ITC Presentations 2021
ITC Presentations 2021
Date/Time: Monday, February 22, 2021 at 1:00pm - 1:45 pm ET
Presenter: Lisa Young & Sara Beakley Mercill
Abstract: This session will provide a discussion of the circumstances that led to Scottsdale Community College creating a consistent navigation experience across all courses utilizing the Learning Management System (LMS), called SCC’s Blueprint. SCC’s Blueprint not only consists of mandatory navigation elements but also houses common syllabus and policy elements as well as technical, academic and student support services. In this session you will be provided an overview and demonstration of SCC’s Blueprint and learn how this has impacted the student online learning experience.
Date/Time: Monday, February 22, 2021 at 2:00 pm - 2:45 pm ET
Presenters: Lisa Young & Sara Beakley Mercill
Abstract: This session will provide a discussion of the circumstances that led to the creation and implementation of an evaluation tool for Live Online and On Your Time Online courses at Scottsdale Community College (SCC). The Faculty Online Evaluation Tool (FOOT) was created in response to HLC’s online accreditation approval to offer online degrees and programs. The FOOT is based on best practices in Quality Matters (QM) while integrating SCC’s Blueprint and Online Teaching Essentials programs. In this session you will be provided with an overview of the FOOT tool and a discussion of how to adapt it to your institution.
Date/Time: Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM ET
Presenters: Pat Serrano, Melissa Verschage, Stephanie Fujii
Abstract: Online learning has been under greater scrutiny by accrediting agencies over the past several years. During a review of Scottsdale Community College’s (SCC) online programs by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) in the spring of 2017, it was found that SCC needed improvement in three areas in order to achieve online program accreditation. These three areas were:
Develop and apply standards for training faculty members delivering online courses;
Develop student-centered standardization of courses to make it easier for students to navigate, and;
Develop an institutional program or system to ensure consistency between online courses and programs across departments and disciplines.
In this session, we will share with you the path we took to achieving success in accreditation for online programs, the culture changes that resulted across all populations - from students to faculty/staff to leadership, as well as the significant impact that occurred on learner outcomes in online courses.
Date/Time: Wednesday, March 10, 2021 at 2:00pm - 2:45 pm ET
Presenters: Melissa Verschage, Pat Serrano
Abstract: This session will focus on a faculty professional development course created as a result of a Higher Learning Commission (HLC) review of online programs at Scottsdale Community College (SCC). We responded to HLC with a series of faculty training courses. In this session, we will discuss only one part of that series, Online Teaching Essentials (OTE).
OTE is designed to provide faculty with practical information and best practices for teaching online. The course stresses universal design practices while ensuring their courses meet accessibility standards. The principles covered in this course are designed for fully online courses. Due to COVID-19, we’ve broadened our audience to include Live Online courses, which are the current modality of in-person and hybrid courses.
Date/Time: Thursday, April 8, 2021 at 11:00am - 11:45 am ET
Presenter: Regina Harrison
Abstract: This session focuses on what is expected of an online learner and how to get new-to-online students up to speed efficiently and quickly. This session describes the one-hour course for students that helps explain the differences between in-person, hybrid, and online classes. The session will discuss choices in content inclusion and delivery, and growing pains and changes made since inception of the course two years ago. Also included is student feedback about the course.