Tuesday, March 4th 9:45 - 10:45 am - Lilac

Beyond Anecdotal: How Sinclair Used the Literature to Build an Online Student Success Course
Sherry McAndrew, Manager, Web Course Development Team / Sinclair Community College

Many of us THINK we know what factors influence student success in an online course – and we may be right about many of them. But what does the literature say are the factors that truly matter? Learn how Sinclair Community College used the research in online student success to build an orientation for online learners. See the content developed for the course. Discover the TOOLS (Test of Online Learning Success) survey, a valid and reliable readiness assessment instrument. Hear what students told us about—and what we learned from—the orientation we called “How to Succeed in an Online Course!”