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The GPS That Charts the Course to Student Success – Best Practices

Julie Owen, Chief Sales & Marketing Officer

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What to Expect Introduce yourself in the chat, name, institution,

and rolePolls throughout the webinarBrief survey about webinar (end of session)Follow-up email from Julie Owen to include

Link to recorded session Slidedeck Information about BETA testing


The Road to Hell is Paved with Good Intentions


The Road to SUCCESS is Paved with Good Directions


Where Should We Go?


KNOWN» ACT/SAT» Transfer Credits» High school transcripts/GPA» Career placement test» Math/English placement test

scores» Financial data in FA office

UNKNOWN» Work schedule» Level of family/employers’

support» Personal integrity» Work ethic» Time management habits» Technical skills» Ability to read and

understand on-screen

FACTS ABOUT STUDENTS


Creating Custom Maps for Students

» ACT/SAT» Transfer Credits

» High school transcripts» Career placement

test» Math/English placement

test scores

Financial data


What’s Your Preference?

» Different students need different directions» How do they prefer to “get there”?


How Do we NAVIGATE the Path to Student Success» Notify» Address» Value» Integrate» Guide» Advance » Talk » Engage, Evaluate, Examples


NOTIFY


ADDRESS


VALUE


VALUE FOCUS=BENEFIT to student

» EVERYONE WINS-Low stakes assessment – no Pass or Fail» School GENUINELY CARES about student and their success» EMPOWER student» CONNECT student with appropriate resources» SAVE time by targeting opportunities for improvement» IMPROVING study time using Learning Styles» BUILD confidence in strengths


INTEGRATE


GUIDE

Reflection paper on results

Discussion/Chat with peers

Target conversation w/advisor, counselor, mentor

Work through Resources provided on report

Personalized Learning Path

Connect student to support resources offered by school


ADVANCEPredictive

Correlation

Comparison

Descriptive

Student Service


TALK

» DON’T PRACTICE THE SILENT TREATMENT» ASK FACULTY» ASK STUDENTS» ASK GRADUATE ASSISTANTS» GET FEEDBACK TO IMPROVE & GET BUY-IN


ENGAGE, EVALUATE, EXAMPLES

» ENGAGE – Anyone and everyone who has contact with the student

» EVALUATE– What did you find out from your “TALK”? Outside input, fresh

perspective, new ideas, try something different

» EXAMPLES – Wayland Baptist University– University of Memphis– Penn State University– Portland Community College– University of North Georgia

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Spotlight Schools


Wayland Baptist University


Improve Accessibility & Course Design

» Defined – Evaluate learning styles and use that information to improve course design. Conduct research comparing student success of those who know their learning style and choose content accordingly vs. those who do not.

» Dr. Trish Trifilo is working to get her research published


University of Memphis


Create & Nurture an Online Student Success Initiative» Defined – UofM sought to determine how departments

offering fully online and asynchronous UofM Online Programs can enchance the learning success of their upper division online students.

» Success Defined– Increased enrollments– Grade of C or better– One year program retention– Earning a bachelor’s degree

» Tested & Implemented six new services/resources including SmarterMeasure Learning Readiness Indicator


Online Student Success Initiative

» BENEFITS– Created an assignment that requires students to complete the

assessment– Used Data to improve the design of the course– Used data to inform student support which areas students

needed help. On an individual basis and as a group– Using The Learning Readiness Indicator contributed to the

overall success of the initiative• 2.31% decrease in course withdrawal• 4.5% increase in course success• .12 increase in overall GPA


Penn State University


Expansion

» What’s changed at your school over the past 7 years? 5 years? 2 years?

» PSU Global Campus has used SmarterMeasure for over 6 years with their online learners.

» This year, they are expanding into other programs


Portland Community College


PCC Virtual Backpack

• Simple• User-Friendly• Includes mini-quizzes


University of North Georgia


Determine Predictive Value of LRI in Online Success» Population – First-time online students» Examination – Grades in online courses of LRI completers

were compared to non-LRI-completers» Implementation – Upon completing the assessment,

admins leveraged student data to create & provide specific supports at remediating risks reported.

» Conclusion – 95% confidence level, there is a statistically significant different between the grades in online course grades of LRI completers vs. non-LRI-completers

Case study link - http://www.smarterservices.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/SmarterServices_Case-Study_University-of-North-Georgia.pdf


Announcement


WHAT is SMARTERMEASURE? Adaptive

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READINESS

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Education Readiness

COGNITIVE

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Writing Readiness

CUSTOM Coming Soon

Corporate Authored

School Authored


SmarterMeasure is a content agnostic, highly-configurable, adaptive assessment engine that delivers custom assessments.Assessments offered by SmarterServicesThe Learning Readiness Indicator™Competency Based Education Readiness IndicatorMath Readiness Writing Readiness


• FOLLOW UP SURVEY-EXIT THE WEBINAR & FOLLOW UP EMAIL

• FOLLOW UP EMAIL• RECORDED SESSION • SLIDEDECK• CONTACT INFORMATION• BETA TESTING INFORMATION


RESOURCES

» Case Studies-http://www.smarterservices.com/resources/case-studies/

» Conference Schedule-http://www.smarterservices.com/resources/conferences/

» Webinars-http://www.smarterservices.com/resources/webinars/» Putting Together the Pieces of a Successful Student Orientation-

https://vimeo.com/131705665» Announcement about new product evolution - https://

vimeo.com/174409712 » SmarterProctoring - https://

www.smarterproctoring.com/public/contact

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Contact Information

Julie OwenChief Sales & Marketing Officer

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