Dr. Deborah Newton and Ryan Schrenk,
MSU – Great Falls College of Technology

Starts with a bunch of online tools to break the ice. None really have to do with the topic at hand, but interesting none-the-less.

Slides are on slideshare.

Now to the session at hand…

Huge growth in distance learning. I hear that.

Working on integrated system of support

• Single point of contact for student.
• Packaged evaluation with end of course assessment. However, only 700 responses for  2000 students.
• How do you meet students “at the door” when at a distance. Created online advising course.

Challenges

• Making early contact – they start by calling every student by telephone.

In advising room:

• Portal for links to advising information on the website. (not recreating content)
• Advising sheets per program.
• Advising Dropbox – fill out and submit advising sheet each term.
• Discussion board – student driven topics.