E tutoring collaborative_communities
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The document discusses eTutoring collaboratives that provide online tutoring services through a consortium model. It describes several existing eTutoring programs in different regions that involve partnerships between multiple colleges and universities. These collaboratives aim to address the need for supporting off-campus students in a more cost-effective way than individual institutions could achieve alone. They allow participating schools to combine their tutoring resources onto a single online platform. The document also outlines BCcampus' perspective on developing an eTutoring collaborative in Canada to provide scalable and sustainable online tutoring as a shared service across institutions.
E tutoring collaborative_communities
- 1. eTutoring Collaborative Communities Crossing borders :: Supporting students
- 2. Panelists Anna Bendo Director of eStudent Services, OH-TECH Connie Broughton Director, eLearning and Open Education, Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges Kevin Corcoran Executive Director, CTDLC Lawrence Parisotto Director of Collaborative Programs, BCcampus David Porter Executive Director, BCcampus (Moderator) Carolyn Rogers Director of Academic Services, CTDLC BCcampus | connect. collaborate. innovate. Page | 2
- 3. Panel format What is eTutoring? Back-channel • Why eTutoring in your service Twitter hashtag #etutoring practice? Etherpad Panelists http://bit.ly/etutor2012 • Why eTutoring in their service • Collaborative notepad (no practices? login needed) for audience notes and questions • What is is the opportunity or pain point that eTutoring addresses? • Why has eTutoring gotten so big, so fast? BCcampus | connect. collaborate. innovate. Page | 3
- 4. Connecticut Distance Learning Consortium State Agency Created in 1998
- 5. eTutoring Program Update CTDLC’s eTutoring Program Started in Fall 2001 Funded by a Grant from the Davis Education Foundation
- 6. Online Tutoring Options Build Your Own Outsource Your Service Create or Join a Collaboration
- 7. Why Collaborate • "It is the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed." - Charles Darwin • "The secret is to gang up on the problem, rather than each other." – Thomas Stallkamp
- 8. Why Collaborate “...The network of talent made available through the pooling of resources of the participating two and four-year schools is hugely superior to whatever any individual institution may possess. Moreover, the ongoing sharing of ideas and resources contributes to even greater benefits. What you have done is create a forum for the sharing of new ideas in teaching and learning and, remarkably, a platform for the realization and testing of these ideas.” Greg Fallon, Assistant Dean for Learning Resources, Passaic County Community College
- 9. eTutoring.org A Collaborative, Aggregated Service: • Institutions join for a fee, based on usage • Tutors provided by each institution • Tutoring hours are combined into one schedule • Students at each institution access all tutors on this one schedule
- 10. eTutoring Services Online Tutoring Services Offered: Synchronous Student-Tutor Sessions • Drop in Sessions Scheduled 7 days a week Asynchronous Student Questions • Response received in 24 to 48 hours Asynchronous Online Writing Lab • Response received in 24 to 48 hours
- 11. Collaborative model CTDLC Director Create & Enhance Platform Facilitates Technical Support Monitors Host Schedules Institutions Trains Market, Hire, Pay Coordinators Meet Regularly Set Policy Collectively Choose Subjects Supervise Tutors
- 12. Northeast eTutoring Consortium Fall 2012 Connecticut: 10 Community Colleges 2 Ct State Universities Charter Oak State College 3 Private Institutions Massachusetts: 6 Community Colleges Framingham and Salem State Universities Assumption College Community College of Vermont Illinois: Shawnee CC Southern Illinois College New Jersey: Passaic CCC Mercer CCCC Fairleigh Dickinson University New York: CUNY Online Baccalaureate, LaGuardia CC, Fulton-Montgomery CC, Hostos CC
- 13. eTutoring Collaborations 13 states 3 Consortia 6 Individual Programs 130+ Campuses
- 14. Newest eTutoring Partnership A New Multi-Institution Collaborative Online Writing Lab
- 15. eTutoring for One Institution • Use eTutoring Platform to supplement existing programs • Synchronous and Asynchronous tutoring options • Fully hosted and supported technology • Administrative Support and Consultation • Customize Program to Support Undergraduate and Graduate Students
- 17. ETUTORING IN OHIO Before: vendor-based, state subsidized online tutoring Reasons for switching Control costs Work collaboratively on an effort to assist students Many institutions working together is better than one institution going it alone Provides one more tool in a campus’ arsenal to serve students
- 18. Participating Ohio Institutions Academic Year 2011-2012
- 19. GROWTH OF ETUTORING Pilot Fall 2009 – 5 institutions joined Northeast Consortium Ohio eTutoring Collaborative began in January 2010 with 15 institutions Spring 2012 - 21 Fall 2012 - 42!
- 20. ETUTORING – NOW & LATER Increased state support Became an initiative of the Ohio Board of Regents Memberships are paid through state funds, so institutions only have to pay for their tutors This is the first year with this model, so we are still learning Future ideas – Career one stops
- 21. Western eTutoring Consortium Connie Broughton Director, eLearning and Open Education Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
- 23. Western eTutoring Consortium • 42 member institutions in 6 states and 2 time zones – 9 four-year institutions, 27 Washington community and technical colleges, 6 community colleges in Oregon and Utah • January 2008 began as the Northwest eTutoring Consortium • Summer 2012 became the Western eTutoring Consortium
- 24. Western eTutoring Consortium • 2011-12 – Approximately 280,000 FTEs – 18,440 online tutoring sessions – 110 tutors (mostly peer tutors), 42 institutional coordinators, 2 quality assurance coordinators, 1 executive coordinator – 12 subjects, 7 days a week, 50 weeks a year
- 26. Context • Need to be intentional about support of off-campus students with off-campus services • Some services (ApplyBC, AskAway) exist, but no coordinated online tutoring activity in the province • Request from senior administrators of student services at colleges, universities for writing support • Collaboratively we can do what no one institution can do on their own, so looked to a consortial online tutoring solution BCcampus | connect. collaborate. innovate. Page | 26
- 27. Opportunity • Aggregate demand for writing Two components to collaborative support as a proof of concept; educational service: limited pilot, then expand to more participants and other discipline • “shared service” for implementation, areas, e.g., math, sciences, busin hosting, support of eTutoring ess, etc. platform (Canadian hosting required) • “collaborative service delivery” for tutoring service Total cost of ownership much lower than many individual implementations and user community and service benefits BCcampus | connect. collaborate. innovate. Page | 27
- 28. Potential • Many discipline areas accommodated with one service • Platform developed specifically for consortial approach with many participating institutions • Business model approach to shared service and consortial approach to service delivery allows all institutions to join and benefit • Bottom line: a scalable, sustainable, systemic shared service (s5) BCcampus | connect. collaborate. innovate. Page | 28
- 29. Looking ahead • Where is eTutoring going? • Challenges, lessons learned, innovative practices emerging? • Predictions and implications for policy BCcampus | connect. collaborate. innovate. Page | 29
- 30. Looking ahead Feedback from the Community (Regional Advisory Council meeting back in August) • Assessment • At-Risk Students • Enhanced reporting • Tutor Notes • Shared research design • Escalation & Notification Paths • 3rd Party Tools Industry Trends • APIs – automated account creation/updating & single sign-on • Integration with other tools – Starfish Solutions • Mobile BCcampus | connect. collaborate. innovate. Page | 30
- 31. Twitter Feedback - #WCET12Tutor BCcampus | connect. collaborate. innovate. Page | 31