DEAC (2008)

DRAFT SMCCCD Distance Education Plan

What’s DEAC

To-date: Vision Planning Platforms chosen Training DE Gateway Data collection Sense of urgency Distance Education Plan

Plan Purpose

The SMCCCD Distance Education Plan developed by the Distance Education Advisory Committee will provide the colleges with projections for enrollments and suggested demand for courses. These projections can be used as guidelines to identify potential program and course development areas as well as the resources required to implement them. Further, the plan will list "best practices" for increasing distance education success and retention and address processes and criteria for integrating distance education modality into

ongoing programs and services. 

Collective Vision & Goal

Increase student success in distance education to be the highest in Bay Ten.

Achieve and maintain 20% annual distance education enrollment growth (seat count) in the next 10 years to: increase distance education enrollment to be

10% of total enrollments bring distance education FTES to be at least

the statewide average.

Background & Rationale

Vision Planning Recommendation Clear & Present Need for Plan We are behind some Bay Ten schools (as measured

by distance ed FTES* 06-07 data) Foothill CCD (15.3%) West Valley CCD (8.4%) Ohlone (7.1%) Statewide Average (6.8%) Contra Costa (6.1%) Chabot-Los Posidas (5.3%) San Jose CCD (4.7%) SMCCCD (1.9%*) CCSF (1.7%) Marin (.4%) Peralta (.1%) * data from System Office data mart

Statewide Picture

DE Growth (96 – 06) Total number of course sessions: 2,710 to 21,906 (808%

increase) Headcounts: 54,524 to 301,071 (19%/yr), representing 11.8% of

all system headcounts Enrollments (credit only): 102,607 to 605,055 (20%/yr),

representing 5.6% of all system enrollments. (SMCCCD: 4.4%) DE Degree/Programs: 35% colleges (59 colleges responding to

survey) Faculty/student survey feedback: positive

SMCCCD

Enrollments & Projections: (Online) Using Statewide Rate of 20%/yr

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Untapped Market

People who prefer distance education modality (data pending)

Mobility impaired students; institutionalized and incarcerated

Transportation limited (Coastside, etc) Workplace learning International students Existing university students whose classes

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Statewide Picture

Outcomes: (Performance gap narrowing)

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Planning for Growth

Course Development We currently offer a wide variety of courses

and many are well attended. We need to think about:

High demand courses Courses satisfying various degree/certificates Access to people who are distance bound,

including people with mobility issues

Planning for Growth

Program Development We are very close to using distance education

to satisfy Associate degrees requirements. We need: Oral Communication Ethnic Studies

Planning for Growth

Resources DE Unique Services & Support

Proctoring services Tutoring distance learning

Faculty & Staff Support Human Resources Library Services Marketing & Research Student Services Technology

Planning for Growth

Other Exciting Developments “Intro to distance learning and college” course

planned for all 12 graders in high schools CAHSEE grant through Peninsula Library

System that hooks colleges to high school students

Finally – Concrete Process

District-wide: data overall goals progress

monitoring coordination

Colleges: process timelines annual targets course &

program development

resource needs