There has never been a more exciting time to be in online education. In a climate of teaching apps and learning hacks, there is much to gain from evaluating the systems we use campus-wide and leveraging their integration for student success. Join us for a great discussion about building bridges for student success.
One of the positive outcomes of the use of technology in education is the ability to capture data to inform processes and procedures. Learning management systems not only provide platforms for instruction, they also afford us the ability to track attendance, completion progress, mastery of material, engagement, and other analytics. Combining that data with other systems can provide powerful snapshots of how we, as institutions, are helping students become independent learners who meet their academic goals.
In preparation for a recent SACS Re-Affirmation process, our community college completed an internal audit of our in-use systems to determine which could be integrated for the purpose of compiling better data to address attrition. We discovered we had access to much useful data already; we merely needed a better way to network the systems to compile and interpret the information. We have been able to successfully leverage our data and learning systems for the purpose and use of advisors, success coaches, learning specialists, and disability services. In addition, we have built a library of online tools and services for writing and math, tutoring, online readiness, counseling, study skills and testing preparation, all areas revealed to be needs of our students by our data dig.
This session offers engaging discussion about building bridges across institutional divisions and integrating systems for the benefit of students. It concludes with an interactive exercise of looking at the various tools we created or curated for our learning support services focus.