CALL Project Timeline - Bossier Parish Community College

Project Timeline

June 12, 2007	CALL press release
February 5, 2007	CALL was featured on KSLA-12

Market Research
Now – May 2, 2007	Conducted by Aslanian Group
May 15, 2007	Carol Aslanian report presented to CALL Steering Committee on two studies: (a) adults with some college and no degree and (b) adults with high school diploma and no college.
October 11, 2007	Paper on "Principles and Practices of Marketing to Adult Students"accepted for presentation at the Commission on Accelerated Programs - Sixth National Conference for Accelerated Programs in Higher Education.
November 29, 2007	Presentationat the Aslanian Group Conference on Market Research's Use in CALL Program.
May 29, 2007	Presentationat the Aslanian Group Conference on Using Market Research to Improve Program Recruitment and Developmen

Program Development
November 2006	Chancellor Tom Carleton selects Business Administration and Computer Information Systems with a concentration in Software Applications as the BPCC degrees for fast-track design.
	Bill Martin and Gary Hollatz begin plans to expand BPCC's bandwidth from 3 mpbs to 45 mpbs.
January 2007	Contract received from Board of Regents to begin development of fast-track programs and student services.
	Paul Weaver accepted opportunity as program coordinator for Fast-Track CIS and Pat Wyatt accepted opportunity as program coordinator for Fast-Track Business Administration.
	CALL website launched at www.bpcc.edu/call to chronicle the BPCC Project.
January 19, 2007	Academic and Student Affairs Administrator CALL Overview hosted in A-230.
January 31, 2007	Accelerated Program Workshop with Dr. Ray Wlodkowski hosted at BPCC with BPCC, CERT, NSU, SREB, and Board of Regents representatives participating.
February 1, 2007	CALL added as an option in the online student information request form in CAVS.
	Recruiting department begins to record inquiries received about the CALL program in the recruiting database.
February 7 – 8, 2007	Prior Learning Assessment 101 Workshop hosted at NSU.
February 14, 2007	ACT Center begins pursuing certification of ACT Center as an official CLEP testing site.
February 21. 2007	Mr. Carleton adopts the 4-week fast-track format and 100% online delivery of courses in both fast-track Associate degree programs. Sections of classes offered in the fast-track program will be limited to 20 students per section.
	Presentation made to BPCC Foundation to request $4,000 in scholarship funds for CALL students.
February 22 – 23, 2007	CAEL Prior Learning Assessment Faculty Assessor Training at BPCC with CAEL Trainer Jerry Hickerson.
March 2, 2007	CALL Marketing Committee Meeting at Board of Regents.
March 6, 2007	BPCC Bookstore agrees to partner with BPCC CALL project to add e-commerce option to the business software management system in the BPCC Bookstore. This option will allow fast-track students to order books online from BPCC beginning in Fall 2007.
March 14, 2007	Fast-Track Faculty Resource Page added to BPCC CALL website.
	Chris Rondeau accepts the opportunity to work with fast-track faculty course designers to coach/mentor them to meet the Quality Matters standards for all fast-track online courses.
	Kathleen Gay and the staff in Electronic Learning provide course shells in Blackboard for each course being designed for fast-track, online delivery. Electronic Learning staff members continue to support all CALL efforts.
March 15, 2007	BPCC Fast-Track Faculty Course Design Workshop Hosted. Course design in the fast-track degree programs officially begins.
March 16, 2007	Dr. Stan Wilkins submits Division of Business and Computer Science request to the LCTCS for approval at the April board meeting for BPCC to offer the Business Administration degree online. Computer Information Systems was previously approved.
March 19, 2007	Division Chairs meet to discuss Campus-Wide Prior Learning Assessment Course Matrix.
March 21, 2007	BPCC Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) Policy Committee Meeting with CAEL Consultant Judy Wertheim creates framework for PLA Policy at BPCC. Carolyn Burroughs, Luke Dowden, Holly French, Paul Weaver, Stan Wilkins, and Pat Wyatt participate.
