Upcoming Presentations

League for Innovation in the Community College

Beyond Engagement: Evidence-Based Strategies for Improving Learning Online

Date & Time TBD

Students and faculty both encounter challenges in the online environment. These challenges frequently manifest and are understood in terms of low student engagement. In this session, researchers and community college faculty will present a specific and actionable framework to bolster students’ abilities to remain motivated and manage their learning processes in online courses. The presenters refer to these mutually reinforcing mindsets and behaviors as self-directed learning (SDL) skills and they include motivational processes (e.g., self-efficacy), metacognitive processes (e.g., planning), and applied learning processes (e.g., help seeking). Presenters will describe a set of evidence-based instructional strategies to support SDL developed in collaboration with instructors at broad-access institutions. Speakers will share research findings on how the strategies have been implemented in postsecondary online STEM courses and their effect on student outcomes. A community college faculty member will share their experience implementing the strategies in an online biology course.

Presenters

Ellen Wasserman, Research Associate, CCRC

Allystair Jones, Department Chair, Science & Professor of Biology, Odessa College

Keena Walters, Education Research Associate, SRI Education

Enabling DEEP: How States and Systems Can Support Practitioner Efforts to Strengthen Dual Enrollment

2024 NACEP National Conference
October 28, 2024
Orlando, FL

Dual Enrollment (DE) programs offer invaluable opportunities for high school students to engage in college coursework, yet disparities persist in access and quality, particularly among marginalized groups. In response to this challenge, a concerted effort has emerged to reform DE programs, aiming to broaden their benefits for all students.

In this session, presenters discussed the How States and Systems Can Support Practitioner Efforts to Strengthen Dual Enrollment report that was published by CCRC and the College in High School Alliance. Their discussion focused on three core areas central to enabling DEEP: 1) expanding access to DE; 2) strengthening DE as an on-ramp to high-opportunity Ppthways; and 3) building and sustaining DE partnerships.

Throughout their session, researchers worked with participants in engaging directly with the Policymaker Strategy Development Guide that was published in conjunction with the report. By engaging in this dialogue and adopting these recommendations, state and system leaders can play a pivotal role in advancing DE programs, ultimately fostering greater equity and success for all students in the transition from high school to college.

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Participants

Senior Research Assistant and PEAR Fellow
Alex Perry
Policy Advisor
Foresight Law + Policy

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