1. Authentic Hands-on Lab Experiences
Building online courses that meet state and NCCCS educational missions
Nash Community College Nahel Awadallah Reggie Cobb

2. NC Community College Mission
The mission of the North Carolina Community College System is to open the door to high-quality, accessible educational opportunities that minimize barriers to post-secondary education, maximize student success, develop a globally and multi-culturally competent workforce, and improve the lives and well-being of individuals by providing:
Education, training and retraining for the workforce including basic skills and literacy education, occupational and pre-baccalaureate programs.
Support for economic development through services to and in partnership with business and industry and in collaboration with the University of North Carolina System and private colleges and universities.
Services to communities and individuals which improve the quality of life.

3. Is Our Educational System Designed to Meet the Needs of Our Students?
View lectures as boring and uninteresting
Need instant feedback and evaluation
Become easily disengaged
Desire high interactivity
Want to work smarter not harder

4. Benefits of Online Greater mobility and convenience.
Increase course availability.
No time constraint.
Work at your own pace.
Increased opportunities for collaboration.

5. Accountability
Beginning Fall 2016, Nash Online began requiring hands-on labs in most online science courses
Majors level courses also require some recording and proctoring
BIO 111 / General Biology I and II
BIO 168 / Anatomy & Physiology I and II
BIO Microbiology
CHM 151 / General Chemistry I and II

6. Success
Online BIO 111 / 112 lab exam grades have increased 10% since implementing hands-on labs and requiring students to record themselves discussing the lab results.
Rigor and Quality of the at home labs are equivalent to the experiments performed in a traditional laboratory. Student understanding of the learning objectives and performance in the lab practicals is one letter grade higher.

7. Affordability Traditional Science Courses Standard cost:
Texts and laboratory manuals for science course is significantly high.
Average bundle is about $
College Laboratory supplies and equipment maintenance.
Safety equipments and supplies/Insurance/ Liability.
Online Science Courses Cost:
Online Smart e-text bundled with assessment package and online supplement at about $ for two semester science course.
Laboratory kit that includes full two semester laboratory exercises at $ per semester. Kits are fully customizable. Average cost per semester is about
No cost to the college.
E-science is liable.
Students save travel and childcare cost.
Speak about student savings.

8. Transferability
Questions about the integrity of online science courses have been addressed successfully. Colleges and universities are offering more online programs and online courses to accommodate students.
Courses are transferable. The syllabus and the hands-on lab exercises are clearly identified and listed.
Speak about questions from colleges

13. Nash Community College
Nahel Awadallah
Reggie Cobb