Interactive
On-Demand Workshops
Topics
Maximize
Your College Experience
Time Management
Conquering Test Anxiety
What It Takes To
Be A Successful Student
Motivation &
Procrastination
Discover
Your Learning Style
& Choosing a Major
Financial Literacy
Study Tips
& Note-Taking
Interviewing Skills
Stress Management
Test-Taking Strategies
Financial Aid Basics
Avoiding Plagiarism
Supporting First Year Student Success
Action
Plans
with 24/7
Online Resources
Exploring
Careers
Resume
Writing
Valuable
Resources
Who?
Valerie Kisiel – Innovative Educators
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Online professional development
On-Demand Student Success Workshops
Online advisor in addition to IE work
Working to improve services to students for the past 10 years
303-775-6004 or [email protected]
Kristen Seldon
• Product consultant
• 303-819-5366 or [email protected]
Combined, IE staff has over 45 years of experience working in colleges and
universities.
Online Education & Services
Online enrollment increased by what percentage from 2001-2009?
A. 50%
B. 75%
C. 543%
D. 832%
(US News & World Report, Sept. 2010)
Non-Traditional Students
What percentage of students possess at least 1 non-traditional
characteristic (part-time enrollment, caring for dependents,
working full-time while enrolled)?
A. 35%
B. 45%
C. 70%
D. 85%
(Future of Higher Education, 2008 ~ EDUCAUSE)
Doing More with Less
More Students + Less $ = Doing More with Less
http://rmcp.dcollege.net/playlists/17283/214419.m4v
How are you meeting these demands?
How many of you…
• Offer online resources such as paper-based handouts or
website resources?
• Offer online advising, counseling or tutoring sessions?
• Offer supplemental online videos?
• Offer an online FYE course?
Share Strategies
1. What do you have available to students 24/7 to support first
year student success?
2. What creative ideas do you have for maintaining or improving
student support given budget decreases?
3. Do you have students who cannot attend on-campus workshops
or miss classes due to outside commitments? How do you
accommodate these students?
Objective & Action Plan
Objective
Describe 3 tools you can use to improve online student support
during the first year and explain how you can apply these tools
immediately.
Solutions
• Podcasts/Vodcasts
• Web Conferencing
• On-Demand Videos
Podcasts/Vodcasts
Social Networking - Ning
• Definition: A podcast is a series of audio or video digital-media files which is distributed
over the Internet by syndicated download, through Web feeds, to portable media players
and personal computers. ~ Wikipedia
• How would we use it? http://www.frontrange.edu/iTunesU/
• Instructional
– Lecture
– Test Review
– Grading
– Supplemental information
• Tutoring
– Lots of free tutoring podcasts
» Language example
• Advising
– Faculty member talk about program
– Course descriptions
– Registration steps
Web Social
Conferencing
Networking - Ning
• Web conferencing is used to conduct live meetings, training, or
presentations via the Internet.
• Tools needed
– Web Conferencing software
• Webex, NetMeeting, Yugma (free), Adobe Connect, Elluminate
• How would we use it?
– Online FYE course/lectures
– Online, synchronous office hours
– Online presentations – supplemental instruction
– Online Tutoring
– Advising, Financial Aid and Career
• Synchronous online advising
– Orientation
• Live online orientation
• Parent orientations
On-Demand Videos
• Definition: The ability to deliver a movie or other video program to an
individual Web browser or TV set whenever the user requests it.
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TeacherTube and YouTube: http://www.teachertube.com/ and
http://www.youtube.com/
TED: http://www.ted.com/
Common Craft - http://www.commoncraft.com/
StudentLingo - https://www.innovativeeducators.org/retention_s/77.htm
How would we use it?
