panelists: steve adams, distributed learning support services
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Panelists: Steve Adams, Distributed Learning Support Services Lacy K. Ford, Senior Vice Provost Christy Friend, Center for Teaching Excellence Aisha Haynes, Center for Teaching Excellence Karen Pettus, Student Disability ServicesTRANSCRIPT
#7.5 Campus Partners Working Together to Create Accessible
Online Learning Environments Panelists: Steve Adams, Distributed
Learning Support Services
Lacy K. Ford, Senior Vice Provost Christy Friend, Center for
Teaching Excellence Aisha Haynes, Center for Teaching Excellence
Karen Pettus, Student Disability Services Overview Vice-Provosts
Introduction (video) Quality Review Timeline
Background (pre-2010) Groundwork ( ) Building a process ( ) Year 1
Successes Challenges and Next Steps Senior Vice Provost Lacy K.
Ford
Introduction Senior Vice Provost Lacy K. Ford Commitment to Quality
Accessible Online Courses Link to Senior Vice Provost Lacy K. Ford
Video University of South Carolina
Total Enrollment Undergraduate Graduate Professional 46,67238,627
6,520 1,525 Main and Senior Campuses Columbia Aiken Upstate
Beaufort Regional Campuses Lancaster Salkehatchie Sumter Union
Background Thirty-two graduate degree and certificate programs
through DL Online (Blackboard, Adobe Connect), DVD &
telepresence Enrollment Growth 10,365 (AY 09)16,602 (AY 12) 13,665
(AY 10)17,883 (AY 13) 15,582 (AY 11) 18,808 (AY 14) Timeline Vice
Provost assumes leadership of distributed learning
2010 Vice Provost assumes leadership of distributed learning CTE
Instructional designers hired University subscribes to Quality
Matters Sept. 2012 OCR presentation on accessibility Provost
announces DL quality review Accessibility guidelines created Course
review process, Year 1 2010 Distributed Learning Move by Vice
Provost
Academic services leadership Closer involvement with academic units
Course approval process revision Unified vision and blueprint
Collaboration established 2011-2012 Instructional Designers
hired
University subscription to Quality Matters Program Training for
Instructional Designers September 24th, 2012: OCR presentation on
accessibility of online material New online technologies and
delivery modes Enterprise applications and opportunities 2012-2013
Dr. Fords assessment of online courses
Adoption of Quality Matters rubric for best practices Rubric
addresses course quality and accessibility QM Program
(https://www.qualitymatters.org/)
QM Rubric Standards Course Overview and Introduction Learning
Objectives (Competencies) Assessment and Measurement Instructional
Materials Learner Interaction and Engagement Course Technology
Learner Support Accessibility QM Program
(https://www.qualitymatters.org/) USC Accessibility Standards
Optical Character Recognition (OCR) has been performed on all PDF
files before being posted. PDF files are accompanied by their Word
document equivalent or a link to the HTML equivalent. All posted
documents (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.) are accessible and usable
by screen readers. Videos are captioned or have a transcript in
Word format that is made available simultaneously with the video
(on the same date that the video is made available or assigned to
be watched). All content is accessible via the computers keyboard,
without the use of a mouse. USC Accessibility Guidelines
(http://tinyurl.com/usc-accessible) Provosts Quality Review Process
Created
Spring 2013 Provosts Quality Review Process Created Process begins
and ends with faculty $1,500 course revision grant for faculty
Collaborative units provide ongoing support Provosts Office
announces and provides incentives DL Course Review Flow Chart
Spring 2013 DL Course Review Flow Chart Getting the Word Out
Documents sent to department chairs/deans
Summer 2013 Getting the Word Out Documents sent to department
chairs/deans CTE develops forms and resources Faculty DL committee
consulted Process Underway Designers worked with faculty to revise
courses Weekly CTE meetings to discuss review process Designers
review courses and make recommendations Faculty DL Quality
Assurance committee reviewed materials/made recommendations Getting
Faculty Buy-In
Getting Faculty Buy-In Campus partners streamline process for
faculty Process begins and ends with departments/faculty Emphasis
on flexibility and meeting faculty needs Incentives/recognition for
successful course revisions Year 1 (108 courses): Results 34 passed
review
16 expected to pass by Fall 2014 27 retired by department 22
faculty received$ commendation letter Success Story 1: Vera
Polyakova-Norwood Director of Online Learning
Nursing Challenge: Transcripts for frequent lecture updates
Solutions: Faculty pooled grant funds Use Dragon Naturally Speaking
and Student Assistants Success Story 2: Maureen Petkewich
Instructor Statistics
Challenge: Captions for videos showing math calculations
Solution:Supplemental grant funds to hire captioning service
Success Story 3: Rebecca Collier Adjunct Faculty
Women & Gender Studies Challenge: Retrofitting existing
voiceover PowerPoint lectures Solutions: Teaching assistant created
transcripts Will create scripts for future lecture preparation I
like how the PowerPoint videos have a notes tab that puts in words
exactly what you are saying in the videos, allows me to follow
along and take good notes easily. Other Successes 11 faculty/8
staff receive award from Disability Services Invitations to present
at conferences Faculty and student testimonials Next Steps Quality
Review for all DL graduate courses
Goal:All DL courses undergo review every 3-5 years Goal: Work with
technology services to create system-wide accessibility solutions
Questions?