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Powerpoint presentation May 18, 2010 at Mesa Community College - Tech week 2010TRANSCRIPT
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Quality Matters – Online Economics Faculty at
MCCPresented May 18, 2010
Mesa Community College
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Greg Pratt, Economics Faculty, Mesa Community College
This poster session will overview the ongoing process by MCC Online Faculty to incorporate Quality Matters (QM) into online economics classes. This ongoing process began 2 years ago and is based upon four pillars of inclusiveness, collaboration, transparency and a results orientation. This post session will overview all 4 of the pillars, the process and the preliminary results.
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Attendees will leave with...
1. A clear understanding of QM - costs and benefits
2. A clear overview of how one group of faculty developed a process to consider use of QM.
3. A view of the timeline employed by the group
4. One rationale for the use of an inclusive, collaborative, transparent and results oriented approach
5. Data collected during the calendar year 2009
6. A set of questions that can be used for reflection
7. How one form of social networking - wiki - can be used to facilitate and document a process
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1. A clear understanding of QM -
costs and benefitsCost – TIME!!!!!!!
Benefit – Self reflections, collaboration and improved course design/results
MCCD site - http://mcli.maricopa.edu/quality-mattersQM site - http://www.qualitymatters.org/
http://www.youtube.com/user/chemeketaonline#p/a
(5 minute video)
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2. Overview of how MCC Online Economics Faculty developed a process
centered on QMOrganic process
Began in 2008 with online conomics faculty conversations
Key – up front support from Dept. Chair and Administration
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Teaching Economics Online at Mesa Community College
Background
Process
Best Practices
Lessons Learned
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Background
Many disciplines at MCC engaged in online discussion
Online delivery at MCC decentralized
Online Instruction at MCC ranges along a continuum
Online economics faculty conversations – fall 2008
Conversation emergedHow are online economics students performing
How can online economics instruction be improved
Jan 2009 - formalized our process
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Assumptions – Online Economics Instruction
Dynamic rather than static
We needed to know what we don’t know
We can improve our instruction
Best Practices can be useful
Professional development can be useful
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Communication
2008 emergent conversation included
Department membersDepartment chairDECFaculty SenateDean VPAA
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Process
InclusiveFoundation for Teaching EconomicsArizona Council for Teaching Economics
Collaborative
TransparentPull – our site-http://
mccsocialsciences.wetpaint.com/ Push – e mail
Results oriented
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3. A view of the timeline employed by the group
Fall 2008 – initial discussions
Spring 2009 – process begins
Summer 2009 – pilot begins
Fall 2009 – initial results used to adjust and move to Phase 2
Winter interssion 2009/10 – adjustments begin
Spring 2010 – data collection, review of process
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4. One rationale for the use of an inclusive, collaborative, transparent and results oriented approach
GET SOMETHING DONE!!!
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5. Data collected during the calendar years 2009
Retention “appears” to be improvingStudent learning online “appears” to be similar to
face to face (Use of TUCE) suggests pre test/post test improvement in the 25-50% range for both delivery modes
Useful information from distance readiness survey
http://mccsocialsciences.wetpaint.com/page/2009+MCC+Online+Economics+Results
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6. A set of questions that can be used for
reflectionOur conversation began with two questions -
How effective are our online courses?
How might we improve our online courses?
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7. How one form of social networking - wiki - can be used to facilitate and
document a processPlease click over to our site and join the 50+
members of our academic community who have participated in our process.
http://mccsocialsciences.wetpaint.com/page/Economics
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Conclusion
Process
Costs
Culture
Institutional constrains and support
Faculty
Students
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Best Practices
Common entry point
Common professional development
Online course peer analysisMCC Best Practices
Self Evaluation
Peer Evaluation
Self analysis
Ongoing analysis and feedback
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Lessons Learned
Communication
Time
Data
Assumptions
Results
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Institutional considerations
DEC as clearing house
Access to timely data
Commitment to professional development
Planning – short term and long term
Resources/budget for MCC Online
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RecognitionChristy M. Alarcon, Ph.D., Instructional Technologist
The MCC Online Economics Group – Bill Demory, Debbie Henney, Alice Temnick, Jaime Erikson, Barton Bowen, Greg Pratt, Scott Gustafson, amd Enrique Lopezlira
Faculty in the Social Sciences Department at MCC
Harold Cranswick, Social Sciences Dept. Chair
Jennifer Strickland, Ph.D., Instructional Technologist
Center for Teaching and Learning at MCC
Shereen Lerner, Acting Dean of Instruction MCC
James Mabry, Vice President of Instruction MCC