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Instructional
• Borrowing Money Example
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Motivational
• Search for inspirational speakers and stories
– TED: http://www.ted.com/talks/richard_st_john_s_8_secrets_of_success.html
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Student Success/Support
• FYE, Learning Center, Tutoring, Student Life, Supplemental Instruction
• StudentLingo - https://www.innovativeeducators.org/retention_s/77.htm
CommonOnline
Craft
Explanations
http://www.commoncraft.com/borrowing-money
TED
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/richard_st_john_s_8_secrets_of_success.html
StudentLingo
On-Demand Student Success/Support Workshops
StudentLingo is a series of:
• interactive on-demand workshops
• action plans
• valuable resources
Goal = Help students achieve their academic, personal and career goals
Goal = Allow counselors and tutors to spend more time with students
Goal = Help students be more prepared for appointments
Goal = Give faculty access to workshops to use in or outside of class
Goal = Provide useful information to students 24/7
* Several of the workshops will be available in Spanish (available January 2011).
Topics
Academic &
Career Exploration
Maximize Your College Experience
What Makes a Successful Student
Find Your Passion & Choose a Major
Interviewing Skills
Resume Writing
Topics
Topics
Personal Development
Time Management
Motivation & Procrastination
Financial Literacy
Stress Management
Financial Aid Basics
Topics
Topics
Learning to Learn
Discover Your Learning Style
Study Tips & Note-Taking
Test-Taking Strategies
Avoiding Plagiarism
Demo
http://studentlingo.articulate-online.com/5124916650
Action Plans
Engaging Activities
Topics
Uses
FYE
Include the workshops as part of your FYE course or simply make them available to the faculty and students
in the program.
Online Learning
Post StudentLingo workshops in your course and students can access valuable resources without having to
come to campus.
Learning Centers
Bookmark StudentLingo workshops on computers in your learning center.
Use the workshops in place of face-to-face student success workshops or as a replacement activity if a
student misses a session.
Tutoring Programs
Tutors can use the workshops as a supplemental tool when working with students.
The workshops ca n be used as part of your tutor training program.
Faculty
Faculty can use the workshops as resources in class or as a supplemental tool.
Advisors and Career Counselors
Encourage students to watch workshops prior to appointments and bring completed action plans for more
focused, productive sessions.
How?
www.StudentLingo.com
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Your Access Code
More Information: www.innovativeeducators.com
email: [email protected]
or phone: 1.303-775-6004
Feedback from Staff
I watched the "Choosing a Major" workshop and
loved it! This is exactly what Karen, James, and
I have been working on for the last year. Not
having the technical know how, our presentation
does not look or sound as great as this.
We love the videos! We have used them with students who are on
probation/suspension. We have given them to our professors teaching
our first year experience classes. The responses have been very
positive.
Please let us know if you develop any new titles.
Student Feedback
Overall the workshop was very helpful, but the most important thing i
learned it today was know how pay attention and assess my study
skills which help me relax and relief the anxiety.
I rate her presentation as an excellent because the examples she gave
were from students experience and also discussed the most issues the
student may face that hinder him/her from focusing and loosing thier
academic progress.
Overall all the strategies discussed in the workshop are very helpful.
but the most helpful and beneficial strategy is cognitive restructuring.
Turning something into a positive by self-refection.
Why?
Problems
Students don’t attend student success workshops, because they cannot make it to campus or they
don’t think they will use the information. They need the information when they need it.
Students miss critical class lectures due to absences.
Students don’t attend student success workshops, because they cannot make it to campus or
don’t have the time. Therefore workshop attendance is low and faculty and staff are frustrated.
I need to prove to administration that students need on-demand services
Solutions
•Accessible: Access the site 24/7. Just in time training. For example, a student is taking a test the
next day and needs some multiple choice strategies. The student can access the workshop from
home in order to prepare for the test.
•Engaging: Interactive and effective presentations, action plans and resources. All workshops are
practical and can be applied immediately.
•Cost-Effective: Serve students (incoming and current), faculty, staff and parents for one low price.
And we do the work for you!
•Tracking
IE can run monthly reports for you so you know how many students are viewing each workshop.
Next Steps
• Spanish versions are in production
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Available August 2011
• Brainstorming other versions geared
toward specific student populations
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Veterans
First Generation
Adults
Online Learner
Parents
Learn More
To learn more about StudentLingo, go to www.innovativeeducators.org
and click on Test Drive StudentLingo.
Val - 303-775-6004 or [email protected]
Kristen - 303-819-5366 or [email protected]
Free Trials available at www.innovativeeducators.org
Questions