1. Fletcher Technical Community College

2. Teaching Statistics in a Blended Format Can it be done?
Fletcher Technical Community College
Teaching Statistics in a Blended Format
Can it be done?
Peggy L. Hohensee, M.Ed., M.S.
Dean of Student Affairs

3. Fletcher Technical Community College
About Fletcher
1948: Originally established as South Louisiana Trade School
1951: South Louisiana Trade School opened
1977: Name was changed to South Louisiana Vocational-Technical School
1990: South Louisiana Regional Technical Institute
1995: Louisiana Technical College – South Louisiana Campus
1999: Louisiana Technical College - L. E. Fletcher Campus
2003: L. E. Fletcher Technical Community College with approval by the Louisiana Board of Regents (BoR), the coordinating board for all public higher education
Fletcher is governed by the Louisiana Community & Technical College System Board of Supervisors. 3

4. Fletcher Technical Community College
About Fletcher
established as in 1948 as a trade school
located in Houma, Louisiana 4

5. Fletcher Technical Community College There’s land below New Orleans5

6. Fletcher Technical Community College
About Fletcher
2003 granted approval to transition to a technical community college
Fall 2005, named fastest growing community college in the U.S., enrollment below 2500 6

7. Fletcher Technical Community College Strategies that work for Hybrid
Rework the Syllabus:
Software directions
Visual directions
Detailed schedule
Student expectations
Contact Information 7

8. Fletcher Technical Community College Strategies that work for Hybrid
Software directions
and/or
PowerPoint Training 8

9. Fletcher Technical Community College Strategies that work for Hybrid
Visual directions 9

10. Fletcher Technical Community College Strategies that work for Hybrid
Detailed schedule 10

11. Fletcher Technical Community College Strategies that work for Hybrid
Student Expectations
textbook and software information
attendance policy
makeup policy
students with disabilities 11

12. Fletcher Technical Community College Strategies that work for Hybrid
Contact Information
When
Where
How 12

13. Fletcher Technical Community College
F-2-F vs. Hybrid
Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE)
Fletcher 2007 Cohort
Use computers in academic work % 40.9 %
Use computing and information technology % %
Would you recommend this college % % 13

14. Fletcher Technical Community College
F-2-F vs. Hybrid
Enrollment Information
Fall 07 – Fall 08
Hybrid Stats Growth: 53.6%
Institution Growth: 13.4%
** F-2-F class is available if students prefer 14

15. Fletcher Technical Community College
F-2-F vs. Hybrid
Classroom availability
Faculty time
Student time 15

16. Fletcher Technical Community College
F-2-F vs. Hybrid
Professional Development
Train Fletcher faculty in providing quality online course instruction.
Phase one: Blackboard Training
Phase two: 6 half-day face-2-face sessions 16

17. Fletcher Technical Community College
F-2-F vs. Hybrid
Course Documents
PowerPoint Presentations
Matching Handouts
Calculator Supplements 17

18. Fletcher Technical Community College
F-2-F vs. Hybrid
Typical Lesson
Group activity introduction
PowerPoint guided lessons (different from handout) 18

19. Fletcher Technical Community College
F-2-F vs. Hybrid
Computer Lessons
Instruct
Practice
Certify
Webtest 19

20. Fletcher Technical Community College
F-2-F vs. Hybrid
Instruct 20

21. Fletcher Technical Community College
F-2-F vs. Hybrid
Instruct
Self-pacing
or guided
lessons 21

22. Fletcher Technical Community College
F-2-F vs. Hybrid
Practice 22

23. Fletcher Technical Community College
F-2-F vs. Hybrid
Certify
Tutor button gone, etc. 23

24. Fletcher Technical Community College
F-2-F vs. Hybrid
Webtest 24

25. Fletcher Technical Community College
F-2-F vs. Hybrid
Student Performance
Fall 06 Fall 07
A 24 % %
B 24 % %
C 28 % %
D 8 % %
F 4 % %
W 12 % 0 %
Mean 80.7 % %
Complete 76 % 77.7 % 25

26. Textbook Options (not a complete list)
Fletcher Technical Community College
Textbook Options (not a complete list)
* Beginning Statistics – Warren, Denley, and Atchley with Hawkes Learning Systems
Understandable Statistics – Brace and Brace with HM MathSpace
Elementary Statistics – Bluman with NetTutor
* Book adopted by Fletcher 26

27. Fletcher Technical Community College
Questions 27

28. Fletcher Technical Community College
For more information:
Presentation uploaded
Peggy Hohensee: 28