A Strategic Lens on the use of OCICU Courses to the Benefit of Our Students Robert D. Bunnell, Ed.D., Dean, Jackie Martin, M.S., Senior Academic Advisor

A Strategic Lens on the use of OCICU Courses to the Benefit of Our Students

Robert D. Bunnell, Ed.D., Dean,

Jackie Martin, M.S., Senior Academic Advisor

Neumann University, Division of Continuing Adult & Professional Studies

How OCICU courses have been to our benefit:

•Who do they benefit? •Undergraduate students from each academic division at our institution.

•What courses do they take? •Majority Arts & Sciences

•When•We offer OCICU in the fall, spring, and summer terms of each academic year.

•Why •To retain students by providing flexible options•To allow students to progress in course work that would be otherwise unavailable (catalog sequencing, transfer students)

Review and selection of OCICU Course Options*

• Fall courses – July

• Spring courses – October

• Summer courses – March

*dependent upon release of schedule in Member Documents via ocicu.org.

OCICU Course Selection & Recommendation Process

List is sent by Dean to the Registrar’s Office System Administrator for administrative input. The Registrar determines course equivalencies. Our System Administrator notifies the entire undergraduate student body that OCICU options are available. *individual terms are created to

distinguish/identify OCICU courses as separate from our normal course schedule options.

List is reviewed by Deans in other academic divisions. Typically 3-5 days after the list is sent we expect feedback, permission to proceed, or recommendations for courses to eliminate from the OCICU course recommendations.

*Reasons why we would eliminate?

List is then passed on to share with two other advisors in our academic division. Other advisors highlight courses they recommend. The list is then forwarded back to Senior Advisor. Senior Advisor condenses the list to begin specific recommendations to send to the Dean. She includes the master course schedule in a separate tab

so that the other Deans can see all that is available via OCICU.

Download schedule, highlight the courses advisees will need based on historical trends and “ears to the ground” academic advising. Senior Advisor cross-checks online courses offered at Neumann to ensure that there is no conflict of recommending courses that are already available

online.

Senior Advisor checks on a weekly basis to see if Course Schedule is released (member document access, ocicu.org)

A STRATEGIC LENS: Let’s Look at the Numbers 2013-2014

OCICU Study of Enrollments 2013-2014 • Motivation:

• Desire to know who is taking OCICU courses, which courses are in highest demand, and “who” are the students that are taking these courses. Discover possibilities.

• to gain a sense of the course patterns and number of students enrolling in OCICU courses.

• Plan: • Focus in on one academic year – fall and spring semesters – and look

for trends. • Needed – term, course section, major, age.

Stc Term Section Name Majors Age

13/FOC4 PHIL-202-OC2 NURS 23

13/FOC1 ENG-101-OC ORG 2913/FOC4 ENG-126-OC2 ORG 29

13/FOC2 NUR-226-OC3 NURS 54

13/FOC4 THEO-212-OC2 ACT 20

13/FOC1 PHIL-226-OC NURS 2613/FOC1 THEO-326-OC NURS 26

13/FOC2 SCI-226-OC LIB 2713/FOC1 THEO-215-OC LIB 27

13/FOC4 THEO-226-OC2 LIB 27

13/FOC4 THEO-215-OC4 BIO 22

13/FOC1 THEO-326-OC NURS 23

13/FOC2 HIST-102-OC NURS 3213/FOC4 THEO-426-OC2 NURS 32

13/FOC1 CA-206-OC NURS 3513/FOC2 NUR-226-OC3 NURS 27

13/FOC4 ACT-103-OC ACT 5413/FOC4 BUS-309-OC2 ACT 5413/FOC4 ART-101-OC2 LIB 3713/FOC4 INT-202-OC2 LIB 3713/FOC4 THEO-212-OC2 LIB 37

