RISE with Online Learning at

Bow Valley College

Any Time, Any Place,

Any Path, Any Pace Learning

Presenters

Cynthia Bandet, MA• Curriculum Development

Specialist, Bow Valley College

• 17 years at Chiu School of Business, Bow Valley College

• Worked with Lauren to create this course

Lauren Kirychuk, M. Ed.• Program Coordinator,

Business Administration, Bow Valley College

• 10 years at Chiu School of Business, Bow Valley College

What was the Problem?

• Introduce Learners to LMS

• Address technological capacity of learners

• Tips for online learners

• ALL BVC learners are online learners

• Increase in use of LMS by Instructors

Challenges and Opportunities

• Excellence in online curriculum development

• Increase in use of LMS

• All BVC learners are online learners

• What does “Any Time, Any Place, Any Path, Any Pace learning look like?

Chiu School of Business

• Second largest PSI provider of online courses in Alberta

• Largest college business school in province

• Some programs fully online

• Commitment to increase online offerings Left to right: Kristine Jeffels, Instructor; Online Learner;

Cynthia Bandet; Lona Tarney, Online Coordinator; David Allwright, Dean

Vision 2020

• Technology literacy

• Work ready graduates

• Flexible with change – what does education look like in the future?

• All programs will be online at Chiu School of Business

Key Points about BVC’s Blended and Online Learning

• Non-facilitated – self-directed

• How we use D2L to manage the non-facilitated aspect

– intelligent agents, completion milestones

• Who takes the course at BVC?

Online and Blended Learning at BVC

• Let’s take a tour of BVC’s

Online and Blended Learning

Results

• Online Delivery Officers can refer learners to course

• Winter 2016, 45% of learners enrolled in the course finished between 80-100% of the course

• Winter 2016, 37% of learners enrolled in the course either didn’t start or barely started

Student Comments

This is my first day of online learning and I have had to

change how I approach my time for study and my time for daily

tasks

I am looking forward to doing this course and

expanding my knowledge

It’s just an intro course to help get familiarize with D2L and online learning strategies. I

would suggest everyone do it, its really useful

Being an online student takes dedication, organization and the support of those around

you. I struggle staying focused when I wish I was doing

something else…

Next Steps?• What does the future look like with this course?• learners new to online – not tech savvy• learners who grew up with technology – already familiar with LMS

– “digital natives”

References

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