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Best Practice - Learning at the Right Time

Identify, in detail, the items of specific knowledge and skills that students must students possess to be successful from street (pre-admission) to completion (degree, certificate or transfer) excluding academic content of courses other than a success class

Organize the list into a Right Time sequence from pre-admission to the end of the term including reinforcement

Assume high risk situations exist: need financial aid, need tutoring, etc.

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Learning at the Right Time, cont’d

Identify the areas that would be responsible for assuring the student develops the knowledge/skills. There will be some knowledge/skills where more than one area has responsibility for development and reinforcement

Develop a process flow chart to illustrate the time frame of when knowledge/skills are learned and what area has responsibility for developing and reinforcing

Similar in concept to a curriculum map

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Design Principles

Use Process Flow Charting approach to determine appropriate content for each area of responsibility: Admissions, Orientation, etc.

Add detail as appropriate

Some learning and skills will require reinforcement from multiple areas

Involve faculty, staff and students in design process

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A Key Points

The Learning at the Right Time principle and the Process Flow Chart provide a structured approach to the design or redesign of Orientation, Advising, etc

Best Practices for each area: Orientation, Advising, etc. should be incorporated into this model