Online Learning at LaGrange College

August 2014

Takeaway

• Where we’ve been…

• Where we’re at…

• Where we’re going…

Summer/Fall 2012

• June –Contract with Learning House signed.

• October – Board of Trustees resolution issued

• LH Representatives on Campus

2013

• Spring – First class offered under LH guidance

• Summer – First term with multiple online courses• Students from Florida, South Carolina, and Michigan• One student took a course from Chile• Survey results for online courses

• July – Moodle Campus

• Fall – Eight online courses• Accepted into SECRRA (reciprocity agreement with 15 states)• Survey issued for Summer 2014 online courses• LH Moodle Tutorials on Campus

2014

• Spring• Eight online courses

• Alabama joined the SECCRA

• Received authorization from Illinois

• Designed/approved courses that enable our students to succeed in online courses

• Summer• Eleven online courses

• Negotiating a flat rate that reduces LH fees by approximately 40%

• Fall• Eleven online courses

• Two graduate level courses

StatisticsTerm Students Seats Courses

Summer 2013 105 (175, 60.0%) 182 (54.7%) 7

Fall 2013 168 (19.6%) 198 8

Spring 2014 177 (22.4%) 210 8

Summer 2014* 139 (226, 61.5%) 196 11

Fall 2014 (Tentative) 173 214 11

2011 2012 2013 2014

26 61 36 37

Numbers of students, seats filled, and courses by term.*112 (49.6%) of all Summer 2014 students were only online.

Number of transient credit requests during summer terms.

More Statistics

• 18 LaGrange College faculty have taught online/highly hybrid courses (2 Adjunct Faculty)

• 47% of CIRP-surveyed students cited online learning as at least ‘somewhat motivating’ for choosing LaGrange College. (recruitment)

• Spring 2014 - DFW rates were 3.1% higher for online courses than face-to-face (FTF) courses.(retention)

• From Fall 2013 to Spring 2014 (retention)• Online withdrawal rates dropped by 4.15% • Withdrawal rate margin falls from 6.5% to 2.3% between online and FTF

courses.• Contributors: educator experience, college culture

Future of Online Learning at LaGrange College

• January 2015 - First Online January Term Course

• August 2015 – Online RN to BSN program launch• A program with great potential for LaGrange College

• Several pieces to put into place (additional, regular Core courses)

• June 2016 – Take off the training wheels• Support

• Pedagogy

• Technology

Conclusion

• Student and faculty participation in online learning is increasing

• Online learning can be used as recruitment and retention

• We have big plans for how online learning fits with LaGrange College

“By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.”

-Benjamin Franklin