increasing student engagement while reducing textbook costs using ginkgotree

Increasing Student Engagement While Reducing Textbook Costs Using GinkgoTree

July 8th, 2014Sloan-C Blended Conference

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Why pilot Ginkgotree?

Open textbook authoring

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What are you interested in learning more about?

Very/interested Neutral Very/uninterested

M=2.94M=2.99 M=2.96 M=2.79

Solution

Why use Ginkgotree in your class?

Enhanced the packaging of content

Improved access to content

Increased interactivity

An Example: English course

What did students think?

Easy

Agree Neutral Disagree

Ginkgotree 86.7 8.4 4.8

Registering 80.7 9.6 9.6

Features and navigation 78.3 10.8 7.2

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Ease of use

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Feel like part of the class 50.6 32.5 10.8

Increase participation 51.8 26.5 18.1

Increase interaction with content 61.4 28.9 6

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Engagement

Learned

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Agree Neutral Disagree

Understand course material 68.7 30.1 1.2

Benefical to learning 68.7 26.5 4.8

Helped connect ideas 59 32.5 7.2

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Learning

Liked!

Agree Neutral Disagree

Another course 61.4 28.9 7.2

Recommend continued use 73.5 18.1 8.4

Overall 71.1 21.7 7.2

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Satisfaction

Agree Neutral Disagree

More portable 73.5 19.3 6

More relevant content 61.4 27.7 9.6

Better than 57.8 24.1 13.3

Prefer over 55.4 25.3 19.3

Learned more 48.2 37.3 14.5

Read more 50.6 27.7 20.5

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Textbook comparison

Learning

Satisfaction

Engagement

(r = .84, p<.001)

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(r = .60, p<.001)

What surprised us?

Flexibility

Agree Neutral Disagree

Greater flexibility to learn 66.3 24.1 7.2

Better organize and structure learn-ing

62.7 26.5 10.8

More efficient study time 59 31.3 8.4

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Predicts learning

Flexibility

Engagement

Learning

F(2, 144) = 328.60, p<.001

Approximately 82% of the variance accounted for by flexibility and interactivity(adjusted R2 = .818)

Recommendations

Based on the results of our data analyses from the student and

instructor surveys

Use OER

Annotate text

Agree Neutral Disagree

Annotations connected to instruc-tor

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Make Active

Annotation Highlighting Commenting Discussions

Use Rich Content

Book Chapters

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Articles Videos (3)

Images Audio Web Pages

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Check Pricing

Connect and Share

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Make Time

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Not just an e-text

Questions

Thank you!

Tanya Joosten, tjoosten@uwm.edu, @tjoosten

Dylan Barth, djbarth@uwm.edu, @dylanbarth

Resources

• Faculty interests survey• Ginkgotree instructor midterm evaluation

survey• Ginkgotree end-of-the-semester student

survey• Ginkgotree end-of-the-semester instructor

survey

Not included

Agree Neutral Disagree

Improved overall grade 43.4 42.2 9.6

Got better grades 34.9 44.6 18.1

Discussions helped do better 47 34.9 4.8

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Performance

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Ginkgotree introduction 84.2 13.2 2.6

Ginkgotree instructions 88 10.6 1.3

Recommend instructor 79.4 13.2 7.3

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