1. ONLINE/HYBRID
COMMITTEE
Elizabeth Matthews, PhD
Karen Gregory, MA, ABD
City College, CWE

2. Committee Goals
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Work with individual departments/divisions to
assess interest and need in online/hybrid
courses
Increase the number of online/hybrid course
offerings (as appropriate for each
department/division)
Consider the department/divisions short and
longer term goals related to online/hybrid
courses and educational technology in general

3. CCNY: How We Compare
Percentage of Instructional (Student) FTEs Offered Partially or
Totally Online (from CUNY PMP)
9.00
% of Instructional (Student) FTEs
8.00
7.00
6.00
5.00
City College
Sr Coll Average
4.00
CUNY Average
3.00
2.00
1.00
0.00
Fall 08
Fall 09
Fall 10
Fall 11
Fall 2012

4. CCNY: How We Compare
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FALL 2012: U/G FTEs Partially or Fully Online
(City)131.85
FALL 2012L U/G FTEs Partially or Fully
Online (CUNY Average) 744.22
To equal CUNY Average, City College must
add 612.37 FTEs

5. Findings from CWE Assessment: Why Students
Take Online/Hybrid Classes
Reasons for Taking Online/Hybrid
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Family Time
Job Issues
Personal Time
Allowed Summer
Schedule

6. Benefits Noted by Students
Learning Benefits
Improved
Reading
Completion
Improved Time
Management
Improved
Tracking of
Grades
Improved
Writing Skills

7. Faculty Perceptions
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Benefits for Students
100% responded that student learning of course
outcomes was the same or better than similar F2F
 Larger numbers of students participating in
discussions
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Benefits for Faculty
Greater flexibility for conference and research travel
 No “missed” classes due to illness/travel
 Improved flexibility life/work balance
 Ease of posting materials and integrating
rubrics/grades into one place
 Easier tracking of student work
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8. Moving Forward
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Introducing the faculty reps to a model of online training
and course development
Reps and Advocacy Role within Department/Division
Developing an infrastructure for online/hybrid
coursework and the incorporation of educational
technology
Assessing the needs of each department/division:
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Student interest
Faculty interest
Tech needs/resources
Creating a strategic plan

9. Collaborations & Resources
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College Infrastructure
Department/Division Level
Faculty
Platform & Ongoing Development

10. Goals for Timeline
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Connect with chair/dean to determine 5+
courses that could be developed online/hybrid
(February)
Assessment of the student needs, faculty
interests, tech needs (Feb-March)
Introduction to resources/support and BB
platform (late February)
Educational Tech workshops on special topics
 Using
collaborate, voice thread
wordpress, mindomo (March-May) --* optional

11. Timeline
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Course Shell Development (March-April)
Recruitment of faculty to be trained by CETL
for Fall 14 and Spring 15 teaching (April- May)
Presentation of Progress (early May)

12. How we can help
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Help modify survey instruments to better fit
your division/department needs
Assist with talking to faculty/chairs/deans in
your division about online/hybrid courses
Help you think about policies and
infrastructure for online/hybrid courses as well
as supporting resources
Assist you one-one with your course
development shell in BB

13. Contact Information
Elizabeth Matthews
ematthews@ccny.cuny.edu
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Karen Greogry
kgregory@ccny.cuny.edu
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