GPS Life Plan Goals Plans Success Presented by

GPS Life. Plan (Goals + Plans = Success) Presented by: Randy La. Foy…

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Topic Areas • Self-Assessment - Interests - Skills - Work Values - Personality • Career Research • Links to Education • Decision-Making • Marketing Yourself - Job Search - Resume and Cover letter - Networking - Interviewing • Managing Job Loss and Transitions Slide 3

Topic Areas • Degree/Program • Course Planning • Study Skills • Learning Styles • Grade Issues • Transfer Planning • College Readiness • Library and Research Resources Slide 4

Topic Areas • Financing Education - Financial Aid - Scholarships - Tax Related Benefits - Military Education Benefits • Budget • Debt Management • Credit Management • Identity Theft • Saving for the Future www. gpslifeplan. org/mnscumilitary Slide 5

Topic Areas • Leadership Skills • Resources for Leading • Civic Engagement • Service Learning • Global Competence Slide 6

Topic Areas • Life Transitions • Stress Management • Relationships • Fitness and Physical Health • Child Care • Housing • Transportation • Mental Health • Health Insurance Information • Legal Resources • Reintegration for Veterans www. gpslifeplan. org/WSURochester Slide 7

Program Components • Website • e. Folio • Campus Activities • Curriculum Integration • Student Success Day • Student-Faculty Interaction • http: //www. gpslifeplan. org Slide 8

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Reading 0080 AQIP Project Re-enrollment fall to spring rate Slide 10

Community College Survey of Student Engagement Slide 11 Benchmarks for Century College 2005 2009 2011 Active and Collaborative Learning Student Effort 48. 2 50. 5 52. 0 Change 2005 to 2011 + 3. 8 51. 1 52. 0 52. 6 +1. 5 Academic Challenge 50. 8 50. 9 52. 2 + 1. 4 Student-Faculty Interaction 44. 1 47. 6 50. 3 + 6. 2 Support for Learners 45. 7 50. 2 51. 9 + 6. 2

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Nine vs. 100 Million? 9 Slide 13 About 111, 000 results (0. 19 seconds)

Envisioned user experience At main mobile entry, users selects the GPS Life. Plan that is a best fit – high school, college, military or workforce OR go directly to My Life. Plan. Or, custom URL masks will take user to version entry page. Slide 14 (conceptual) At the version entry page can make goal setting selection • Career goals • Education goals • Finance goals • Leadership goals • Personal goals OR user can be presented with a predestined option The career and life planning process Upon selection a short audio overview will play.

YES option Each selection offers options • Yes • Browse • Join. (conceptual) IF YES The user is presented with • An appropriate interactive exercise, e. g. , career interest assessment • A focused research experience, e. g. , resources for determining career interests • A document generation option. The outcome of each is a personalized result, collection or article that the user could temporarily view online, print and/or store in his or her personal “My. GPSLife. Plan” repository. NOTE: Relative to the mobile version, it is assumed a primary assessment will be selected for each area. Options for several additional types of assessments (e. g. , in the career area this might include assessments focused on skills, interests, personality, career values) could be provided in follow up communications via a pre-scripted email campaign. E. g. , in the career area this might include assessments focused on skills, interests, personality, career values. Slide 15

BROWSE option (conceptual) IF BROWSE The user is presented with • Pertinent GPS Life. Plan resources. The user will be able to view resources in the recommended order of by most popular. NOTE: This option will result in viewing the career pages as IF JOIN is chosen user is introduced to the GPS Life. Planning Community. In the community, the user makes a personal page, view suggested information, participate in recommended learning exercises, enroll in non-credit workshops like goal-setting, interact in discussion topics with other users and opt to join other subgroups (e. g. particular college or course interest group like first term college student, veteran and student, etc. ), interact with an online advisor or distance credentialed counselor or connect with a campus appointed staff. Slide 16

My Life. Plan option (conceptual) IF My Life. Plan User will login to his or her personal online locker. This will be a customized version of My Stuff. Some of the items that would be included in My Life. Plan are: • A personalized dashboard of what is done and not done • A record of questions asked answers provided • Links to key pertinent key contacts User can insert a graphic of My Life. Plan (customized version of My. Stuff) here Slide 17

