First Year FIPSE Project First Year FIPSE Project OverviewOverview

eWriting: ESL Writing SuccessSeptember 2002 – August 2005

Miami-Dade College

Kendall Campus

ESL/Foreign Languages Department

Why MDCWhy MDC??

•Our student population

•Experience and expertise of ESL faculty

•Technologies available to us at the College

•Support from College Training and Development

Student PopulationStudent Population

MDC – the largest ESL program in the US

20% of all incoming students – begin in ESL

58% - need preparatory writing

Student Population at Kendall Student Population at Kendall (cont.)(cont.)

74.20%

14.80%8.50%

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70.00%

80.00%

Hispanic White non-HispanicBlack non-Hiapanicother

Kendall ESL Lab CurriculumKendall ESL Lab Curriculum

College ready students at MDC campuses

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5%

10%

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25%

30%

35%

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InterAmericanNorthWolfsonKendall

eWritingeWriting Program Description Program Description

Improve ESL Writing skills through a 6 level on-line writing lab

Low and high beginners –

levels 1 & 2 Low and high intermediate –

levels 3 & 4 Low and high advanced –

levels 5 & 6

OutcomesOutcomes12 000 students from all campuses of

MDCC will benefit from the eWriting lab course

5 000 students will enroll in the program by the end of the 3 year grant

Project SupportProject Support Kennesaw State University (KSU) Johns Hopkins University (JHU) Hispanic Educational Telecommunications

System (HETS) Plato Learning Feedback Technologies Miami-Dade College (MDC)

FIPSE FundingFIPSE Funding

3 year total FIPSE funding$ 498 833.00

Year 1$171 452.00

Year 2$ 175 241.00

Year 3$ 151 960

First Year Goals &First Year Goals &Steps in Project DevelopmentSteps in Project Development

1. Create faculty teams to develop content

2. Conduct technology training for faculty and project staff

3. Develop Content for levels 3, 4 & 5

Create Faculty Teams To Create Faculty Teams To Develop Content Develop Content

Level 3: Maria Fallon and Nancy Monterrubio

Level 4: Marcia Cassidy and Janis Perez

Level 5: Helen Roland and Paula Sanchez

Conduct Technology Training Conduct Technology Training for Faculty and Project Stafffor Faculty and Project Staff

WebCT On-line Testing Workshop BlueGLAS Training and Presentation Macromedia Education Day Design Your Own Spring Break Seminar Flashlight On-line Survey Development Critical Challenges in Critical Education:

Copyright issues online FrontPage Basics Excel Basics

Conduct Technology Training for Conduct Technology Training for Faculty and Project StaffFaculty and Project Staff

FIPSE Focus Group Workshop Presentation of Tools:

BlueGLAS Wimba

Camtasia Impatica

Impatica On Cue Toolbook

Flashlight Hot Potatoes

Conduct Technology Training for Conduct Technology Training for Faculty and Project StaffFaculty and Project Staff

CConduct Technology Training for onduct Technology Training for Faculty and Project StaffFaculty and Project Staff

FIPSE Focus Group

April 17, 2003

Group work

Re-Inventing the Learning WheelRe-Inventing the Learning Wheel

FIPSE Focus Group Workshop FIPSE Focus Group Workshop April 17, 2003April 17, 2003Pair WorkPair Work

Develop Content for levels 3, 4 & 5Develop Content for levels 3, 4 & 5

Outline eWriting competencies for levels 1– 6

based on college-wide, established grammar and writing competencies

Outline curriculum: Table of contents

Develop Content for Levels 3, 4 & 5Develop Content for Levels 3, 4 & 5(cont.)(cont.)

Identify the LO as basic structural unit of the eWriting lab and its components

What is an LO? Definition Samples

Develop Content for Levels 3, 4 & 5Develop Content for Levels 3, 4 & 5

LO Checklists Piloting Revision

Design On-Line LO’sDesign On-Line LO’s

Produce model on-line LO’s addressing a variety of learning styles

Hire technology experts to work with teams

SecondSecond FIPSE Year Goals and FIPSE Year Goals and ActivitiesActivities• Train new faculty

teams for levels 1, 2 & 6

• Finish piloting and revision of levels

3 ,4 & 5 • Develop and pilot on-

line LO’s for levels

3,4 & 5

• Develop content of levels 1,2 & 6

• Pilot and review content for levels 1,2 & 6

• Collect evaluation data

• Disseminate project

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