IMPROVING LEARNING AND REDUCING COSTS: New Models for Online Learning

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1 IMPROVING LEARNING AND REDUCING COSTS: New Models for Olie Learig HIGHER EDUCATION S CHALLENGES Access Quality Cost How ca iformatio techology help? Page 1

2 ASSUMPTIONS THAT GET IN THE WAY Improvig quality meas icreasig cost Addig IT icreases cost Usig IT may eve threate quality The biggest obstacle to iovatio is thikig it ca be doe the old way. Page 2

3 Faced with the ivetio of the telegraph... Buy faster horses! Get better riders!... the first motio picture that stopped filmig stage plays Page 3

4 Techique Lags Behid Techology TRADITIONAL INSTRUCTION Semiars Lectures Page 4

5 BOLT-ON INSTRUCTION PROGRAM IN COURSE REDESIGN Challege colleges ad uiversities to redesig their approaches to istructio usig techology to achieve quality ehacemets as well as cost savigs. 30 projects erollig 50,000 studets Page 5

6 THE ONE PERCENT SOLUTION Maricopa Commuity College District 200,000 studets 2,000 course titles 25 courses = 44% erollmet All CCs = 51% All four-year = 35% THE ONE PERCENT SOLUTION Eglish (7) Psychology (1) Mathematics (5) Fitess (1) Sociology (1) Computig (1) Philosophy (1) Ecoomics (2) Biology (2) Accoutig (1) EMT (1) Spaish (1) Chemistry (1) Page 6

7 ROUND I INSTITUTIONS 20,585 Studets Aually IUPUI (Sociology) Pe State (Statistics) Rio Salado College (College Algebra) SUNY at Buffalo (Computer Literacy) U of Cetral Florida (America Govermet) U of Colorado-Boulder (Astroomy) U of Illiois-Urbaa Champaig (Statistics) U of Souther Maie (Psychology) U of Wiscosi-Madiso (Chemistry) Virgiia Tech (Liear Algebra) ROUND II INSTITUTIONS 14,119 Studets Aually Cal Poly Pomoa (Psychology) Caregie Mello Uiversity (Statistics) Fairfield Uiversity (Biology) Riverside Commuity College (Math) The Uiversity of Alabama (Math) Uiversity of Dayto (Psychology) Uiversity of Idaho (Math) The Uiversity of Iowa (Chemistry) Uiversity of Massachusetts (Biology) Uiversity of Teessee (Spaish) Page 7

8 ROUND III INSTITUTIONS 18,734 Studets Aually Brigham Youg U (Eglish Compositio) Drexel U (Computer Programmig) Florida Gulf Coast U (Fie Arts) Iowa State U (Discrete Math) Norther Arizoa U (College Algebra) Ohio State U (Statistics) Portlad State U (Itroductory Spaish) Tallahassee CC (Eglish Comp) U of New Mexico (Itro Psychology) U of Souther Mississippi (World Lit) QUANTITATIVE (13) Mathematics Iowa State Uiversity Norther Arizoa Uiversity Rio Salado College Riverside CC Uiversity of Alabama Uiversity of Idaho Virgiia Tech Statistics Caregie Mello Uiversity Ohio State Uiversity Pe State U of Illiois-Urbaa Champaig Computer Programmig Drexel Uiversity Uiversity at Buffalo Page 8

9 SCIENCE (5) SOCIAL SCIENCE (6) Biology Fairfield Uiversity Uiversity of Massachusetts Chemistry Uiversity of Iowa U of Wiscosi- Madiso Astroomy U of Colorado- Boulder Psychology Cal Poly Pomoa Uiversity of Dayto Uiversity of New Mexico U of Souther Maie Sociology IUPUI America Govermet U of Cetral Florida HUMANITIES (6) Eglish Compositio Brigham Youg Uiversity Tallahassee CC Spaish Portlad State Uiversity Uiversity of Teessee Fie Arts Florida Gulf Coast Uiversity World Literature Uiversity of Souther Mississippi Page 9

10 IMPROVED LEARNING OUTCOMES Pe State - 68% o a cotet-kowledge test vs. 60% UB - 56% eared A- or higher vs. 37% CMU - scores o skill/cocept tests icreased by 22.8% Fairfield 88% o cocept retetio vs. 79% U of Idaho 30% eared A s vs. 20% UMass 73% o tougher exams vs. 61% FGCU - 85% o exams vs. 72%; 75% A s ad B s vs. 31% USM - scored a full poit higher o writig assessmets IUPUI, RCC, UCF, U of S Maie, Drexel ad U of Ala - sigificat improvemets i uderstadig cotet 25 of 30 have show improvemet; 5 have show equal learig. REDUCTION IN DFW RATES U of Alabama 60% to 40% Drexel 51% to 38% Tallahassee CC 46% to 25% Rio CC 41% to 32% IUPUI 39% to 25% UNM 39% to 23% U of S Maie 28% to 19% U of Iowa 25% to 13% Pe State 12% to 9.8% 24 measured; 18 showed improvemet. Page 10

