Upcoming Presentations

2024 CSCC Annual Conference

April 18–20, 2024
Pittsburgh, PA

Developing Self-Directed Learning Skills in the Online Classroom: Importance and Strategies

April 19, 8:00–9:15 AM

Self-directed learning (SDL) skills and mindsets like self-efficacy, help seeking, and goal-setting are considered malleable factors for learning. Drawing on survey data and faculty interviews, we present evidence about their predictive validity with academic outcomes and strategies for promoting the development of these skills in online courses in community colleges.

Presenters

Jorge Mahecha, Research Associate, CCRC

Ellen Wasserman, Research Associate, CCRC

Access to Success: Insights and Strategies in Implementing Multiple Measures Assessment

April 20, 12:30–1:45 PM

CAPR, with support from Ascendium Education Group, are assisting colleges and states nationwide in the adoption and implementation of MMA practices that place more students, and allow more students to be successful, in college-level courses. This presentation summarizes insights derived from this work, focusing on the adoption of multiple measures assessment in open-access colleges in Arkansas and Texas. During the presentation, researchers will present cost analysis findings, explore supporting factors for implementation, and delve into specific strategies used by colleges to tackle common implementation challenges.

Presenters

Elizabeth Kopko, Senior Research Associate, CCRC

Dan Cullinan, Senior Associate, MDRC

Institutional Transformation Through Guided Pathways at Rural Community Colleges

Rural colleges are an integral part of their communities, adapting to meet student and community needs and contributing to education attainment, workforce training, socioeconomic mobility, and regional economic growth. In this presentation, researchers framed guided pathways implementation at rural community colleges nationally, and college practitioners from Oregon and Tennessee discussed considerations, strategies, and lessons learned from their efforts to undertake whole-college reform.

Participants

Research Associate
Community College Research Center
Senior Research Associate and Director of Applied Learning
Community College Research Center
Leslie Hammond
Dean, Academic Foundations
Linn-Benton Community College
Michael Torrence
President
Motlow State Community College

Associated Project(s)