March 22, 2007	Community Education agrees to consider adding the Portfolio Course as part of the Community Education offerings. Peggy Fuller is designing the portfolio course.
March 23, 2007	BPCC-NSU Prior Learning Assessment Policy Exchange at Northwestern. Luke Dowden, John Hoffmann, and Paul Weaver represent BPCC. A common framework for Prior Learning Assessment is drafted for further consideration by each institution.
March 29, 2007	BPCC PLA Policy Committee establishes BPCC Policy Statement and Definition for Prior Learning Assessment.
March 30, 2007	Quality Matters Training hosted by Division of Electronic Learning. Online faculty members required to participate.
April 10, 2007	BPCC Fast-Track Faculty Course Design "E-Pedagogy" Workshop facilitated by Luke Dowden.
April 11, 2007	BPCC CALL Support Staff Luncheon Meeting to include Student Affairs Directors, Computer Services, Workforce Development, and Business Affairs employees.
	LCTCS Board approves BPCC to offer the Associate of Applied Science in Business Administration online.
April 26-27, 2007	LCTCS System President, BPCC, and NSU visit to Regis University in Denver, CO to preview their fast-track degree program options.
May 2, 2007	Report from WCET on the audit of BPCC's online student services presented to BPCC Online Student Services vision team. Vision team will make formal recommendations on investments needed to enhance online student services.
May 10, 2007	Final evaluation of CALL online course designs using the Quality Matters rubric begins.
May 11, 2007	Presentation by Luke Dowden and Kathleen Gay to SELECT grant award winners about WCET online student services audit project.
May 14, 2007	Project Director for the "fast-track" Business Administration program trains CALL phone recruitment team on method for lead collection and distribution to recruiting department.
May 16, 2007	1st BPCC Prior Learning Assessment Matrix compiled for prospective students to understand all the methods a student can attain college credit at BPCC through CLEP, DSST, Challenge Exams, and Portfolio Assessment.
May 24, 2007	CALL Statewide Steering Committee presents update to the Louisiana Board of Regents at monthly meeting.
June 2007	BPCC ACT Center pursues approval to offer DSST (formerly DANTES) nationally standardized exams.
June 4, 2007	17 potential adjunct faculty members receive orientation on the CALL "fast-track" course design and delivery model from Kim Harvell, Paul Weaver, Peggy Fuller, and Luke Dowden.
June 12, 2007	1st CLEP test given by BPCC ACT Center
June 15, 2007	Vice Chancellor for Student Services Karen Recchia and CALL Project Director Luke Dowden host meeting with staff from 11 student service areas to review WCET audit of online student services and request 1 page reports on the support needed to improve these services.
June 18 - 22, 2007	Bookstore Manager JaVonna Steadman participates in training to set up www.bpccbookstore.com,the e-commerce suite that will be piloted with CALL in the Fall 2007.
June 21, 2007	A team of BPCC faculty and staff including CALL Program Directors participated in CAEL Academic Advising Workshop hosted at NSU.
June 26, 2007	BPCC hosts Michael Falk from Learning Force to begin discussions on pilot for web-based enrollment management and advising system.
June 27, 2007	BPCC agreement with iWebfolio is finalized with receipt of log in information to set up system for use in the student electronic portfolio submission and assessment process. This process will be piloted along with the portfolio course in fall 2007.
July 12, 2007	BPCC signs Memorandum of Understanding with Learning Force for a joint endeavor to collaboratively enhance and use the Adviselink software to manage enrollment for the CALL program.
July 17-18, 2007	BPCC and NSU personnel trained on iWebfolio portfolio software system.
July 24, 2007	Board of Regents sponsors CALL statewide event to invite a new round of participants.
July 26, 2007	First 9 students admitted to a BPCC CALL fast-track degree program.
August 15, 2007	General Registration for All BPCC Students.
