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Using Retention Metrics to Support At-Risk Online Students (Webcast Recording)

The human and technological resources needed to ensure student success online are expensive to acquire and difficult to maintain. Consequently, institutions must make data-driven decisions about where to invest their resources. However, the data needed to inform such choices can be hard to isolate and are subject to misinterpretation given the complexities and constantly changing characteristics of online education. Examine how you can use metrics to better support retention efforts and improve the success rates of your online students. This webcast will address the use of data for modeling and prediction, and evaluating the effectiveness of interventions, including: Data available to your institution Mechanisms for obtaining data Conclusions that can and cannot be drawn from data about your retention and success initiatives Identifying at-risk students through analysis of predictive behaviors Using interventions to help reduce the risks Monitoring the interventions for effectiveness Who Should Attend If you want to use data and analytics to better inform and improve your retention efforts, and learn some intervention practices, then this program is for you. Fictitious student profiles will be used throughout the webcast as a way to emphasize the points. Academic leaders, online program managers, academic advisors, and retention administrators will leave […]

Planned Giving: Using Student Callers Webcast Recording

Do you have limited resources for your planned giving program? Students are a low-cost and effective option for reaching out and connecting with your most loyal donors. Join us online as our expert instructor introduces a student calling program that consistently uncovers current leadership giving members and exceptional prospects. Along with gaining a thorough understanding of how to begin such an initiative at your institution, you will learn tactics for: Selecting, motivating, training, and retaining the right student callers Communicating your effort internally and externally Managing handoffs between student callers and professional staff Getting started in a variety of shop settings Who Should Attend Planned gift professionals will learn how to increase their prospect pool with an innovative use of student callers. Annual giving and phonathon managers will gain a better understanding of how to adapt this model to their shop. Agenda Program evolution The model Rationale and mission Objectives and goals Awareness Identification Student roles and responsibilities Achievements Selecting, training, and retaining the right students Enticing strong applicants The selection process Initial and ongoing training Scripting Contact reporting Compensation Executing and communicating your program Determining your contacts Sample introductory letters From leadership giving donors From planned giving director Managing […]

Authentic Assessment Strategies for Online Learning Webcast Recording

Online instruction continues to thrive, but instructors and designers struggle to develop effective forms of online assessment. How can an instructor know if students are meeting course objectives or achieving area competencies if tests and quizzes are not primary assessments? How can you ensure academic integrity and curb online cheating? What other forms of assessment are particularly effective in an online environment? Join us online to learn how to design and develop assessment tools in online instructional environments. Our expert instructor will share examples of assessment questions and how to improve them. Who Should Attend This is a great opportunity for your entire faculty and design team to learn the fundamentals of developing authentic online assessment. Instructional designers, faculty developers, and faculty members who design and teach online courses will benefit from this webcast. Learning Outcome After participating in this webcast, you will be able to align assessments with learning activities and outcomes in an online environment. Agenda Issues related to online assessment Student integrity Faculty methodology (Bloom’s taxonomy) Authentic assessment strategies Definition and principles of authentic assessment Authentic assessment alternatives Application of case studies Learning outcome considerations Essential learning outcomes Metacognition Cognitive load Using exams and quizzes authentically Conversion for higher-order […]