Lorain County Community College

Elyria, Ohio

Course Redesign

How to Get Started

Presenter: Dr. Karen Wellskwells@lorainccc.edu

Lorain County Community College Elyria, Ohio

General, Organic and Biochemistry Course/ Buffet Model

Annual Enrollment: 656

On-campus sections increased to 70 seats per section.

Internet sections increased from 20 to25 seats per section.

Traditional Course Structureand Goals of the Redesign

Traditional Course Structure– Labs required ammonium thiocyanate solution– Expensive purification systems, etc.

Redesign Goals/adopted Vernier Software and Tech.– Toxic substances and fumes unnecessary– Interpretable results– Engaging– Scenario based – Simulation enhanced– Inquiry based

• Mars Rover Radioactivity Lab

Getting Started Administrative support

Seek redesign grants/internal and external

Know reasons for selecting the course for redesign

Select a Team/content expert, timeline, course design, assessment plan– Pre/Post Tests and Parallel Courses

Think through the model and course redesignDon’t reinvent the wheelPilot the course redesignOffer parallel courses during the pilot

Generating Buy-In Presentation by Carolyn Jarmon, NCAT

on LCCC campus

Distance Learning Design Team Presentations

to Faculty and Administration

Faculty Incentive

Invitation to Faculty to Attend NCAT Conference

Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE)

Library/Community Resource Center– CTE and DLDT co-located– Learning studio– Computer lab

Responsible for redesign grants and projects

Faculty-to-Faculty generates buy-in

Remain flexible

Redesign of sections leads to

“whole course” redesign