August 24, 2007	CAEL Faculty Assessor Training at Northwestern State University.
August 24, 2007	New CALL Statewide Partners Selected Selected – LSU-Eunice, McNeese State University, Southeastern Louisiana University, and The University of Louisiana at Monroe.
September 12, 2007	CALL Overview Presented to BPCC Staff Senate
September 21, 2007	Statewide Kick-Off Event with New CALL Sites
October 19, 2007	Bossier Parish Community College hosts Fran Kehoe for Faculty Portfolio Assessor Training Workshop
December 7, 2007	Luke Dowden, Paul Weaver, and Patricia Wyatt accept invitation to join the Commission on Accelerated Program’s National Subcommittee on 2 + 2 programs.
December 14, 2007	BPCC Final Reportsubmitted to the Board of Regents detailing work accomplished with funds from CALL 1 grant.
January 12, 2008	A new cohort of CALL students begin classes at BPCC and the existing cohort enters the 2nd semester of coursework.
January 15, 2008	BPCC begins course design for fast-track Associate of General Studies with a concentration in Business Administration to launch in Fall 2008.
January 31, 2008	Statewide Prior Learning Assessment Workshop Hosted at Learning Center for Rapides Parish for new CALL sites.
January 2008	Writing Support Services introduces online writing support services for fast-track and all online students. Learn more at www.bpcc.edu/thelearningcenter/writingsupportservices.html.
February 11-12, 2008	Patricia Wyatt participates in the Council for Accelerated Programs’ (CAP) 5th National Workshop for Accelerated Programs in Higher Education, "Faculty Development in Accelerated Programs"
February 16 – 19, 2008	Luke Dowden and Kathleen Gay attend E-Learning 2008; Luke Dowden presents on Marketing to Adult Learners with Bruce Chaloux from SREB
February, 2008	Paul Weaver and Peggy Fuller complete the first 2 workshops of 4 required to complete the Council of Experiential Adult Learning’s Online Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) Certificate Program. Learn more at http://www.cael.org/online_pla_certificate_program.htm.
March 19, 2008	BPCC Foundation, Inc. dedicates $10,000 of its 2008-2009 scholarship dollars for CALL scholarship awards and approves revisions to award policies for CALL.
March, 2008	BPCC Student Technology Fee Committee funds 600 hours of online tutoring through Smartthinking.com ensuring a needed online student service for fast-track learners.
April 15. 2008	Luke Dowden, Kathleen Gay, April Ayers, Patricia Wyatt, and Karen Musgrove participate in CALL statewide marketing kick-off.
April 30, 2008	BPCC Bookstore reveals plans to continue use of www.bpccbookstore.comsignaling the continuation of a project piloted using CALL grant dollars.
May 26, 2008	Patricia Wyatt and Paul Weaver present a workshop on developing courses for accelerated delivery and supporting faculty teaching CALL courses at the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development National Conference (NISOD).
June 1, 2008	Raymond Gaines becomes the first BPCC fast-track faculty member to be nominated for the Commission on Accelerated Program’s Annual Outstanding Faculty Award.

Marketing
January – April, 2007	Community Awareness Events coordinated by CERT
May, 2007	BPCC Begins Initial Marketing of Program (Click here to learn about marketing plan.)
August, 2007	BPCC enrolls 1st class of students in the fast-track degree programs 1st Adult Learning Campaign for Accelerated Programs
November, 2007	Improvements to the www.yourcallla.orginclude addition of Student Online Readiness Tool (SORT).
January, 2008	BPCC enrolls 2nd cohort of students in the fast-track degree programs
April, 2008	BPCC CALL program selects “DECIDE, APPLY, SUCCEED” as new campaign slogan and adds a CALL Booklet to its campaign materials.
May, 2008	BPCC launches 2nd Adult Learning Campaign set to run from May to July 15, 2008 with TV advertisements on KTBS and KSLA, a 40,000 household mailout through National Mail-IT, and 13 Billboards throughout Northwest Louisiana.
August, 2008	3rd cohort of students into fast-track program enroll with 1st cohort of students in the new Associate of General Studies

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