lbst 2214 issues in health and quality of life
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Symposium Faculty Success in Redesigning Large Courses at UNC Charlotte February 17, 2012. Redesign of. LBST 2214 Issues in Health and Quality of Life. CHHS Team. David Langford Matt Belles Pilar Zuber Mike Moore Julie Padilla Trudy Moore-Harrison Karen Schmaling (Former Dean CHHS). - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
LBST 2214 ISSUES IN HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE
Redesign of
SymposiumFaculty Success in RedesigningLarge Courses at UNC CharlotteFebruary 17, 2012
UNC Charlotte February 17, 2012
CHHS TEAM
David LangfordMatt BellesPilar ZuberMike MooreJulie PadillaTrudy Moore-Harrison
Karen Schmaling(Former Dean CHHS)
UNC Charlotte February 17, 2012
GOALS OF REDESIGN
Reduce cost/resources Reduce part-time faculty needs Better utilization of classrooms
Respond to freshman initiative Increase retention and success of students More full-time faculty in touch with freshman Increase student engagement
Students giving grouppresentation in seminar
UNC Charlotte February 17, 2012
GOALS FOR REDESIGN (CONT)
CHHS Goals Introduce Freshman and
Sophomore students to faculty and health as a discipline of study
Create consistency across multiple sections
Create a scalable course that can change with needs
Started redesign process summer 2009, offered redesigned course 1st time spring 2010
Debate as the final exam
LBST 2214 REDESIGN
BEFORE AFTER Taught in 10 sections
of 65-80 students each
Auditorium/lecture format
Department/PT Faculty
Taught in 5 large group sections of 200 students each
Combined large class with seminars
College/Team
Sloan-C Blended Learning Conference March 26-29
UNC Charlotte February 17, 2012
THE COURSE AFTER REDESIGN Each large section subdivided into
5 seminars of 40 students
1 seminar /section taught online
Taught by 3 F/T faculty and11 graduate TAs
CHHS Learning Communityincluded in one section
Weekly resource room hours
Large class instruction
UNC Charlotte February 17, 2012
COST SAVINGS Save $24,000 - $35,000/yr in part-time
salaries
Allows net increase in paid assistantships for graduate students
Reduces demand on larger classrooms that seat 80-100 students
Students working in seminar groups
UNC Charlotte February 17, 2012
STUDENT RETENTION AND SUCCESS Campus LBST 2214 % DWF (includes 2 sec outside
CHHS) Spring 2009 11% (before redesign) Fall 2009 12% (before redesign) Spring 2010 10% (after redesign) Fall 2010 11% (after redesign)
At midterm D and F students identified AM Class: About 13% D/F at midterm 6% at final (f10, sp11) PM Class: About 25% D/F at midterm 9% at final (f10, sp11)
Note: Fall 2011AM class D/F 21% midterm to 2% final PM class D/F 23% midterm to 7% final
UNC Charlotte February 17, 2012
SUCCESSES Course provides a positive learning
environment for up to 1000 students/semester
Tremendous administrative support Effective Teamwork (faculty and TAs) Met original goals
Resource conservation Scalable class to accommodate increasing
enrollments Increased opportunities for student interaction Good model for addressing midterm student
success
UNC Charlotte February 17, 2012
ONGOING CHALLENGES Interviewing/hiring TAs in summer
challenge to 9-mo faculty Originally planned for 1 faculty to
be course coordinator but never realized
Managing volume of studentsand student-related issues
Logistics of virtual and physical classrooms
Large class instruction
UNC Charlotte February 17, 2012
NEXT STEPS Increase use of online options
20% interested in online options
Continue innovative student engagement strategies Create more online materials
e.g. “student point of view” videos
Simplify and Automate
Resource room with TA availableto assist students
QUESTIONS
Thank you