2. Agenda Demonstrate the Queensborough Community College Student eLearning Readiness Program 1 : Queensborough Community College

3. Middle States Self-Study & eLearning at Queensborough College created the Special Committee on Distance Education. Its charge: Evaluate online instruction modalities to increase student access Identify ways our college can support eLearners Identify ways to support faculty who want to develop and teach eLearn courses Identify infrastructure and software needs Queensborough Community College 2

4. May 2010: Our Senate Approved the Special Committee’s Resolutions Appropriate support for students and faculty engaged in eLearning Right of academic departments to determine which courses to offer, assign faculty, and establish prerequisites with the Academic Senate Recognize faculty member’s contributions to eLearning when making decisions regarding reappointment, tenure, and promotion Provide adjunct faculty teaching eLearning courses the same support received by full-time faculty Queensborough Community College 3

5. Vigorous Support for eLearning New Hires Faculty eLearning Institute and peer mentoring Queensborough Community College4

6. Support For Students Poor student preparedness for the rigors of eLearning Low student retention How do we prepare students? Queensborough Community College 5

7. Significantly Lower Retention Rates Queensborough Community College 6 Source: QCC Registrar z = -3.87* p-Value =.005% z = -6.23* p-Value =.000000002% *Compared to on-campus classes H 0 :  On Campus ≤  eLearn ; H 1 :  On Campus >  eLearn

8. Plan for Student Readiness Program Approved in July 2010 The President’s charge Build it fast (10/31/10) Stay On Budget Do not interfere with the college’s test of CUNYfirst Queensborough Community College 7 $0.00

9. eLearning Readiness Program’s Objective & Strategies Increase students’ eLearning success rate Student Self- Assess- ment Netiquette Academic Integrity Technology Require- ments Blackboard demo course New Learning Tech- nologies Support Services Queensborough Community College 8

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11. Taking Our Program to the Next Level Less Text More Student & Faculty Produced Rich Media Digital Storytelling Service Learning/Learning Community Projects Our Plan Queensborough Community College 10

12. Plans to Assess the eLearning Readiness Program are Under Development Queensborough Community College 11

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