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The CTDLC does not give out grants to individuals.
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- Online Adult Success Center
- Funder: Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education (FIPSE)
- Dates: 2010 - 2013
- Initial Goals: Design and implement an online Adult Success Center (ASC) which allows adult learners to access resources, complete a success plan, and meet virtually with a success coach.
- Partners: Manchester Community College (CT), Middlesex Community College (MA), Northwestern CT Community College, Passaic County Community College (NJ)
- ePortfolios: A Collaborative Learning and Assessment Project
- Funder: Davis Educational Foundation
- Dates: 2005-2008
- Initial Goals: To assist institutions in implementing ePortfolios for assessment, reflection to improve student learning, for first year seminars, for advising, and for career counseling.
- Partners: Albertus Magnus College, Charter Oak State College, Fairfield University, Sacred Heart University, University of Bridgeport. Six community colleges were part of the project, but were not supported by Davis Monies. They included Capital, Naugatuck Valley, Norwalk, Northwestern CT, Three Rivers, and Tunxis.
- Results: A wide variety of implementations in the partner institutions, three conferences on designing and implementing ePortfolios, enhancements to the ePortfolio platform.
- Supporting Online Learners: A Statewide Approach to Quality Academic Support Services
- Funder: Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education (FIPSE)
- Dates: 2003-2006
- Initial Goals: 1) Design and implement an electronic portfolio framework across institutions which could be used for advising, outcomes assessment, and creating tools for job placement such as expanded resumes; 2) ensure that all students were able to succeed in online and technologically enhanced courses by designing a technology literacy assessment which could evolve as technology changes and by identifying appropriate training where necessary; 3) create a dissemination campaign about these efforts, with an emphasis placed on our pilot online tutoring project, in an effort to expand both the number of participating institutions and the number of tutoring subject areas.
- Partners: Capital Community College, Fairfield University, Manchester Community College, Naugatuck Community College, Northwestern CT Community College, Sacred Heart University, Three Rivers Community College, Tunxis Community College, University of Bridgeport.
- Results:
- Designed and implemented a sophisticated ePortfolio platform.
- Expanded the resources and support available in the eTutoring collaboration.
- Expanded the number of schools participating in the eTutoring collaboration.
- Surveyed faculty on the basic computer skills necessary for incoming students.
- Designed a preliminary assessment of students basic technology skills.
- Designed a Basic Computer Skills Remediation Course.
- Basic eSkills
- Funder: Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
- Dates: 2004-2005
- Initial Goal: To conduct a larger pilot study using the Course Technology simulation software to confirm whether a technology literacy assessment was needed and if so, that the one we were testing was appropriate.
- Partners: CT Community Colleges
- Results:
- Closing the Quality Gap: An Integrated Approach to Online Learning
- Funder: Davis Educational Foundation
- Dates: 2001-2004
- Initial Goal: To provide an integrated approach to online learning through excellence in teaching, outcomes assessment, and student services.
- Partners: CT State University System, Charter Oak State College, Teikyo Post University, Sacred Heart University. While Davis only funds Baccalaureate degree granting institutions, the CTDLC funded three CT Community Colleges to join the grant including Manchester, Northwestern CT, and Three Rivers.
- Results:
- Developed the online eTutoring Collaboration.
- Built the foundation for the FIPSE grant to create an ePortfolio platform.
- Provided the information for partner institutions to enhance their the web sites to better serve online students.
- Worked on methods to improve outcomes assessment for online programs.
- Completed a research study on the experiences of online students and pioneered using online focus groups for this purpose.
- Completed a research study on novice and expert online faculty.
- Used data from these studies to revamp the CTDLC course evaluation form used by many of our members.
- Adult Virtual High School
- Funder: Federal Program Improvement Project Grant (through CT State Department of Education)
- Dates: Initial funding 2002 (was renewed several times)
- Initial Goal: To provide online courses for students enrolled in Adult Credit Diploma courses in CT's Adult Education Programs.
- Partners: State Department of Education and CT's Adult Education Programs.
- Result: Creation and expansion of the Adult Virtual High School.
- Online Distance Education Catalog
- Funder: United Technologies and SNET
- Dates: 1999
- Initial Goal: To develop an online catalog listing courses of all members.
- Partners: Charter Oak State College; all CTDLC members.
- Result: Online catalogue was created. Catalogue has been continuously updated each semester since then.
- Developing Online Courses
- Funder: Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
- Dates: 1998-99
- Initial Goal: To create and evaluate four online courses.
- Partners: Charter Oak State College, Manchester Community College, Naugatuck Valley Community College, University of Hartford.
- Result: Partners created, offered, and evaluated four online courses.
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