1. ELAC Team Project(Action Research)
Spring 2010 FTLA
Developing Connections for Assistance

2. Team Members
Unjoo Lee, Librarian
Harry Lord, Title V Web 2.0 Tech Activities Director
3. Research Plan
Students views on what are the primary limitations and strengths to their learning
Will Facebook participation help student learning?
What other interventions can benefit?
4. Part A: Unjoos ClassEtudes Discussion w Rubric
Unjoosclass
is taught online, in Etudes.
5. Analyzing Student data from Survey Monkey
6. Findings
80% of online students lack time.
The majority of online students had a good foundation of basic skills (English and Math).
Little more than half the students felt that the use of Facebook was not helping their learning.
7. Unjoos Facebook Site
8. Engaging Students in the Library Workshop
9. F2F Library WorkshopStudent Collaboration
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bf6FL2qwfOE
10. Summary
Students who participated in Facebook had a higher grade.
Students who sent Facebook messages required immediate attention.
Setting a rubric helps the quality of posts on the discussion board.
Ice breaker helps students engage and collaborate with team mates.
11. Part 2: HarrysChem Class
The class explored
their limitations to
learning, online in
the Discussion
Forum in our CMS
(Bb),
12. as well as
in the
Groups
Facebook
site.
13. Learning Limitations
Interestingly, the primary limitations did not include time, effort or study methods, but rather:
(a)Math anxiety,
(b)Inability to tackle word problems, &
(c)Fear of failure (lack of confidence).
14. Interventions Applied
Posting of math & chem tutorials in the CMS
15. Interventions Applied, 2
Creation of study & work groups, with master students & instructor assisting,
16. Interventions Applied, 3
Friday evening &/or Saturday AM, 3 hr guided workshops with 1 on 1 assistance.
17. Results
The student response has been very positive, with the guided workshops the most useful.
Comparing the same test in the prior semester with this semester, the class average increased by almost 10%, even though for the prior test this semester was 3.7% lower.
18. Recommendations
1. The college should create and offer a set of math review workshops for introductory chem (or science) students, and/or empathetic tutoring services.
2. The college should offer training to a select group of tutors to work with low self-confidence students.
19. Contact us
Unjoo Lee, LeeU@elac.edu
Harry Lord, lordhc@elac.edu
East Los Angeles College
1301 AvenidaCesar Chavez
Monterey Park, CA, 91754
www.elac.edu