How to Become a Gymnast in 12 Months

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1 IMPROVING LEARNING AND REDUCING COSTS New Models for Olie Learig

2 Established i 1999 as a uiversity Ceter at RPI fuded by the Pew Charitable Trusts Became a idepedet o-profit orgaizatio i 2003 Missio: help colleges ad uiversities lear how to use techology to improve studet learig outcomes ad reduce their istructioal costs

3 SPELLINGS COMMISSION o the Future of Higher Educatio Effective use of iformatio techology ca improve studet learig, reduce istructioal costs, ad meet critical workforce eeds. We urge states ad istitutios to establish course redesig programs usig techology-based, learer-cetered priciples drawig upo the iovative work already beig doe by the Natioal Ceter for Academic Trasformatio.

4 WHAT DOES NCAT MEAN BY COURSE REDESIGN? Course redesig is the process of redesigig whole courses (rather tha idividual classes or sectios) to achieve better learig outcomes at a lower cost by takig advatage of the capabilities of iformatio techology.

5 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. Focus: Itroductory Courses 50,000 studets 30 projects

6 TRADITIONAL INSTRUCTION Semiars Lectures

7 BOLT-ON INSTRUCTION

8 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

9 Biology SCIENCE (5) SOCIAL SCIENCE (6) 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

10 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

11 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 showed improvemet; 5 showed equal learig.

12 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.

13 COST SAVINGS RESULTS Redesiged courses reduce costs by 37% o average, with a rage of 15% to 77%. Collectively, the 30 courses saved about $3 millio aually.

14 TAKING COURSE REDESIGN TO SCALE The Roadmap to Redesig (R2R) (20 istitutios) Colleagues Committed to Redesig (C2R) (60 istitutios) Programs with Systems ad States 2006 preset (~80 istitutios) The Redesig Alliace 2006 preset (70+ istitutios)

15 STATE AND SYSTEM-BASED PROGRAMS Pilots South Dakota Hawaii Ohio Miesota Full-Scale Marylad Teessee Arizoa New York Texas Mississippi

16 Mathematics Begiig Algebra College Algebra Developmetal Math Discrete Math Elemetary Algebra Itermediate Algebra Itroductory Algebra Liear Algebra Pre-calculus Math Statistics Busiess Statistics Ecoomic Statistics Elemetary Statistics Itroductory Statistics Computig Computer Literacy Computer Programmig Iformatio Literacy Iformatio Techology Cocepts Tools for the Ifo Age

17 SCIENCE Aatomy ad Physiology Astroomy Biology Chemistry Ethobotay Geology Physics SOCIAL SCIENCE America Govermet Macro ad Microecoomics Psychology Sociology Urba Affairs

18 HUMANITIES British Literature Commuicatio Studies Developmetal Readig Developmetal Writig Eglish Compositio Europea History Great Ideas i Wester Music History of Wester Civilizatio Public Speakig Spaish Uderstadig the Visual ad Performig Arts U.S. History World Literature Wome & Geder Studies PROFESSIONAL Accoutig Educatio: The Curriculum Elemetary Educatio Egieerig Techology Nursig Orgaizatioal Behavior

19 REDESIGN CHARACTERISTICS Redesig the whole course ot just a sigle class Emphasize active learig greater studet egagemet with the material ad with oe aother Rely heavily o readily available iteractive software used idepedetly ad i teams Icrease o-demad, idividualized assistace Automate oly those course compoets that ca beefit from automatio e.g., homework, quizzes, exams Replace sigle mode istructio with differetiated persoel strategies Techology eables good pedagogy with large #s of studets.

20 GENERAL BIOLOGY at Fairfield Uiversity 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 Memorizatio vs. Applicatio of Scietific Cocepts

21 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%

22 FIVE REDESIGN MODELS Supplemetal: Add to the curret structure ad/or chage the cotet Replacemet: Bled faceto-face 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

23 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

24 Traditioal 57 sectios (~27) Adjucts + 6 TAs 100% i class Redesig 38 sectios (~54) Istructor-TA pairs 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

25 THE MATH EMPORIUM at Virgiia Tech Traditioal 38 sectios (~40) 10 teured faculty, 13 istructors, 15 GTAs 2 hours per week $91 cost-per-studet Redesig 1 sectio (~1520) 1 istructor, grad & udergrad TAs + 2 tech support staff 24*7 i ope lab $21 cost-per-studet Replicated at U of Alabama, U of Idaho, LSU, Waye State, U Missouri-St. Louis, Seto Hall

26 THE EMPORIUM MODEL 77% Cost Reductio (V1) 30% Cost Reductio (V2)

27 UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO

28 UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA

29 UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SUCCESS RATES Fall 1998 Fall % 40.6% Fall 2000 Fall 2001 Fall 2002 Fall 2003 Fall % 60.5% 63.0% 78.9% 76.2%

30 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

31 COMPUTER LITERACY Arizoa State Uiversity Traditioal 2 lectures per week Focus: Word, Excel ad FileMaker Pro 12 assigmets submitted i hard copy & 4 paperbased, multiple-choice exams Ope labs staffed by TAs ad graders Course based o cotet too itroductory for today's tech-savvy studets Redesig All course cotet olie 1 optioal lecture per week Focus: problem-solvig & applicatios of computig cocepts 7 self-guided assigmets, 9 olie quizzes & 4 major projects submitted olie Discussio board & labs staffed by ULAs Course requires substatial idepedet iquiry ad uderstadig of moder computig cocepts

32 Traditioal 4 sectios (~270) 2 istructors (2 each) 2 GTAs & 6 graders do most gradig (1120 hours) Redesig 2 sectios (~300) & 1 sectio (~500) 1 faculty coordiator 80% automated gradig + 1 GTA & 3 ULAs (480 hours) Percetage of studets earig 70 or better wet from 26% to 65% i a much more difficult course. Cost-per-studet decreased from $50 to $28, a 44% savigs.

33 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

34 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.

35 HOW CAN YOU LEARN MORE? Take advatage of the NCAT web site Subscribe to The Learig MarketSpace Joi The Redesig Alliace Participate i our Aual Coferece, March 28 30, 2010, i Orlado, FL Brig a Redesig Scholar to campus Iitiate a state or system project Apply to NCAT s atioal programs

IMPROVING LEARNING AND REDUCING COSTS: New Models for Online Learning

IMPROVING LEARNING AND REDUCING COSTS: New Models for Olie Learig HIGHER EDUCATION S CHALLENGES Access Quality Cost How ca iformatio techology help? Page 1 ASSUMPTIONS THAT GET IN THE WAY Improvig quality