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Moving More Toward Digital?

Are You Making Waves and Shaking Up Your Curriculum. Moving More Toward Digital?. 2012 WBEA Conference Friday, February 17, 2-3 p.m. Room SEQUOIA 2. Are you encouraged to use digital content in your class? HOW are you integrating digital content into your classroom?

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Moving More Toward Digital?

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  1. Are You Making Waves and Shaking Up Your Curriculum Moving More Toward Digital? 2012 WBEA Conference Friday, February 17, 2-3 p.m. Room SEQUOIA 2

  2. Are you encouraged to use digital content in your class? • HOW are you integrating digital content into your classroom? • What are some of the trends you are seeing with eBooks? • Is anyone currently using eBooks in class?

  3. E-Book Engagement Tracker Digital Advantage Learning Resources

  4. Efficacy Study of CourseMate • Conducted in FALL term of 2010 • 17 Instructors • Included 25 classes/sections • 584 students • University level

  5. Student Perspective of CourseMate

  6. “I like how you can move at your own pace and redo the tests and quizzes as many times as you want.” Student Sound Bites… “Love the online book, it really helped me because I ended up losing my book. I also loved the practice quizzes and essays…they really helped me” “Flashcards are awesome! They saved me time from having to write down all the vocab” “Gave me a different way to study the chapter, plus it gave me immediate feedback and I didn’t have to wait on my teacher to grade it over the weekend.” “Easier than using the printed book” “It gives you other ways to explain the information than my instructor…..uses creative ideas to show the material such as diagrams, and it’s easy to use.”

  7. Faculty Perspective of CourseMate

  8. Teacher Sound Bites…. • “It’s a good tool to track student’s progress. Students who used it performed very well in my class” • “The student has a choice of selecting tool(s) for their particular learning style.” • “Presents materials in a different fashion than me lecturing…very hi tech therefore student oriented” • “The Suite of study tools is better than any I have seen in the market” • “Gives immediate feedback to the student because often I cannot do that with such a jam-packed class”

  9. CourseMate fall 2010 efficacy study Conclusions… • 94% of students were VERY SATISFIED with CourseMate • Ds, Fs, and Incompletes went down 14% • Homework submission went up 11% 35% said CourseMate kept them from dropping the course.

  10. So what does all this mean?

  11. Interactive eBook

  12. Bookmarks You can create a bookmark for a specific page or section within an eBook to enable easy reference back to content at a later time. The Reference Panel offers you a quick means to access bookmarked content or to manage your existing bookmarks.

  13. Highlights You can create highlights within eBook content for future reference. You may choose to highlight a word, a sentence and even an entire paragraph. The Reference Panel offers you an easy means to access the eBook content you have highlighted.

  14. Notes You can create notes for additional reference within eBook content. For easy note management, you can choose to color code your notes. Once a note is created, you can easily access your notes within the eBook content from the Reference Panel. In addition, you may choose to print your notes along with the eBook content.

  15. Other Features

  16. Engagement Tracker E-Book Digital Advantage Learning Resources

  17. CourseMate • Interactive eBook • Crossword Puzzles • PowerPoints • Flashcards • Glossary • Interactive Activities • Learning Objectives • Net Bookmarks • Quizzes • Interactive Study Tools • Videos • ENGAGEMENT TRACKER: This intuitive, online reporting tool makes it easy to evaluate use of study resources, monitor time-on-task and track progress for the entire class or for individual students.

  18. Go live into SSO

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  20. www.cengage.com/cengagecourse/coursemate

  21. CengageNOW

  22. CNOW • Enhanced Interactive eBook • Auto graded homework • Personalized study plan – Diagnostic tools with Pre-Test, Customized Study Plan, and Post-Test activities for each chapter, including • Text material • Learning Objectives • Ask the Expert videos • Powerpoint slides • Crossword puzzles • Flashcards • Net Bookmarks • Quizzing games • Videos • Testbank (ExamView) • Includes chapter and unit tests

  23. A Powerful Course Management tool • Offers Robust Instructor Control & flexibility • Online Homework Tool & eBook • Pre-Test, Personalized Study Plan, Post-Test • Ties directly to the Contemporary Econ Text and the Economics and Personal Finance Text

  24. SAM with MindTap • Integrated Digital Book (within the new MindTap Reader platform): Everything a student needs to succeed in your course is now in one place - SAM! • The new integrated digital book option provides students with all the steps and information they need to complete their assignments without a bulky textbook to carry around. • It also includes the series-specific Premium Video content, providing additional video reinforcement.

  25. What is SAM? • Since 1998, SAM (Skills Assessment Manager) has been the #1 testing and training tool for Microsoft Office. • Performance-based exam and training simulations for Microsoft Office • Live in-the-application, auto-graded, project-based assessment for Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access • Web deliverable • Internet Explorer and Flash Player required • Also compatible with Firefox and Safari for Mac users • Flexible scheduling options • Numerous detailed reports for instructors and students

  26. SAM Assessment • Simulated performance-based exam simulations (tasks) • Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Internet Explorer, Outlook • Thousands of objective-based questions • Exams can be created… • By textbook chapter • Picking and choosing exam tasks • Picking and choosing objective-based questions • Detailed Study Guide reports map back to Course Technology’s Office textbooks

  27. SAMTraining • Simulated, interactive training scenarios • Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint • Multiple training methods address different learning styles • Training assignments can be created… • By textbook chapter • Picking and choosing training scenarios • Detailed Study Guide reports map back to Course Technology’s Office textbooks

  28. SAMProjects • Live in the application, auto-graded, project-based assessment • Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access • Project assignments include • Textbook end-of-chapter projects • Mirror or “2nd scenario” projects * • Capstone projects * • Anti-cheating detection • Fully integrated into the SAM “system” • Detailed Study Guide reports map back to Course Technology’s Office textbooks

  29. What’s new with SAM 2010?

  30. SAMMindTap • Digital integrated textbook within SAM • Contains additional videos specific for each Series • Available for the following titles:

  31. SAMGrade Book • Simplifies class administration • Instructors can now weight, modify, and add grades • View section outcomes at a glance • Quickly see section results • Flexible export • Can pick and choose columns they want to export to more closely align with their LMS grade book

  32. SAMAssessment, Training, Projects

  33. You can highlight text (choose a color); you can have it read the text to you; you can add a note.

  34. Check out www.cengage.com/ct/emerge to learn more!

  35. Ride the Waves of Digital Literacy… www.cengage.com/ct/digital-literacy

  36. http://www.cengage.com/school/coursecare/

  37. http://www.cengage.com/focus/

  38. Thank you so much for your attention and your participation during this session! Trish Bobst trish.bobst@cengage.com National Curriculum Specialist

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