making transfer connections introduction
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ePortfolio & Student Success Across CUNY
Lehman College, Queens College, Bronx, Queensborough & LaGuardia Community Colleges
Making Connections National Resource Center @ LaGuardia
Welcome to
Making Transfer Connections
Today’s Agenda•Bridging the Gaps: Transfer in 21st Century Higher Education
•ePortfolio--a Multi-Faceted Learning Tool
•The Making Transfer Connections Program: A Multi-Campus Collaboration
•Break
•Creating a Pervasive Culture of Transfer: Cross Campus Exchange
•Reviewing & Strengthening Our Campus MTC Plans
Community Colleges
Baccalaureate CollegesSource: IPEDS, Enrollment Survey, 2005
A Changing Educational Landscape
Fall 2005 Undergraduate Enrollment by States
New Patterns of College Attendance
Transfer Re-Shapes Higher Education
• Community Colleges Emerge as Major Element in Higher Education Mix
• Increasingly complex weave of enrollment through multiple institutions
• 59% of students attend at least 2 colleges• 20% + attend 3 or more colleges• Students from highly selective institutions &
community colleges have the highest rates of “Swirl”
• Thurmond, Taylor, Foster & Williams, • Swirling to a Degree, 2008
The Enrollment Swirl
•Vertical Transfer, Trial Enrollment, Horizontal Transfer, Supplemental Enrollment, Special Program Enrollment, Rebounding Enrollment, Concurrent Enrollment, Consolidated Enrollment, Serial Transfer, etc.
Running the Obstacle Course• Nationwide, 63% of low income/first generation community college students seek at least a BA. Only 5% achieve in 6 yrs• At LaGuardia, 80% of our students seek a BA. Only 10% achieve it w/in 6 years.• Students who transfer to a 4 year college take longer to graduate than “native” students, increasing the risk of failure.
Examining the Literature
Strategies for Success•Key Step: Creating a culture of transfer, supporting a well-structured academic pathway to the BA
•Best practices include: active learning pedagogies that build student engagement, high levels of student-faculty connection, goal-oriented planning & advising, and clear articulation agreements
•Bridging the Gaps To Success: •Promising Practices for Promoting Transfer,
•The Pell Institute. 2009
Making Transfer Connections
•LaGuardia, Bronx, and Queensborough CC will join a working partnership with Queens and Lehman College, aiming to use ePortfolio to create a pervasive culture of transfer. Use ePortfolio to improvepreparation & advisement atthe community colleges. Matched by a systematic & reciprocal effort by 4-year colleges to use ePortfolio to welcome transfer students & ensure success after admission
A Systematic & Reciprocal Effort•Create a comprehensive academic pathway at both levels, using ePortfolio with:
–Faculty development & instruction to increase engagement, active learning and student-faculty connection that highlights transfer goals & skills
–Advisement focused on transfer success
–Assessment to strengthen –General Education, support –improved articulation, instruction –focused on transferable –skills for success
Sharing & Building Our Strengths
•Each Campus Develops its own plan for using ePortfolio and addressing • Enhancing Instruction via Faculty Development• Advisement • Assessment
•Regular Cross-Campus meetings designed to:
• Share best practices
• Understand each other’s key competencies
• Address shared concerns
• Build a CUNY presence
Transfer is More Than Admissions
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• 2- & 4-year Colleges Use ePortfolio, Helping Students to:• -- Prepare for Adv. Academic Work• -- Engage in Planning around• Transfer Options & Requirements• -- Make a Successful Transition –
Adjust to a New InstitutionProper Placement in New ProgramsBuild on existing skills, achievements
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Our Shared Focus: Helping Students Succeed in Achieving Advanced Degrees
What is an ePortfolio?
• A collection of student work and student reflections on their learning, made available on the Web
• Digital format adds versatility, portability, and visibility
• A learning history, created over time
A Fast Growing Movement
•Hundreds of universities nationwide, using diverse ePortfolio approaches. Key growth factors include:
o Spread of learner-centered pedagogyo Explosion of digital mediao Multiple paths through education, careero Accountability/assessment debate
percentages by sector reporting ePortfolio services
on the campus Web site, 2003-2010
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10
20
30
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50
60
Community College Public 4-year College Private 4-year
College
Public Universities Private Universities
2003 2005 2007 2010
The Campus Computing Project
A Global Reach
• EuroPortfoliohttp://www.epforum.eu/
• Univ of Wolverhampton (UK) http://www.wlv.ac.uk/default.aspx?page=16960
• Queensland University of Technology (AU)http://www.studentportfolio.qut.edu.au/
• City Univ. of Hong Konghttp://www.cityu.edu.hk/edo/eportfolio
Resources for an Emerging Field
• National Coalition for ePortfolio Research http://ncepr.org/
• AAC&U’s Project VALUE http://www.aacu.org/value/index.cfm
• World ePortfolio Summit, July 2011 http://www.aaeebl.org/
• International Journal of ePortfolio Research
•30 campus teams, from Rutgers, Queens, BMCC, St. John’s, Brooklyn, etc.
