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The GPS That Charts the Course to Student Success – Best Practices
Julie Owen, Chief Sales & Marketing Officer
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What to Expect Introduce yourself in the chat, name, institution,
and rolePolls throughout the webinarBrief survey about webinar (end of session)Follow-up email from Julie Owen to include
Link to recorded session Slidedeck Information about BETA testing
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The Road to Hell is Paved with Good Intentions
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The Road to SUCCESS is Paved with Good Directions
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Where Should We Go?
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KNOWN» ACT/SAT» Transfer Credits» High school transcripts/GPA» Career placement test» Math/English placement test
scores» Financial data in FA office
UNKNOWN» Work schedule» Level of family/employers’
support» Personal integrity» Work ethic» Time management habits» Technical skills» Ability to read and
understand on-screen
FACTS ABOUT STUDENTS
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Creating Custom Maps for Students
» ACT/SAT» Transfer Credits
» High school transcripts» Career placement
test» Math/English placement
test scores
Financial data
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What’s Your Preference?
» Different students need different directions» How do they prefer to “get there”?
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How Do we NAVIGATE the Path to Student Success» Notify» Address» Value» Integrate» Guide» Advance » Talk » Engage, Evaluate, Examples
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NOTIFY
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ADDRESS
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VALUE
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VALUE FOCUS=BENEFIT to student
» EVERYONE WINS-Low stakes assessment – no Pass or Fail» School GENUINELY CARES about student and their success» EMPOWER student» CONNECT student with appropriate resources» SAVE time by targeting opportunities for improvement» IMPROVING study time using Learning Styles» BUILD confidence in strengths
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INTEGRATE
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GUIDE
Reflection paper on results
Discussion/Chat with peers
Target conversation w/advisor, counselor, mentor
Work through Resources provided on report
Personalized Learning Path
Connect student to support resources offered by school
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ADVANCEPredictive
Correlation
Comparison
Descriptive
Student Service
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TALK
» DON’T PRACTICE THE SILENT TREATMENT» ASK FACULTY» ASK STUDENTS» ASK GRADUATE ASSISTANTS» GET FEEDBACK TO IMPROVE & GET BUY-IN
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ENGAGE, EVALUATE, EXAMPLES
» ENGAGE – Anyone and everyone who has contact with the student
» EVALUATE– What did you find out from your “TALK”? Outside input, fresh
perspective, new ideas, try something different
» EXAMPLES – Wayland Baptist University– University of Memphis– Penn State University– Portland Community College– University of North Georgia
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Spotlight Schools
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Wayland Baptist University
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Improve Accessibility & Course Design
» Defined – Evaluate learning styles and use that information to improve course design. Conduct research comparing student success of those who know their learning style and choose content accordingly vs. those who do not.
» Dr. Trish Trifilo is working to get her research published
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University of Memphis
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Create & Nurture an Online Student Success Initiative» Defined – UofM sought to determine how departments
offering fully online and asynchronous UofM Online Programs can enchance the learning success of their upper division online students.
» Success Defined– Increased enrollments– Grade of C or better– One year program retention– Earning a bachelor’s degree
» Tested & Implemented six new services/resources including SmarterMeasure Learning Readiness Indicator
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Online Student Success Initiative
» BENEFITS– Created an assignment that requires students to complete the
assessment– Used Data to improve the design of the course– Used data to inform student support which areas students
needed help. On an individual basis and as a group– Using The Learning Readiness Indicator contributed to the
overall success of the initiative• 2.31% decrease in course withdrawal• 4.5% increase in course success• .12 increase in overall GPA
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Penn State University
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Expansion
» What’s changed at your school over the past 7 years? 5 years? 2 years?
» PSU Global Campus has used SmarterMeasure for over 6 years with their online learners.
» This year, they are expanding into other programs
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Portland Community College
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PCC Virtual Backpack
• Simple• User-Friendly• Includes mini-quizzes
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University of North Georgia
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Determine Predictive Value of LRI in Online Success» Population – First-time online students» Examination – Grades in online courses of LRI completers
were compared to non-LRI-completers» Implementation – Upon completing the assessment,
admins leveraged student data to create & provide specific supports at remediating risks reported.
» Conclusion – 95% confidence level, there is a statistically significant different between the grades in online course grades of LRI completers vs. non-LRI-completers
Case study link - http://www.smarterservices.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/SmarterServices_Case-Study_University-of-North-Georgia.pdf
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Announcement
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WHAT is SMARTERMEASURE? Adaptive
Assessment Engine
Content Agnostic
Web-based Completely
hosted Customizable
READINESS
Learning Readiness Indicator
Competency Based
Education Readiness
COGNITIVE
Math Readiness
Writing Readiness
CUSTOM Coming Soon
Corporate Authored
School Authored
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SmarterMeasure is a content agnostic, highly-configurable, adaptive assessment engine that delivers custom assessments.Assessments offered by SmarterServicesThe Learning Readiness Indicator™Competency Based Education Readiness IndicatorMath Readiness Writing Readiness
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• FOLLOW UP SURVEY-EXIT THE WEBINAR & FOLLOW UP EMAIL
• FOLLOW UP EMAIL• RECORDED SESSION • SLIDEDECK• CONTACT INFORMATION• BETA TESTING INFORMATION
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RESOURCES
» Case Studies-http://www.smarterservices.com/resources/case-studies/
» Conference Schedule-http://www.smarterservices.com/resources/conferences/
» Webinars-http://www.smarterservices.com/resources/webinars/» Putting Together the Pieces of a Successful Student Orientation-
https://vimeo.com/131705665» Announcement about new product evolution - https://
vimeo.com/174409712 » SmarterProctoring - https://
www.smarterproctoring.com/public/contact
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Contact Information
Julie OwenChief Sales & Marketing Officer