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Creating a College-Wide Computer Literacy Program Sandra Neill and Miguel Roman George Brown College Toronto, Canada
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S. Neill & M. Roman George Brown College Outline About George Brown About Us About CSA CSA@GBC Digital Literacy for Productivity Our Curriculum CSA in the Community The Big Picture
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S. Neill & M. Roman George Brown College Downtown Toronto, Canada Two campuses + satellite at Ryerson University 14,000 fulltime students 50,000 continuing- education students
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S. Neill & M. Roman George Brown College About us Sandra Neill, Professor Miguel Roman, Technologist Learning Innovations and Academic Development (LIAD) Computer Skills and Applications program (CSA) LMS Web conferencing Education technology research, evaluation, pilot Teacher training in education technology Online course development
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S. Neill & M. Roman George Brown College About CSA 1995: Province of Ontario mandate for generic skills widened to include basic computer literacy GBC’s Computer Skills and Applications program created that same year to fulfill mandate 2007: New focus: “Digital Literacy for Productivity”
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S. Neill & M. Roman George Brown College About CSA 7000+ students/year Self-directed & online, but primarily on- campus Suite of basic~intermediate computer skills courses covering a range of Microsoft Office applications Three dedicated labs, one at each campus Training & assessment software is “SAM”
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S. Neill & M. Roman George Brown College CSA: Our Team Sandra Neill: “Front-end processes” Curriculum design: Select tasks and learning pathways; set testing and training parameters; Assemble courses & sections; Student issues; accessibility requirements; staffing; day-to-day lab and program issues; Program and process review and renewal.
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S. Neill & M. Roman George Brown College CSA: Our Team Miguel Roman: “Backend processes” Database management & automation of batch processes: Student info from SIS → CSA course database Query to derive results; Periodic updates; Batch grade load from CSA database → SIS Program and process review and renewal.
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S. Neill & M. Roman George Brown College CSA: Our Team Other team members Technician: server/labs/hardware/image; Two coordinators: course administration & frontline student issues; Eight computer skills teaching assistants to tutor students, invigilate tests, and keep the labs running.
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S. Neill & M. Roman George Brown College About CSA Almost every incoming student in an apprentice, diploma, or degree program takes a Computer Skills and Applications course 7000+ each year
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S. Neill & M. Roman George Brown College CSA@GBC Flagship course contains five basic modules: Windows, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Internet Explorer Students can take a for-credit Challenge Test
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Digital Literacy for Productivity Today’s students: Not intimidated by technology: proficient with social networking but not in the use of standard business applications Little change in challenge testing results over last 5 years CSA program provides digital literacy for productivity S. Neill & M. Roman George Brown College
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S. Neill & M. Roman George Brown College Unique Curriculum Three-step test-training-test path Students begin with an assessment; Following assessment, receive personalized training on the tasks they could not complete; Training is followed by an exam on the same tasks. Remediating path eliminates need for redundant training/testing Students must learn and test successfully on 80% of the tasks they were unable to do in the assessment.
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S. Neill & M. Roman George Brown College CSA@GBC Assessment & exam done in CSA lab Training can be done anywhere software is installed Software available on loan from library Custom training remains available throughout course Three attempts at each exam Only one deadline: last day of term
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CSA@GBC S. Neill & M. Roman George Brown College
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S. Neill & M. Roman George Brown College CSA@GBC Continuing-education and Access programs are a little different Two-step path: full complement of training on all tasks first, followed by a test Seems to work better with adult learners and computing novices Miguel teaches our continuing education courses
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S. Neill & M. Roman George Brown College CSA@GBC We partner with GBC Staff Development office Staff Development uses our course database to train faculty and staff on MS Office applications HR can use our software to test job applicants when job requires proficiency in MS applications
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S. Neill & M. Roman George Brown College CSA in the community Community partner groups take our flagship course at no charge On completion, participants receive a college credit Goodwill’s “Real Employment to Achieve Community Health” Program Fred Victor Centre’s “Employment and Skills Training” Program Jewish Vocational Services “Bringing Employment Specialists to Tomorrow” Program Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto’s “Survivorship Transition-to- Employment Program”
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S. Neill & M. Roman George Brown College The Big Picture SCT Banner SAM CSA Database
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S. Neill & M. Roman George Brown College Student Registrations SCT SIS Database SCT Banner SAM gets its student data from the SCT Banner database. Population is started through an initial SQL extract for each section in SAM and kept synchronized through daily SQL extracts from the SCT SIS database.
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S. Neill & M. Roman George Brown College Data Translation CSA Database CSA Database We maintain our own database which mirrors the SAM database but contains additional information not necessary for SAM. This allows us to translate the business rules of our institution to suit SAM and vice versa.
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S. Neill & M. Roman George Brown College Database Updates Managing the Database SAM SAM database snapshots are sent periodically by vendor; we load these into our CSA database. The SAM data is combined with our SIS student data in the CSA database. This allows us to do periodic data integrity checks between databases and produce custom reports during an active term.
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S. Neill & M. Roman George Brown College Grade Process CSA Database SCT Banner Final grade calculation is performed in the CSA database, then formatted for upload to the SCT SIS database.
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S. Neill & M. Roman George Brown College Archive Final reports are produced and all data is archived for future reference in the event of discrepancies or grade challenges. Database is purged and readied for the new term.
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S. Neill & M. Roman George Brown College Questions Thanks for coming! Contact us at: mroman@georgebrown.ca sneill@georgebrown.ca
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