13/FOC1 ENG-326-OC 3113/FOC1 ENG-101-OC ORG 3813/FOC4 ENG-126-OC2 ORG 38

13/FOC4 INT-202-OC2 NURS 4113/FOC4 ART-101-OC2 NURS 2413/FOC4 THEO-326-OC2 NURS 24

13/FOC4 THEO-326-OC2 NURS 23


13/FOC1 ENG-200-OC NURS 2713/FOC4 PHIL-202-OC2 NURS 27


13/FOC3 MGT-342-OC2 SEM 23

13/FOC5 MGT-405-OC2 SEM 23

13/FOC1 PHIL-226-OC NURS 3913/FOC2 HIST-102-OC NURS 2313/FOC1 THEO-215-OC3 NURS 37

13/FOC1 INT-202-OC NURS 2213/FOC2 MGT-326-OC4 ORG 52


13/FOC4 ENG-200-OC2 NURS 25

13/FOC2 PSYCH-212-OC NURS 25

13/FOC4 MUS-101-OC2 LA 26

13/FOC4 PHIL-202-OC2 LA 26

13/FOC1 PHIL-226-OC LA 2613/FOC2 PSYCH-220-OC LA 26

13/FOC4 PSYCH-280-OC2 LA 26


13/FOC2 NUR-226-OC3 32





13/FOC1 PHIL-102-OC BIO 3413/FOC4 INT-202-OC2 NURS 4213/FOC1 THEO-215-OC3 NURS 42

13/FOC1 NUR-326-OC NURS 2613/FOC2 NUR-226-OC3 NURS 40


13/FOC1 PHIL-226-OC NURS 3313/FOC1 NUR-326-OC NURS 2813/FOC4 PHIL-226-OC2 CJ 22

13/FOC4 MGT-326-OC2 BUS 21

13/FOC4 PSYCH-210-OC2 BEHSC 25

13/FOC4 PSYCH-280-OC2 NURS 44

13/FOC4 ENG-200-OC2 NURS 31

13/FOC4 MATH-102-OC2 NMUG 24

13/FOC4 ENG-200-OC2 PSY 25

13/FOC2 HIST-103-OC PSY 2513/FOC2 PSYCH-220-OC PSY 25

13/FOC1 NUR-326-OC NURS 4613/FOC1 THEO-215-OC3 NURS 28

13/FOC2 PSYCH-212-OC LIB 33

13/FOC2 SCI-226-OC LIB 3313/FOC4 ENG-200-OC2 BUS 29

13/FOC4 PHIL-202-OC2 BUS 29

13/FOC1 PHIL-226-OC NURS 3913/FOC1 ENG-101-OC ORG 2713/FOC4 ENG-126-OC2 ORG 27

13/FOC1 INT-202-OC BIO 3313/FOC1 PHIL-226-OC NURS 3113/FOC2 NUR-226-OC3 NURS 27


13/FOC1 PHIL-102-OC NURS 2113/FOC1 CA-206-OC NURS 2213/FOC1 ART-101-OC NURS 2213/FOC4 INT-202-OC2 BUS 2613/FOC2 BUS-321-OC2 BUS, ACT 23

