Basic Skills Infusion Through WebBased Technology

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Basic Skills Infusion Through Web-Based Technology

• Jason R. Suárez
• El Camino College
• Academic Senate for CCC Basic Skills Committee

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What Are Basic Skills?

• "Basic skills are those foundation skills in
  reading, writing, mathematics, learning skills,
  study skills, and English as a Second Language
  which are necessary for students to succeed in
  college-level work.
• Basic Skills Initiative

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The Basic Skills Initiative

• Key project in addressing the goal of student
  success and readiness (Goal B) in the California
  Community Colleges System Strategic Plan.
• How colleges address and meet the needs of basic
  skills and ESL students.

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ECC Student Equity Plan

• The Districts Student Equity Policy provides
  that all students . . . shall be provided the
  necessary services and support to achieve their
  educational goals.

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CCC Open Door Policy

• Who do we serve?
• Any high school graduate
• Any person 18 years and over
• High schools students
• Increasing retention, completion and success
  rates! How?

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The ClassroomThe Starting Point

• Creating a community of active learners
• Restructure
• Interactive
• Collaborative
• Facilitate
• Belonging
• Now comes the technology!

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Create A Course Web Page

• Students can access
• Course information
• Lesson objectives
• Course assignments
• Course resources
• Faculty can address
• Diverse learning styles
• Lectures
• Assignments
• Diverse academic backgrounds

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Create a Collaborative Workspace - PBwiki

• It provides a forum for content reflection and
  review
• It instills collaborative learning
• It promotes socialization and student networking

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• Example of web-based seminar using PBwiki

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• Student collaboration from home

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• PBwiki initiated student collaboration and
  networking

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Total Reader

• Identifies a student's Lexile measure
• Word frequency (semantic difficulty) and sentence
  length (syntactic complexity)
• Helps students improve their reading
• Helps me identify students who may need
  intervention

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Total Reader at ECC

• Al Solano - Project Director Title V
• Increase persistence and transfer of students
  enrolled in TEP
• Richard Nangle and Mark Mitrovic ? Total Reader
• Combined vision/effort
• Now applied in
• English developmental courses
• Content courses

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Total Reader in a Content Course

• Sample studies - interventions
• Anas Lexile measure 860L - exam score 64
• Sandras Lexile measure 1310L - exam score 94
• Clarks Lexile measure 1330 - exam score 67
• What was the exams Lexile measure?
• 1410L

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Web-Based Technology and Basic Skills

• Course web page
• Access for success
• PBwiki
• Collaboration and active participation
• Total Reader
• Reading and comprehension improvement
• Intervention tool

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Contacts

• Jason R. Suárez
• El Camino College
• Department of History
• ASCCC Basic Skills Committee
• [phone]
• jsuarez_at_elcamino.edu
• Al Solano
• Project Director Title V Cooperative
• Teacher Education Program
• El Camino College
• [phone]
• asolano_at_elcamino.edu

• Total Reader http//www.totalreader.com/
• Richard Nangle
• [phone]
• rnangle_at_edgate.com
• Mark A Mitrovich
• [phone], x222
• markam_at_edgate.com
• Lexile Framework for Reading http//www.lexile.co
  m/
• PBwiki http//pbwiki.com/