1. Get Your Feedback Into GEAR League of Innovations, 2013 Rio Salado College Patricia Case, Ph.D Tristan Marble, MA Corey Pruitt, MS

2. Rio Salado College Located in Tempe, AZ. Largest public online community college in the nation. Part of the Maricopa County Community College District. Serving approximately 70,000 students annually Over 43,000 students online Unique attributes One Course, Many Sections 48 Weekly start dates Never cancel online classes 23 Faculty – 1,500 + Adjunct Faculty RioLearn -- highly-scalable LMS 24/7 Instructional and Technology Helpdesks 24/7 Library Services

3. 2012 Social Sciences Department Spring 347 Spring 347 Summer 220 Summer 220 Fall 448 Fall 448 Number of Sections = 1015 Number of Students Enrolled Number of Adjunct Faculty

4. What is GEAR? Guided Evaluation Assessment Review Technology-based solution Integrated set of teaching tools Increases feedback consistency and quality Addresses all levels of student performance

5. Evolution of GEAR

6. GEAR 1.0 Does Students: Enhanced feedback Consistent grading Improved learning experience Adjunct Faculty: Focuses on providing targeted and personalized feedback Streamlines grading process Reduces learning curve for new adjunct faculty Academic freedom through personalization and annotation

7. GEAR 1.0 Template filled in

8. GEAR 1.0 What we learned Didn’t address multiple concepts in assignments Didn’t provide individualized feedback for poor, middle and top students Didn’t have needed flexibility for Chair’s No product met all our needs 6 years ago Not just for online feedback

9. Getting to GEAR 2.0 Assessed strengths and limitations of 1.0 through: Adjunct Faculty surveys Department meeting discussion groups Sought support from College Leadership Created and implemented GEAR 2.0 in-house

10. Screen Captures of Video GEAR 2.0 Demonstration

11. Considerations for Implementation

12. Getting Adjunct Faculty Buy-In 2 early adopters Piloted Testimonials 3 additional people Encouraged first 3 semesters – then mandatory

13. This is nice, but…what did our faculty say? “The GEAR resource has developed into…a tremendous tool for instructors.” “I frequently get email feedback from students about how they appreciate the positive encouragement.” “It saves hours…Without this instrument, grading would slow down considerably.” “Students invest lots of time on an assignment and they want serious feedback… GEAR does just that.”

14. So where do you start? Collaborate with senior technology administrator Assemble project team Develop content & resources Pilot in limited number of courses Gain buy-in from faculty Evaluate & improve

15. Evaluation Results

16. Questions? League of Innovations, 2013 Rio Salado College

17. Turbo-Boost Your Onboarding Of New Adjunct Faculty League of Innovations, 2013 Rio Salado College Tristan Marble

18. Increasing Remote Adjunct Faculty Success Through 5 Engagement Strategies League of Innovations, 2013 Rio Salado College Corey Pruitt

19. Contact Us Rio Salado College Dr. Patricia Case Faculty Chair, Social Sciences Pat.Case@riosalado.edu Tristan Marble Instructional Coordinator Tristan.Marble@riosalado.edu Corey Pruitt Instructional Specialist Corey.Pruitt@riosalado.edu