•15 CUNY, 15 non-CUNY, 10 Community College, 20 BA and Graduate programs
2007-2010: FIPSE-funded mini-grant & seminar program. Sustained prof’l learning community. Campus teams plan and implement ePortfolio.
http://www.lagcc.cuny.edu/connections/
• Title V-funded 5-year partnership w/ Queens College, Lehman College, Bronx & Queensboro CCs
• Use ePortfolio to support successful transfer and transition from community college to BA degree
2010-2015: Making Connections National Resource Center awarded $4.4 million in funding to deepen & expand its service through 2 new programs
http://www.lagcc.cuny.edu/connections/
• FIPSE-funded national collaboration, 20 colleges.
• Generate evidence-based national developmental models of ePortfolio practice as tool for reflection, integrative learning
• Research team led by Helen Chen (Stanford) and Randy Bass (Georgetown)
•Making Connections:
•“The characteristic of artistic design is the intimacy of relations that hold the parts together.”
• John Dewey: •Art and Experience
Student Learning Spaces: Cornerstone Integrative Learning Projects
Current ePortfolio Typologies
Career &
Credential
ePortfolios
Assessment
ePortfolios
Learning
ePortfolios
LaGuardia’s Integrative ePortfolioEnrich Student Learning• Build student engagement • Reflection deepens learning• Advance student success
Support Assessment:• Deepen faculty insight into students & how they learn• Strengthen outcomes assessment, connecting it with authentic classroom learning
eResume: Students showcaseacademic achievements for career & transfer
ePortfolio as an
Integrative Social PedagogyStudent
Student
Faculty& Staff
External Audiences
Across Disciplines
Across Semesters
Academic Curriculum
Lived Curriculum
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370 1868 5024 6339 8249 9325
2003-4 2004-5 2005-6 2006-7 2007-8 2008-9
9,325 Students Enrolled in ePortfolio Classes, 2008/9
Where Do Students Do ePortfolio?• More than 175 faculty integrate ePortfolio into
their classrooms
• Broad Range of Courses: ESL, New Student Seminar, History, Business, Mathematics, English, New Media, Nursing, Chemistry, Fine Arts, Human Communication, etc.
• Selected Courses attach an “ePortfolio Studio Hour:” One hour/week, in the Studio, with a special ePortfolio tutor
ePORTFOLIO
INTENSIVE
COURSES
selected by
faculty and programs
CAPSTONE COURSES IN THE MAJORStudents Complete Graduation ePortfolio
FIRST YEAR ACADEMY (1st semester)Students begin Basic ePortfolio in Introduction to the Major course
FUNDAMENTALS OF PROF’L
ADVANCEMENTStudents build Intermediate ePortfolio in
required career development course
LaGuardia ePortfolio video
Advancing Student Success
•Sustained documentation over multiple semesters shows broad range of benefits:
• Increased Student Satisfaction
• Greater Engagement in Learning
• Higher Course Pass Rates
• Improved Retention
Engagement & Critical Thinking
45%
50%
55%
60%
65%
70%
75%
80%
57.7% 67.8%
National LaGuardia
Engagement & Critical Thinking: How much has your coursework
emphasized synthesizing & organizing ideas, information, or experiences
in new ways? % of students responding Quite a Bit or Very Much. n=1,506
Engagement & Critical Thinking
45%
50%
55%
60%
65%
70%
75%
80%
57.7% 67.8% 78.9%
National LaGuardia ePortfolio
Engagement & Critical Thinking: How much has your coursework
emphasized synthesizing & organizing ideas, information, or experiences
in new ways? % of students responding Quite a Bit or Very Much. n=1,506
66%
68%
70%
72%
74%
76%
78%
Comparison 72.6% 70.2%
ePortfolio 77.7% 77.9%
FALL 2007
(ePortfolio n= 2525)
SPRING 2008
(ePortfolio n = 2330)
Course High Pass Rates
From Engagement to Learning
64
66
68
70
72
74
76
78
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82
84
Non-ePort
ePort
Non-ePort 70.7
ePort 75.1
2005-8 Collegewide
Next Semester Retention RatesePortfolio vs. Comparison Courses
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66
68
70
72
74
76
78
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82
84
Non-ePort
ePort
Non-ePort 70.7 72.5
ePort 75.1 78.3
2005-8 Collegewide 2009 Collegewide
Next Semester Retention RatesePortfolio vs. Comparison Courses
64
66
68
70
72
74
76
78
80
82
84
Non-ePort
ePort
Non-ePort 70.7 72.5 70.4
ePort 75.1 78.3 82.1
2005-8 Collegewide 2009 Collegewide2009 Faculty in
Seminars
Next Semester Retention RatesePortfolio vs. Comparison Courses
Making the Connection
•Best practice in transfer: •active learning pedagogies that build student engagement, •high levels of student-faculty connection,•goal-oriented planning & advising
•Integrative ePortfolio pedagogy can support:
Making learning more visible
Active learning for increased engagement and achievement
Greater faculty-student connection
Contextualized planning and advisement
• ePortfolio offers opportunities to make student learning more visible and portable
• Can we use ePortfolio to build connectivity and transparency, across higher education institutions? How can we better help our students succeed as they transfer, move and grow within and across our institutions?
Our Challenge
•Work together, in a sustained, systematic and reciprocal effort. •Figure out, together, how to utilize the rich opportunities offered by ePortfolio to enhance student success as they transfer, move and grow within and across our institutions.
Thank You