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C. Progress Towards Achieving Board Ends and College Strategic Directions
C.1 Vision and Mission (Policy A-05) (cont’d)
Fanshawe will be participating in a study led by researchers at the University of Toronto to
explore the structures and processes supporting the knowledge of transfer options and
procedures of students who attend university after college. Fanshawe has achieved one of
the highest transfer rates of students who apply through the Ontario University Application
Service for admission to one of Ontario’s universities. This study will look at the ways that
Fanshawe’s staff and services support this process and how the College plans to build on
this success to support future learners.
As the emphasis on applied research grows, and the number of staff pursuing advanced
degrees climbs, Library and Media Services Research and Data Services staff will provide
support and assistance to faculty, staff and students by creating more electronic library
guides and demonstrating how to conduct a thorough literature review and use demographic
tools to map data.
C.2.1 Encourage and enhance student success
C.2 Student Success (Policy A-35)
The School of Language and Liberal Studies has redesigned the curriculum for its
Preparatory Studies programs (General Arts and Science streams) for delivery in Fall 2012
to enhance and enrich transferability between program majors for students wishing to
prepare academically for vocational programs and university pathways.
The School of Language and Liberal Studies will now offer courses in the summer term
designed to help students make up courses that are preventing their progression or
graduation.
The School of Tourism and Hospitality boasts a 70 percent local sustainable food service
practice. It will continue to sell fair-trade coffee, engage in recycling and composting, and
support local food suppliers. Professors and students will be engaged in meat processing
including the smoking of bacon and plans are underway to set up bee hives to create a local
supply of honey.
A process is being developed to track London Continuing Education (CE) students and their
progress in their program of choice. This has its challenges as CE students register by
course rather than by program. The result will be an improved strategic approach to program
and course planning with the ultimate goal of increasing the opportunities for students to
complete their program and successfully graduate.
The College is looking to expand online educational delivery options for students. These
include offering more courses in hybrid or blended formats, where certain components are
delivered in class and other components are online, and more courses where classes take
place entirely online. Currently the FanshaweOnline learning management system allows
professors to post lectures, associated learning materials, assignments, and quizzes, etc.,
online where they are available for student access at any time. The College hopes to
expand the use of this online channel to supplement and compliment classroom and lab
experiences. In this regard, use of FanLive to record the content of lectures and organize
these materials for student review and replay has been increasing significantly and is
proving very popular with students.
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