Anxiety and Math Study Strategies Presentation ◦ Next presentation  Wed. Sept. 10 th, 6:30 PM Mountain Time  http://wgu.adobeconnect.com/mathfoundation siii/ http://wgu.adobeconnect.com/mathfoundation siii/  Call in Number 1-855-810-8948,  Passcode: 331860#

11.  Andrew  Tuesdays and Fridays  7 to 9PM Mountain Time  http://wgu.adobeconnect.com/ag rzadzielewski/ http://wgu.adobeconnect.com/ag rzadzielewski/  1-855-810-8948  Participant passcode: 825330#

12.  Email if you have a preference  Will be assigned if no preference  Possible Work Spaces: ◦ AdobeConnect (This Room) ◦ JoinMe.com ◦ Skype ◦ FaceTime ◦ Other

13.  Name  Math Background  Love It or Hate It?  Hours Available to Work on Math/Time Zone

14.  Lays the foundation for the entire course  Some content may be review  Longest unit in the course  9 of 36 items on Assessment from this unit  Go through entire HW tutorial; use learning aids as needed to complete each question  Redo question until you really understand it  Show mastery with 80% on Post-Test  Call the math help line (1-866-895-9660, x1758, M-Th* 9-7, F 9-5, and Sat 9-3 MT) as needed

15.  Next Steps ◦ Homework Unit 1, Real Numbers ◦ Weekly check ins  Dr. Peg  Student Partner ◦ Post Test, Unit 1 ◦ Preview Unit 5 if time permits  Questions and Answers

16.  20 – 30 minutes scheduled  Can be brief if students do not have questions  Serve to keep students on track  Q&A  Check on student partners  Sometimes used as tutoring sessions ◦ Screen sharing ◦ Tablet used to work through problems

17.  We use a version of Pearson’s MyMathLab  I can view student gradebooks:  How much time they’ve spent working  Which homework/post test questions they missed  Similar problems/Help me solve this/link to e-text

18.  Students wanted guidance (not independent study)  Complete course in 8-weeks ◦ Two live sessions; flipped classroom model ◦ All sessions recorded

23.  Attendance dwindled  Not all students completed course in cohort timeframe ◦ Many students would take cohort multiple times  More positive feedback from flipped classroom than purely lecturing  Upcoming changes: More student interaction (Google Groups)

24.  Dr. Peg Pankowski ◦ peg.pankowski@wgu.edu peg.pankowski@wgu.edu ◦ 877.HELP.WGU, Ext. 4297  Dr. Calandra Davis ◦ calandra.davis@wgu.edu calandra.davis@wgu.edu ◦ 877.HELP.WGU, Ext.5041