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Get Your FeedbackInto GEAR

League of Innovations, 2013

Rio Salado College

Patricia Case, Ph.DTristan Marble, MA

Corey Pruitt, MS

Rio Salado CollegeLocated in Tempe, AZ. Largest public online community college in the nation. Part of the Maricopa County Community College District.

• Serving approximately 70,000 students annually• Over 43,000 students online

• Unique attributes• One Course, Many Sections • 48 Weekly start dates• Never cancel online classes• 23 Faculty – 1,500 + Adjunct Faculty• RioLearn -- highly-scalable LMS• 24/7 Instructional and Technology Helpdesks• 24/7 Library Services

2012 Social Sciences Department

Spring347

Summer220

Fall448

Number of Sections = 1015

Number of Students Enrolled

13,419120

Number of AdjunctFaculty

What is GEAR?

Guided Evaluation Assessment Review

• Technology-based solution • Integrated set of teaching tools • Increases feedback consistency and quality• Addresses all levels of student performance

Evolution of GEAR

GEAR 1.0 Does

Students:• Enhanced feedback• Consistent grading• Improved learning

experience

Adjunct Faculty:• Focuses on providing

targeted and personalized feedback

• Streamlines grading process• Reduces learning curve for

new adjunct faculty• Academic freedom through

personalization and annotation

GEAR 1.0 Template filled in

GEAR 1.0 What we learned

• Didn’t address multiple concepts in assignments• Didn’t provide individualized feedback for poor,

middle and top students• Didn’t have needed flexibility for Chair’s• No product met all our needs 6 years ago• Not just for online feedback

Getting to GEAR 2.0

• Assessed strengths and limitations of 1.0 through: • Adjunct Faculty surveys

• Department meeting discussion groups

• Sought support from College Leadership• Created and implemented GEAR 2.0 in-house

Screen Captures of Video

GEAR 2.0 Demonstration

Considerations for Implementation

Getting Adjunct Faculty Buy-In

• 2 early adopters • Piloted • Testimonials• 3 additional people• Encouraged first 3 semesters – then mandatory

This is nice, but…what did our faculty say?

“The GEAR resource has developed into…a

tremendous tool for instructors.” 

“I frequently get email feedback from students

about how they appreciate the positive

encouragement.”

“It saves hours…Without this instrument, grading

would slow down considerably.”

“Students invest lots of time on an assignment and

they want serious feedback… GEAR does

just that.”

So where do you start?

• Collaborate with senior technology administrator• Assemble project team• Develop content & resources• Pilot in limited number of courses• Gain buy-in from faculty• Evaluate & improve

Evaluation Results

Questions?

League of Innovations, 2013

Rio Salado College

Turbo-Boost Your Onboarding Of New Adjunct

Faculty

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Rio Salado College

Tristan Marble

Increasing RemoteAdjunct Faculty Success Through

5Engagement

Strategies

League of Innovations, 2013

Rio Salado College

Corey Pruitt

Contact Us

Rio Salado College

Dr. Patricia CaseFaculty Chair, Social Sciences

Pat.Case@riosalado.edu

Tristan MarbleInstructional Coordinator

Tristan.Marble@riosalado.edu

Corey PruittInstructional Specialist

Corey.Pruitt@riosalado.edu