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eText Pilot Overview

eText Pilot Overview. Wanda Barker Executive Director, eLearning and Learning Technology Systems March 22, 2013. eText Pilot Overview. Purpose Funding Pilot Colleges Communication Deliverables and Considerations Student Engagement Adaptive Learning – Parallel Pilot

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eText Pilot Overview

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  1. eText Pilot Overview Wanda Barker Executive Director, eLearning and Learning Technology Systems March 22, 2013

  2. eText Pilot Overview • Purpose • Funding • Pilot Colleges • Communication • Deliverables and Considerations • Student Engagement • Adaptive Learning – Parallel Pilot • The LearnSmart Experience • Questions

  3. Purpose and Funding • Pilot Goal: Provide students with enhanced quality online reference materials at reduced prices in a way that will support individual student learning and degree completion. • Funding • 2+2 eLearning Initiative Funds • Virtual Learning Community Funds

  4. Pilot Questions • What is the best solution in reference to components, providers, and related e-text issues? • What are the student and faculty acceptance levels? • What are the sustainable cost reductions? • What is our ability to implement future e-text solutions with minimal conversion or adoption hurdles (knowing that technology will change and evolve and that we might need to migrate to other solutions)? • What is our ability to access all forms of media via one e-text platform (any content source, any device, any LMS, any ERP connection)?

  5. Pilot Colleges • Caldwell Community College and Technical Inst. • Catawba Valley Community College • Fayetteville Technical Community College • Robeson Community College • South Piedmont Community College • Southwestern Community College • Surry Community College • Wilkes Community College

  6. e-Software Applications • Vitalsource • Café Scribe • Courseload • Coursesmart

  7. Communication • Many more colleges requested to participate in the pilot when the word got out! • Some are working on their own internal evaluation of eText applications • VLC webpage created for sharing information • Symposium is for sharing our experiences – both good and bad – so that colleges know what to anticipate • Monthly updates to the NCACCP

  8. Deliverables • Review of recent literature and similar pilots or research for the final report • Pilot by willing faculty and students to observe, capture data, survey, evaluate, and recommend • Written reports by each of the 8 colleges • One compiled formal report by the VLC Q&A Center with recommendations for full-scale implementation • Functionality requirements and detailed specifications for writing an RFP

  9. Pilot Considerations

  10. Student Engagement • Linda Novak, Instructor, Early Childhood Education • Fayetteville Technical Community College

  11. Student Engagement A Paradigm Shift

  12. Student Perceptions • 55% of students would prefer a • printed textbook if they were • given the option. • 73% of students said the cost • benefit of e-texts was the • most appealing aspect.

  13. Student Engagement • Benefits • 59% of students liked the ability • to search within the e-text. • 44% liked having access to and • using the instructor annotations.

  14. Beginnings of a Paradigm Shift • 65% found the e-text to be useful for the class • 23% stated they preferred printed books regardless of the cost • 55% stated reading with a device was about the same, or easier, • when compared to a traditional textbook

  15. Summary • 76% of students currently access educational websites for personal or educational use • 6.5% do not use any electronic resources for educational or personal use • 56% access electronic books for educational or personal use • Beginning of change and acceptance is evident, • the journey has begun.

  16. Adaptive Learning • Parallel study to eText Pilot because of crossover components • Adaptive Learning systems go far beyond eText functionality or accessing content • Adaptive release of content based on performance levels (Adapt Courseware) • Adaptive learning and review to ensure comprehension and application (LearnSmart by McGraw-Hill) • PSY-150 Intro. to Psychology

  17. LearnSmart • Deliberate practice, focus on remediation • Content difficulty based on student answers • Instructors can adapt teaching based on feedback • Lots of data collected for each answer • Metacognitive skills report: whether student “thinks” he/she understands • Correct/Aware, Correct/Unaware, Incorrect/Aware, Incorrect/Unaware • Students can purchase with/without instructor adoption

  18. LearnSmart Experience Shakiera Causey Guilford Technical Community College

  19. Pilot Study Information Participating Colleges • Mitchell Community College • Guilford Technical Community College • Bladen Community College • Blue Ridge Community College Better grades? Better use of class time?

  20. Objectives • Use Learnsmart to evaluate student learning outcomes • Opinion on ease of use for E text versus printed textbooks • Examine metacognitive reports and module completion for student reading comprehension and mastery of concepts • Reduce amount of class time spent reviewing chapter readings

  21. Results • Student initiative increased due to comparative reports • Instructors can identify students who are having conceptual difficulty with material • Students are forced to study Skills developed • Improved reading comprehension • Increased learning and confidence in knowledge • Variation in study habits formed

  22. Student Reaction-Positives • Etextis inexpensive. • Etextis helpful and highlight/bookmarking capabilities are great for note taking. • Students feel like they are learning more by doing the modules and answering all the questions. • Enjoy not having extra textbook to carry around. • Forced to study and know material

  23. Student Reaction-Negatives • Learnsmart modules take hours to complete. • Difficulty accessing on mobile devices • Connect website is not user friendly. • Initial access to site was difficult. • Did not like using e-book

  24. Other Limitations/Concerns • They equate computer face time with "fun" time and do not like reading a book on the computer.   • There have also been issues with accessing the work via mobile device but this has been corrected through customer support. • Data plans incur extra charges from downloading on mobile device • Large number of students prefer having hard copy of text to highlight and study materials (different learning styles)

  25. Conclusions • Instructors Pros: • Students have affordable access to text. • Metacognitive reports are helpful. • Helped identify students who may need extra assistance • Learnsmartmodules verify reading comprehension. • E text has great capabilities to help students study. • Connect has great built in assignments and test bank questions which reduces amount of time spent creating exams.

  26. Future Considerations • Moodle Platform Integration • Reduce confusion for students • Student User Friendly Site • Keeping Cost Down

  27. Questions?

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