13/FOC1 ART-101-OC 2413/FOC4 NUR-326-OC2 NURS 40

13/FOC1 CA-206-OC NURS 4613/FOC1 THEO-326-OC NURS 45

13/FOC4 THEO-212-OC2 BIO 26

13/FOC4 PSYCH-280-OC2 PSY 22

13/FOC1 INT-202-OC NURS 2313/FOC1 PSYCH-280-OC NURS 34

13/FOC4 ART-101-OC2 NURS 4913/FOC3 PHIL-102-OC2 NURS 49

13/FOC4 INT-202-OC2 NURS 4213/FOC2 NUR-226-OC3 NURS 42



13/FOC1 NUR-326-OC NURS 3913/FOC1 INT-202-OC PSY 2213/FOC2 PSYCH-212-OC PSY 22

13/FOC4 ENG-326-OC4 LA 24

13/FOC1 PHIL-102-OC NURS 2613/FOC4 THEO-326-OC4 NURS 26

13/FOC1 MUS-101-OC NURS 3913/FOC1 PHIL-102-OC NURS 3013/FOC1 THEO-326-OC NURS 30


13/FOC1 PHIL-226-OC NURS 4213/FOC1 THEO-326-OC NURS 25

13/FOC4 SOC-101-OC4 CJ 2213/FOC1 PHIL-226-OC 3813/FOC2 NUR-226-OC3 NURS 25

13/FOC1 NUR-226-OC NURS 2813/FOC4 THEO-226-OC2 NURS 38

13/FOC1 PHIL-102-OC NURS 2513/FOC2 HIST-103-OC 2213/FOC1 INT-202-OC 2213/FOC2 BUS-309-OC 3613/FOC4 ENG-200-OC2 36

13/FOC4 PHIL-202-OC2 36

13/FOC1 ENG-101-OC ORG 2713/FOC4 ENG-126-OC2 ORG 27

13/FOC4 MGT-415-OC2 ACT 31


13/FOC1 PHIL-102-OC NURS 2713/FOC4 ART-101-OC2 CJ 2313/FOC4 THEO-326-OC2 NURS 22

13/FOC1 INT-202-OC NURS 2513/FOC2 NUR-226-OC3 NURS 29



13/FOC1 SOC-101-OC3 NURS 3913/FOC4 MGT-326-OC2 22

13/FOC1 PHIL-202-OC 2213/FOC1 HIST-126-OC NURS 2213/FOC4 BUS-350-OC2 CIM 2213/FOC4 PHIL-202-OC2 NURS 41

13/FOC4 HIST-126-OC2 LIB 55

13/FOC1 THEO-215-OC LIB 55

13/FOC1 MUS-101-OC 3113/FOC2 NUR-226-OC3 NURS 37

13/FOC3 PHIL-102-OC2 NURS 25


13/FOC4 INT-202-OC2 BIO 2313/FOC3 PHIL-102-OC2 NURS 30


13/FOC2 PSYCH-220-OC LA 28

13/FOC2 PSYCH-380-OC LA 28

The Approach

•Type of course (academic discipline)

•Major/degree program of the students who enrolled in specific types of courses

•Age of the Online Learner

*Note: I eliminated duplicate names enrolled for major and age analysis

Fall 2013 114 undergraduate students

enrolled in 153 online, 8-week mini-term courses offered by the OCICU.

The age range of the 114 students who enrolled in an OCICU course in fall 2013 was

20 – 55.

The most frequently occurring

was 22 years of age.

Ages # enrolled students

20 - 29 yrs 62 Age ranges 20 -24 = 31 of the 114 students; 25 – 29 are 31 of the 114 students

30 – 39 yrs 34 Age ranges 30-34 are 17 of the 114; 35 -39 are 17 of the 114 students

40 – 49 yrs 14 Age ranges 40 – 44 are 8 of the 114 students 45-49 are 6 of the 114 students

50 – 55 4

Account-ing

Art 101 Business CA 206 English History INT 202 Math 102

MGT MUS 101

NUR PHIL PSYCH SCI SOC THEO0

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10

15

20

25

30

35

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6

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OCICU Course Enrollments Fall 2013Draw attention to the courses that were lower enrolled --- these are perfect examples of how having OCICU options allowed our students to progress with their individual degree requirements.

• OCICU provides a way to meet the need of an online learner

as well as…

• a learner whose course is cancelled

• Not available in the current term

• Schedule conflict (class or work shift scheduled at the same time as the class the student needs)

153 courses // 114 individual students

Spring 2014 73 students enrolled in 108 online, 8-week mini-term courses offered by the OCICU.

The age range of the 73 students who enrolled in an OCICU course in spring 2014 was 21 – 52.

The most frequently occurring

was 22 years of age.

Ages # enrolled students

20 - 29 yrs

49 Age ranges ages 21 - 24 are 29 of the 73 students Ages 25 - 29 are 20 of the 73 students

30 – 39 yrs

17 Age ranges 30-34 are 14/73 students 35 -39 are 3/73 students

40 – 49 yrs

6 Age ranges 40 – 44 are 3/73 students 45-49 are 3/73 students

50 – 55 1

ACT ART

BUS CA

CIM

ECON

ENGLISH

ENV SCI

HISTORY

INT 202

MATH

MNGT

MUSIC

NURS

PHILOSOPHY

POLSC

PSYCH SOC

SPA 102

THEOLOGY

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5

10

15

20

25

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7

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11

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OCICU Course Enrollments Spring 2014 Notice the trends

• lower enrolled courses by which the consortium fills a need

• common themes from term to term

• ease of selection for future terms based on historical past course interest

108 courses // 73 individual students

Post-Analysis: OCICU Study of Enrollments

• Who is the adult-learner on my virtual campus today?

• How can other academic divisions develop a less traditional approach to traditional students completing their undergraduate degree programs?

• Are we as educators in higher education prepared to meet the demands of today’s traditional students?

How Do You Select Which OCICU Courses to Offer? •Similarities and/or differences?•Issues which affect course selection?•Are there courses you cannot find which OCICU members might develop?

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Robert D. Bunnell, Ed.D.Dean & Associate Professor

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Jackie Martin, M.S., Senior Academic Advisor

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