LERN 55 - Successful Online Learning - Stage 5 - Elizabeth Stewart
Assessment
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| Assessment Description | The student discussion forums were broken up into five separate groups |
| Learning Outcomes | Construct positive and effective relationships with instructor and classmates using online communications |
| Number of Sections | 2 |
| Number of Instructors | 1 |
| Number of Students | 25 |
Data Analysis
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| Data Summary | 44% received 0 replies to an original post 40% received 1 reply to an original post 12% received 2 replies to an original post 4% received 3 replies to an original post 0% had an on-going conversation by replying to a response to an original post In a student survey: 30% of the students reported that they find the small groups more conducive to communication with other student. 35% of the students reported that they find small groups to be less conducive to communication with other students. 35% of the students reported that it made no difference to them. |
| Analysis Summary | Most students in the small group setting received either zero or only one response. There were few on-going discussions in the discussion threads compared with the usual whole class group setting. 70% or most students preferred the larger group setting or found that there was no difference. Several students expressed through email tome that they small groups left them less choice about who they would want to respond to. They indicated that larger groups allowed for a greater variety of interesting posts. |
| Next Steps Planned | Increase the group sizes to about twenty students as opposed to six or seven per group. This number has fewer students in a group than the whole class, which can make group communication less personal. But it may be enough to allow for students to have a greater number and more of a variety of posts to reply to before the nearing of the forum deadline at the end of the week. |
| Learning Outcomes | Construct positive and effective relationships with instructor and classmates using online communications |
Changes
| Details | I broke my whole class discussion forums into five small groups |
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| Learning Outcomes | • Construct positive and effective relationships with instructor and classmates using online communications |
Tentative Future Plans
| Term | Fall 2013 |
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| Activities | Implementation of planned changes and reassessment |
| More Details | 1. Break class down into larger groups than Spring 13 but smaller than whole class groups--to enhance current semester's (Sp 13) SLO. 2. Include CCC Confer Online Orientation and weekly messaging to enhance all major SLOs for this class |
SLO Details Storage Location
HARD COPY - In a department filing system (department office)