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First-Year Spanish RedesignPresenter: Concepcion Godev
Bigger is BetterFaculty Success in Redesigning Large Courses at UNC CharlotteFriday, February 17, 201202:00-03:30 pmCHHS 281
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First-Year Spanish Redesign Committee / Research Group: Jasoon An, Zhanna David, Concepción Godev (chair), Ann Gonzalez,
Paula Goolkasian, Heather McCullough, Ton Pujol, Garvey Pyke, Adriana Vega, and Sandra Watts
Instructors: Carlos Coria, Lorena Delgadillo, Elizabeth Mahaffey, and Adriana
VegaTutors:
Graduate Students and Mary Frances Castro, Elvira Jardines, and Shirley Wright
Other Colleagues:Joan Elies Adell-Pitarch, Cristian Batalla, Rosalba Esparragoza-Scott,
and Kazuko Ichinoz
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three-year project:
• fall 2008 – spring 2009 planning• summer 2009 pre-piloting SPAN 1201• fall 2009 piloting SPAN 1201• spring 2010 piloting SPAN 1202• fall 2010 rolling out redesign to SPAN 1201• spring 2011 rolling out redesign to SPAN 1202
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Traditional First-Year Spanish (first and second semester)
-- 60 sections per semester
-- 30 students per section
-- 3000 students per year (including summer)
-- 3 contact hours over two days
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Hybrid First-Year Spanish (first and second semester)
-- 30 sections per semester
-- 60 students per section
-- 3000 students per year (including summer)
-- 1 hour 15 mins in one day
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student learning
• percent of As, Bs, and Cs in hybrid final course grades is comparable to that of face-to-face courses
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retention
SPAN 1201• fall 2010 – 5% increase of DFWs in hybrid SPAN 1201• fall 2011 – DFWs return to previous levels in hybrid SPAN 1201
SPAN 1202• fall 2010– no data for hybrid SPAN 1202• fall 2011-- DFWs rate stable in hybrid SPAN 1202
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cost
• the program needs 50% less classroom space
• the program needs 50% less instructors
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observations
• looking forward to more cooperation from publishers• the role of the coordinator is more critical
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