deac (2008) draft smcccd distance education plan
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DEAC (2008)
DRAFT SMCCCD Distance Education Plan
What’s DEAC
To-date: Vision Planning Platforms chosen Training DE Gateway Data collection Sense of urgency Distance Education Plan
Plan Purpose
The SMCCCD Distance Education Plan developed by the Distance Education Advisory Committee will provide the colleges with projections for enrollments and suggested demand for courses. These projections can be used as guidelines to identify potential program and course development areas as well as the resources required to implement them. Further, the plan will list "best practices" for increasing distance education success and retention and address processes and criteria for integrating distance education modality into
ongoing programs and services.
Collective Vision & Goal
Increase student success in distance education to be the highest in Bay Ten.
Achieve and maintain 20% annual distance education enrollment growth (seat count) in the next 10 years to: increase distance education enrollment to be
10% of total enrollments bring distance education FTES to be at least
the statewide average.
Background & Rationale
Vision Planning Recommendation Clear & Present Need for Plan We are behind some Bay Ten schools (as measured
by distance ed FTES* 06-07 data) Foothill CCD (15.3%) West Valley CCD (8.4%) Ohlone (7.1%) Statewide Average (6.8%) Contra Costa (6.1%) Chabot-Los Posidas (5.3%) San Jose CCD (4.7%) SMCCCD (1.9%*) CCSF (1.7%) Marin (.4%) Peralta (.1%) * data from System Office data mart
Statewide Picture
DE Growth (96 – 06) Total number of course sessions: 2,710 to 21,906 (808%
increase) Headcounts: 54,524 to 301,071 (19%/yr), representing 11.8% of
all system headcounts Enrollments (credit only): 102,607 to 605,055 (20%/yr),
representing 5.6% of all system enrollments. (SMCCCD: 4.4%) DE Degree/Programs: 35% colleges (59 colleges responding to
survey) Faculty/student survey feedback: positive
SMCCCD
Enrollments & Projections: (Online) Using Statewide Rate of 20%/yr
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Untapped Market
People who prefer distance education modality (data pending)
Mobility impaired students; institutionalized and incarcerated
Transportation limited (Coastside, etc) Workplace learning International students Existing university students whose classes
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Statewide Picture
Outcomes: (Performance gap narrowing)
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Outcomes by Age: Gaps remain
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Planning for Growth
Course Development We currently offer a wide variety of courses
and many are well attended. We need to think about:
High demand courses Courses satisfying various degree/certificates Access to people who are distance bound,
including people with mobility issues
Planning for Growth
Program Development We are very close to using distance education
to satisfy Associate degrees requirements. We need: Oral Communication Ethnic Studies
Planning for Growth
Resources DE Unique Services & Support
Proctoring services Tutoring distance learning
Faculty & Staff Support Human Resources Library Services Marketing & Research Student Services Technology
Planning for Growth
Other Exciting Developments “Intro to distance learning and college” course
planned for all 12 graders in high schools CAHSEE grant through Peninsula Library
System that hooks colleges to high school students
Finally – Concrete Process
District-wide: data overall goals progress
monitoring coordination
Colleges: process timelines annual targets course &
program development
resource needs