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Faculty Development for Teaching and Learning Online
FIPSE Project Directors Annual MeetingWashington, D.C.
J. Sargeant Reynolds Community CollegeNovember 2011
The Quality Enhancement Planat J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College
Our Grounding Premise: Matching students who are prepared for online learning with faculty who are prepared for online teaching will lead to greater academic success and persistence for distance learners.
Student Success in
Distance Learning
Student Orientation &
Student Support
Faculty TrainingStudent Readiness
A Critical Need for Faculty Training
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Growth in Distance Learning Enrollments
A Comparison of Trained and Un-Trained Faculty
Number of DL Faculty (Fall 2010)
Number of DL Faculty (Fall 2010) who have completed either Tier One or Tier Two Training
Number of DL Faculty (Fall 2010) who have NOT completed either Tier One or Tier Two Training
153 48 105
Fall 2010 Distance Faculty0
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Number of DL Faculty (Fall 2010) who have com-pleted either Tier One or Tier Two Training Number of DL Faculty (Fall 2010) who have not com-pleted either Tier One or Tier Two Training
An Increasing Number of Part-Time Faculty in Online Classes
2003 - 2004 2006 - 2007 2008 - 2009 2009 - 20100
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Full-TimePart-Time
Structuring Faculty Development
Tier One: Fundamental Pedagogies Technologies for Teaching Online
Tier Two: Advanced Pedagogies and TechnologiesCritical Instructional Design ElementsDesigning for Quality (QM Rubric)
Tier Three: Mentoring and Peer ReviewAdvanced Technologies
Challenges and Responses
Challenges• Legitimate concerns from
faculty• Resources for training• Resources for rewards• Immediate staffing needs
for online classes• Training versus
implementation• Assessment
Responses• Incentives: Rewards and
Recognitions• Early and enthusiastic
adopters, and their role• Policy articulation and policy
changes• Course packages• Peer review• Administrative support• Communication
Assessments
Faculty and Student Satisfaction Surveys
Peer Assessments
Student Learning Outcomes Assessment
Student Success and Student Persistence
for further informationGhazala HashmiQEP Coordinator / FIPSE Project DirectorJ. Sargeant Reynolds Community College
- or visit -thereynoldsripple.blogspot.com: a regular blog highlighting the efforts of the project
