Distance Educationat

College of the Redwoods

Online Enrollment

Retention Rates

Success Rates

9% 9% 11% 8% 4%

The average in a recent study in WA reported 8%.(Xu & Jaggers, 2011)

Percentage difference

Support for DE

Geoff Cain Barry Tucker Bosha Struve

Daniel Fiore John Anderson

Support for DE

• Workshops

• Online tutorials

• AskCR (support ticketing system)

• Technical Services Phone Support

• DE Phone and Email

• DE Advisory Committee

• DE 101 (Online Student Orientation)

In the Community

• Redwoods Technology Consortium

• Humboldt Access (ITV)

• Joint Professional Development– HSU– County Schools

Grants

• Kaleidoscope Grant

• DOL Grant (CTE courses)

• OAII (Course Analytics Grant)

• Rural Human Services (Contract)

Tools

• MyCR (Sakai)

• Tutor.Com

• TurnItIn.Com

• CCC Confer

• DECT (Captioning grant)

• Tegrity

The Future?

• Faculty collaboration in DE– Expansion of the DE Advisory

Committee

• Hybrid courses– Lecture capture– Mobile technologies

• Open Education Resources– Lower cost of education for students