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Strategic Recommendations for Online Education at Santa Fe College

In March 2012, the Santa Fe College Senate's Executive Committee charged the OnLine Strategy Subcommittee with developing a strategy for enhancing online education. This initiative aims to elevate perceptions of quality, preserve educational integrity, and secure the college’s future amid growing competition. Key steps include comprehensive surveys of stakeholders, clear goal-setting, and a pathway for achieving excellence in online offerings. The committee seeks administrative support, faculty collaboration, and student recognition to successfully implement these strategies and address misconceptions surrounding online education.

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Strategic Recommendations for Online Education at Santa Fe College

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  1. OnLine Strategy Subcommittee Santa Fe Senate Executive Committee March 21, 2012

  2. Charge: To recommend a strategy for online education at santa Fe College

  3. Why? • address student, faculty, and public perceptions about the quality of online courses • ensure the integrity of a Santa Fe education

  4. Why did we ask you to help us? • support for gathering information • support for committee’s recommendation • informed • faculty-driven • model for other colleges • support for implementation

  5. What it means to you (the instructor & SF): • Preserving and enhancing your reputation as an educator • Preserving and enhancing the reputation of Santa Fe • Securing Santa Fe’s future in an increasingly competitive environment • Pre-empting SACS • League for Innovation leadership

  6. How we’ll do it: Step 1: a comprehensive survey of faculty, students and administrators to understand perceptions, opinions, requirements, needs, and misconceptions. Step 2: a statement of the goals and objectives of the stakeholders. Step 3: a strategy for goal convergence and success of online education at Santa Fe.

  7. Possible issues: • Student/public misconception that online classes are “easier” and therefore less valuable. • Faculty/administration perception that online instructors are less committed. • Greater opportunity/tendency for cheating in online classes. • Need to provide more online classes or face decreased enrollment (short term.) • Need to differentiate SF’s online offering or lose market share to other better known, better promoted, cheaper, easier institutions (long term.)

  8. Possible solutions: • Ensure outcomes, workloads, and standards are equivalent – and tell people. • Qualify instructors in online education. • Address and publicize integrity controls. • Support the development of more online courses based on high standards of content, delivery, and outcomes. • Develop a reputation for integrity and quality so that local and distance learning students prefer us.

  9. What does the committee need now? • Administration support • Departmental buy-in • Faculty cooperation • Student recognition

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