Monday, March 3rd 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm - Regent 3

Faculty Development and Support in a Redesigned Student Success Course
Laurene Grimes, Assistant Professor; Tamara Macek, Technical Applications Specialist, Distance Learning Team; and Christine Sheetz, Associate Professor, Library/Learning Resources / Lorain County Community College

Following models put forth by the National Center for Academic Transformation, the project team redesigned a required student success course to increase student learning and retention and lower costs. We accomplished this by:

1. employing technology for enhanced student learning and for faculty development and support, and
2. developing course modules incorporating active learning activities, assessment tools and accompanying resources for instructors.

We are now delivering the redesigned course in a consistent pedagogical manner across 60 sections, taught by 30 instructors using four different course formats. Experience the redesign through the technology and learning activities.

Our student success course is based on Skip Downing's On Course model. Look at the Student Success Strategies for hundreds of ideas to apply in the classroom (not just for Student Success courses, you'll find these strategies applied across subject areas).

Attachments
Faculty Survey (.doc)
Powerpoint