Project alignment with local experience and research on student success • Experienced improvements align with research that link goal setting, planning and decision making with retention, persistence and graduation • Proposed enhancements are aligned with consumer behaviors and a number of research reports that link mobile access with increased engagement and achievement. Slide 18 ACT. (2004). The Role of Academic and Non-Academic Factors in Improving College Retention, ACT Policy Report. Community College Survey of Student Engagement (2005 & 2009). An analysis of 2005 and 2009 results for Century College. Karp, M. (2011). Toward a New Understanding of Non. Academic Student Support: Four Mechanisms Encouraging Positive Student Outcomes in the Community College, Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University. Noel Levitz. (2013). 2013 Student Retention and College Completion Practices Report. Oberg, A. & Daniels, P. (2013) Analysis of the effect a student-centred mobile learning instructional method has on language acquisition, Saskia, T. & Acai, A. & Griffith, D. & Mahmoud, Q. & Ma, D. & Newton, G. (2014). Student use and pedagogical impact of a mobile learning application, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education Journal, 42: 2, 1539 -3429, Vinto, V. (June 8, 2012). Isaac Newton and College Completion, Inside Higher Education.

Project Timetable 1 Milestones Activities Design the analytic reporting framework • • • 2 3 Update content management system CM=Drupal • Update customer relationship management system CRM=Oracle • • • 4 Establish custom branded sites • • • Slide 19 • Start/ Complete Staff Define desired outcomes Clarify evaluation questions Identify data sources Structure data gathering process Develop report queries, structure and distribution Jan – Feb 2014 System Academic & Student Affairs, Century College, GPS & Distance MN Online Support Center (OSC) leads with reps from proposed pilot and input of the GPS user group & other designated stakeholders Migrate select content to SQL via CM Update CM structure to include core manager, version manager and local manager roles Jan – Mar 2014 GPS content coordinator with support of 3 rd party prof/tech service for military version, OSC programmer and CRM admin Translate SQL content to CRM knowledge article structure; add topic, subtopic & search tags Rework CSS for desktop & mobile/tablet Create page viewing in recommended sequence with option to view by most popular Activate suggestion feature Implement stage and status tracker using opportunities Tailor My. Stuff feature to serve as My. GPS Life. Plan context Develop interactive learning exercises in surveys or other tracking media Structure and activate the GPS Life. Plan Community feature Publish updated sites for four versions Jan – July 2014 OSC staff and 3 rd party prof/tech services with input of the GPS content coordinator, GPS Advisory Committee and other stakeholders Recruit volunteers – Century College, Distance MN, Online College in the High School, MN Guard or My. Military. Education or others? ? Develop custom branded sites for the four versions Deploy for pilot sites Expand custom branding to other colleges, universities, K-12 or agencies Aug 2014 – Jan 2015 Volunteers – Century College? Distance MN? Online College in the High School?

Start Up Budget Personnel: OSC CRM team (manager, programmer, site admin, graphics, e-advising spec, distance counselor) – N/A if lead development is through the Minnesota Online support contract Technology: Drupal license maintenance – N/A paid by VREP through June ‘ 14 Annual PALS server fee – N/A for military version paid by VREP through June ’ 14; up to $3, 750 for other versions Annual Oracle maint fee with chat – N/A paid by support center through June ‘ 14 Annual Oracle chat license: $1, 000 3 rd party services: Drupal prof tech services: $19, 500 Basis of 156 total hrs; 52 hrs/version; 35 hrs to set content structure; 5 hrs to set core, version and local managers; 12 hrs to develop role-based training Oracle prof tech services: $20, 000 Basis of 80 total hrs; customization of monitoring report display to end user and assistance with modifications to analytics Web design services: $18, 500 Basis of 185 hours to assist with mobile and community interface design and implementation Slide 20 Resource Personnel Technology Additional Budget N/A 4, 750 Prof/Tech Services 58, 000 Training on community admin, travel and other incidentals 10, 250 Total Cost $73, 000

Operational Budget (beginning in July 1, 2014) Personnel: Resource New –. 8 FTE for GPS Life. Plan Community Coordinator OSC CRM team – manager, programmer, site admin, graphics, e-advising spec, distance counselor Personnel Technology: Annual PALS server fee – $5, 000 Annual Oracle maint fee with chat – $4, 000 3 rd party services: Additional Budget $54, 500 Also assumes continuation of the online support contract Technology $9, 000 Prof/Tech Services $7, 000 Training on community admin $2, 500 Drupal prof tech services – $3, 500 Oracle prof tech services – $3, 500 Total Cost Slide 21 $73, 000

GPS Life. Plan (Goals + Plans = Success) Contact information: Randy La. Foy (randy. lafoy@century. edu) or 651 -779 -3363