online retention
Recent Seminars
Critical New Findings from the ‘Managing Online Education’ Study
WCET and The Campus Computing Project share their findings from the 2009 Managing Online Education Survey with details on how different schools handle the operational, instructional, and IT issues of their online programs. The survey data are based on responses from 182 senior campus officials at two- and four-year public and private U.S. colleges and universities.
audio Online Seminar • Recorded on Thursday, October 29th, 2009
Tools of Engagement: Technologies and Strategies for All Learning Styles
How do you motivate online learners?
It’s an age-old question that continues to stump online instructors as well as the managers of distance education programs trying to solve the attrition problem that continues to drag down this otherwise thriving segment of higher education.
Principles for Improving Online Transparency, Quality
Transparency by Design, an initiative from a consortium of adult-serving educational institutions with significant commitments to distance education, is based on the premise that a well-informed student—or prospective student—benefits everyone. A key focus of the plan is providing program-specific outcomes data that allows students to make informed decisions about their education investment.
PICM Feedback Model Helps Keep Online Students Motivated
In an online learning environment, it’s easy for students to feel isolated or unsure of themselves, particularly if they’re adult students who’ve been away from school for a long time. In the absence of frequent and relevant instructor feedback, these students can get discouraged and may even become reluctant to submit assignments. Soon satisfaction and
Using Rubrics to Improve Online Teaching, Learning, and Retention
I have always enjoyed teaching in the classroom environment. There is something special about watching a student’s eyes light up as a new concept changes perceptions. When I first taught in the online environment, I wondered how I would communicate with students without seeing them in person. Would they get my assignments? Would they understand the requirements? Could they produce the level of work I expected? Could we overcome the potential miscommunications of the written word?
Helping Your Online Faculty Succeed: Q&A with Kaye Shelton
While many online programs struggle with student retention issues, Dallas Baptist University serves has achieved an impressive 92% student course completion across its 34 fully online degree programs. Kaye Shelton, Dean of Online Education at Dallas Baptist University, shares some secrets for success.
Six Steps to Creating an Effective Online Orientation Program
“If you’ve never taken a web-based course you don’t know what you do in the online classroom, you don’t know how to use the tools in the online classroom; you don’t know how to do the equivalent of how to raise your hand.” So says Danielle Karpus, Distance Learning Support Specialist at Cuyahoga Community College.
Using Web 2.0 to Enhance Classes and Improve Retention
If you’re not using Web 2.0 tools in your classes, you’re missing out … and so are your students. This seminar will improve your understanding of Web 2.0 tools and show you how they can be integrated into your online course. The good news is these tools are much easier use than you might expect.
audio Online Seminar • Recorded on Thursday, July 9th, 2009
Tips for Improving Online Retention
Retention remains a knotty problem for distance education. Bob Nash manages instructional design for Coast Learning Systems, a division of Coastline Community College in Fountain Valley, California. He proposes that online retention is a difficult problem because it is “multi-variant” – there is no single cause that can be addressed by a single solution. So