11 COST SAVINGS RESULTS Redesiged courses reduce costs by 37% o average, with a rage of 15% to 77%. Collectively, the 30 courses projected a savigs of about $3.6 millio aually. Fial results show actual aual savigs of $3.1 millio. WHAT S ON YOUR WISH LIST? Accommodate more studets? Smaller class sizes? More distace learig offerigs? Fid eough qualified adjucts to teach itroductory courses? Resources to offer more optios at the secod-year or upper-divisio level? Decrease time to graduatio for studets? Fid TAs to staff itroductory courses? Free up space o campus? Reduce teachig loads? More time for research? Page 11

12 REDESIGN CHARACTERISTICS Redesig the whole course-- ot just a sigle class Replace sigle mode istructio with differetiated persoel strategies Rely heavily o readily available iteractive software--used idepedetly ad i teams Create small withi large Use course maagemet software to moitor studet performace Assessmet, assessmet, assessmet Movig the ATMs out of the bak! REDESIGN CHARACTERISTICS Emphasize active learig-- greater studet egagemet with the material ad with oe aother Provide 24 x 7 access to olie learig resources Icrease o-demad, idividualized assistace Automate oly those course compoets that ca beefit from automatio e.g., homework, quizzes, exams Techology eables good pedagogy with large #s of studets. Page 12

13 GENERAL BIOLOGY at Fairfield Uiversity Icosistet studet academic preparatio Iadequate studet iteractio with learig materials ad complex topics Iadequate use of moder techology Iability of studets to retai what they have leared (amesia) Iability of studets to apply biological priciples to other disciplies (iertia) Memorizatio vs. Applicatio of Scietific Cocepts ACADEMIC GOALS Ehace quality by idividualizig istructio Focus o higher-level cogitive skills Create both team-based ad idepedet ivestigatios Use iteractive learig eviromets i lectures ad labs to illustrate difficult cocepts to allow studets to practice certai skills or test certai hypotheses to work with other studets to ehace the learig ad discussio of complex topics Page 13

14 Traditioal 7 sectios (~35) 7 faculty 100% wet labs $131,610 $506 cost-per-studet Redesig 2 sectios (~140) 4 faculty 50% wet, 50% virtual $98,033 $350 cost-per-studet Cotet mastery: sigificatly better performace Cotet retetio: sigificatly better (88% vs. 79%) Course drops declied from 8% to 3% Next course erollmet icreased from 75% to 85% Declared majors icreased by 4% FIVE REDESIGN MODELS Supplemetal Add to the curret structure ad/or chage the cotet Replacemet Bled face-toface with olie activities Emporium Move all classes to a lab settig Fully olie Coduct all (most) learig activities olie Buffet Mix ad match accordig to studet prefereces Page 14

15 FIRST-YEAR SPANISH (Replacemet Model) Icrease active speakig via i-class iteractio Use techology to support skill practice Provide immediate feedback olie Icrease studet ad istructor computer literacy Ecourage collaborative learig, both olie ad i class Traditioal Redesig 57 sectios (~27) 38 sectios (~54) Adjucts + 6 TAs Istructor-TA pairs 100% i class 50% i class, 50% olie $167,074 ($2931/sectio) $56,838 ($1496/sectio) 1529 $ $28 Oral skills: sigificatly better performace Laguage proficiecy & laguage achievemet: o sigificat differece A secod Spaish project: fial exam scores i speakig, readig ad listeig were higher Page 15

16 THE EMPORIUM MODEL 77% Cost Reductio (V1) 30% Cost Reductio (V2) FULLY ONLINE MODEL Traditioal Redesig Redesig oe class Redesig whole course Emphasize istructor-tostudet iteractio Istructor does all gradig ad provides all studet feedback Emphasize studet-tostudet iteractio ad teamig Automate gradig ad studet feedback Use a sigle persoel strategy Use a differetiated persoel strategy Page 16

17 RIO SALADO COLLEGE Pre-Calculus Mathematics Traditioal 4 courses taught by 4 istructors Studet iteractio = each istructor $49 cost-per-studet Retetio = 59% Redesig 4 courses taught by 1 istructor Studet iteractio = iteractive software, 1 course assistat, ad 1 istructor $31 cost-per-studet Retetio = 65% U. OF S. MISSISSIPPI World Literature Traditioal sectios (~65) Taught by 8 faculty ad 8 adjucts Faculty do all gradig $70 cost-per-studet Redesig Sigle olie sectio Team-taught by 4 faculty ad 4 TAs 50% automated gradig via WebCT; 50% TAs $31 cost-per-studet Redesig triples course capacity. Page 17

18 THE BUFFET MODEL Assess each studet s kowledge/skill level ad preferred learig style Provide a array of high-quality, iteractive learig materials ad activities Develop idividualized study plas Build i cotiuous assessmet to provide practice ad feedback Offer appropriate, varied huma iteractio whe eeded WHAT DO THE FACULTY SAY? It s the best experiece I ve ever had i a classroom. The quality of my worklife has chaged immeasurably for the better. It s a lot of work durig the trasitio-- but it s worth it. Page 18

19 WHAT S NEXT? The Roadmap to Redesig (R2R) Lumia Project for Uderserved Studets Redesig Programs with Districts, Systems ad States FOR MORE INFORMATION Full project plas Moograph Progress reports Completed course plaig tools Project cotacts Page 19