Basic Skills Distance Learning Pilot Project

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Basic SkillsDistance Learning Pilot Project

• 2004-2005
• Fall Report Information

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Information from Instructor Reports

• 16 Instructors taught 14 sections in Fall Quarter
  2004.
• 132 students attended orientation.
• 100 students began courses.
• 52 students met the goal they stated when they
  enrolled.

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WHY STUDENTS CHOSE ANONLINE COURSE
38 Other
62 Time bound/ schedule flexibility
Course only available online
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35 Interest in/ preference for online
46 Place bound/ location flexibility
0 - Participation required as part of course work
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ORIENTATION OVERVIEW

• All courses began with a student orientation as a
  specific part of the course.
• Orientation varied from 1 to 3 hours.
• Twelve classes held group orientation one
  offered individual orientation.
• Some instructors offered additional orientation
  sessions during the quarter.
• In one instance, if students needed to take the
  CASAS test, the orientation lasted an additional
  hour.
• In one course, students had already attended an
  information session and taken the CASAS test.

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ORIENTATION OVERVIEW

• All instructors used at least one of the
  following assessment tools during orientation
• Learning Style Inventory
• Computer Skill Assessment
• Pre-class Survey
• Other

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STUDENT POST-EVALUATION SURVEY

• Nearly half of the students who began course work
  completed the post-evaluation survey. Overall,
  students reported high levels of satisfaction
  with the course.
• Number of students responding - 41

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STUDENT SUCCESS WITH GED Illinois
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Methods Instructors Usedto Communicate With
Students
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HOW INSTRUCTORS SPENT THEIR TIME IN DISTANCE
LEARNING?