UT4Me Fall 2007 Semester Highlights
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The UT TeleCampus offered more than 190 courses this fall resulting in a record number of enrollments. UTTC enrollments for fall totaled 5,005. This number is an 11 percent increase from last fall. The GenEd program had the highest enrollment (981) followed by CCJO (895) and MBA (532). The host campus with the highest enrollment was UT Arlington (1,319) followed by UT El Paso (994) and UT Brownsville (866).
In fall, 56% of enrollments were undergraduate level and 44% were graduate level. The IMPRINTS program launched this fall with 14 enrollments.
2006-2007 Course Completion
During the 2006-2007 school year, there were 11,703 enrollments through UTTC. Of these enrollments, 90% completed the course and 82% completed the course successfully.
Graduate enrollments totaled 5,133 with 92% completing the course and 90% completing the course successfully. Undergraduate enrollments totaled 6,570 with 88% completion and 76% successful completion. Enrollments are based upon institutions' census day enrollments. Completion rates are based upon the number of students who received grades (including incompletes), minus those who received withdrawal grades. Successful completion is grade of C or better for graduate and D or better for undergraduate courses. For more information on course completion data, contact Student and Faculty Services at mailto:telecampus@utsystem.edu.
Student Demographics for Fall 2007
UTTC student demographic data is gathered from the TeleCampus Information System (TIS) following the census day of each institution. Academic students taking courses online via the UTTC in fall revealed the following in their profiles:
- 65% of UTTC students are age 25 or older;
- 29% stated that UT Arlington was their home campus;
- 53% are female;
- 29% indicated that their ethnicity is hispanic;
- students are located in nine other countries besides the U.S.; and
- 94% are located in Texas.
Fall Survey Results
Interested in your fellow students expectations for online learning? Results from the fall 2007 Student Survey are now available.
Highlights include:
- 45% of respondents took an on-campus course in addition to their online course.
- 36% of respondents indicated that this was their first online course.
- 62% of respondents indicated that they work full-time.
Frequent Student Comment/Director Response
Every long semester we ask UTTC students to complete a short survey about our services. Survey responses are anonymous, and students often use this opportunity to discuss issues and to share suggestions.
Lately, the topic of community building has come up. In this issue of UT4Me, we would like to highlight one student’s comment about this (Spring 2007 UTTC Survey) and give the UTTC Director, Rob Robinson, a forum to respond.
Student Comment:
“I think it would be nice to have some way to network with all students in the TeleCampus programs. Being a distance learner really segregates you from the academic community. Perhaps some kind of general discussion board area. It would be helpful for new-comers that have lots of questions, as well as asking for advice on which courses to take, random technical problems, etc.”
UTTC Director:
“Great idea. We are always looking at ways to foster community building. In fact, at one time we created a series of organizations within Blackboard with exactly that goal in mind. These organizations allowed discussions and information sharing, and were centered around degree programs and interests. Frankly they were underutilized. There is a need for a core group of participants to keep these forums alive, and there just wasn't that critical mass of interest. Given the low use and the fact that it takes a fair amount of administrative work on the part of TeleCampus staff to keep them updated and available for use, we made a decision to eliminate them.When we asked students why they did not use the organizations, many told us that as busy working professionals they were much more interested in focusing on their individual courses than in establishing online relationships outside of those courses. However, we feel strongly that the best learning takes place in a community environment. We would very much like to explore new ways to allow student-to-student discussion to happen outside of the classes themselves. We are open to suggestions!"
Thank you to all our students for their valuable commentary and feedback. For more answers to frequently asked questions, please visit the UT TeleCampus Knowledge Center.When we asked students why they did not use the organizations, many told us that as busy working professionals they were much more interested in focusing on their individual courses than in establishing online relationships outside of those courses. However, we feel strongly that the best learning takes place in a community environment. We would very much like to explore new ways to allow student-to-student discussion to happen outside of the classes themselves. We are open to suggestions!"
Thank you to all our students for their valuable commentary and feedback. For more answers to frequently asked questions, please visit the UT TeleCampus Knowledge Center.
When we asked students why they did not use the organizations, many told us that as busy working professionals they were much more interested in focusing on their individual courses than in establishing online relationships outside of those courses. However, we feel strongly that the best learning takes place in a community environment. We would very much like to explore new ways to allow student-to-student discussion to happen outside of the classes themselves. We are open to suggestions!"
Thank you to all our students for their valuable commentary and feedback. For more answers to frequently asked questions, please visit the UT TeleCampus Knowledge Center.
When we asked students why they did not use the organizations, many told us that as busy working professionals they were much more interested in focusing on their individual courses than in establishing online relationships outside of those courses. However, we feel strongly that the best learning takes place in a community environment. We would very much like to explore new ways to allow student-to-student discussion to happen outside of the classes themselves. We are open to suggestions!"
Thank you to all our students for their valuable commentary and feedback. For more answers to frequently asked questions, please visit the UT TeleCampus Knowledge Center.
When we asked students why they did not use the organizations, many told us that as busy working professionals they were much more interested in focusing on their individual courses than in establishing online relationships outside of those courses. However, we feel strongly that the best learning takes place in a community environment. We would very much like to explore new ways to allow student-to-student discussion to happen outside of the classes themselves. We are open to suggestions!"
Thank you to all our students for their valuable commentary and feedback. For more answers to frequently asked questions, please visit the UT TeleCampus Knowledge Center.
When we asked students why they did not use the organizations, many told us that as busy working professionals they were much more interested in focusing on their individual courses than in establishing online relationships outside of those courses. However, we feel strongly that the best learning takes place in a community environment. We would very much like to explore new ways to allow student-to-student discussion to happen outside of the classes themselves. We are open to suggestions!"
Thank you to all our students for their valuable commentary and feedback. For more answers to frequently asked questions, please visit the UT TeleCampus Knowledge Center.
When we asked students why they did not use the organizations, many told us that as busy working professionals they were much more interested in focusing on their individual courses than in establishing online relationships outside of those courses. However, we feel strongly that the best learning takes place in a community environment. We would very much like to explore new ways to allow student-to-student discussion to happen outside of the classes themselves. We are open to suggestions!"
Thank you to all our students for their valuable commentary and feedback. For more answers to frequently asked questions, please visit the UT TeleCampus Knowledge Center.
When we asked students why they did not use the organizations, many told us that as busy working professionals they were much more interested in focusing on their individual courses than in establishing online relationships outside of those courses. However, we feel strongly that the best learning takes place in a community environment. We would very much like to explore new ways to allow student-to-student discussion to happen outside of the classes themselves. We are open to suggestions!"
Thank you to all our students for their valuable commentary and feedback. For more answers to frequently asked questions, please visit the UT TeleCampus Knowledge Center.
When we asked students why they did not use the organizations, many told us that as busy working professionals they were much more interested in focusing on their individual courses than in establishing online relationships outside of those courses. However, we feel strongly that the best learning takes place in a community environment. We would very much like to explore new ways to allow student-to-student discussion to happen outside of the classes themselves. We are open to suggestions!"
Thank you to all our students for their valuable commentary and feedback. For more answers to frequently asked questions, please visit the UT TeleCampus Knowledge Center.
When we asked students why they did not use the organizations, many told us that as busy working professionals they were much more interested in focusing on their individual courses than in establishing online relationships outside of those courses. However, we feel strongly that the best learning takes place in a community environment. We would very much like to explore new ways to allow student-to-student discussion to happen outside of the classes themselves. We are open to suggestions!"
Thank you to all our students for their valuable commentary and feedback. For more answers to frequently asked questions, please visit the UT TeleCampus Knowledge Center.