george mitchell
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Transforming University Teaching and Learning through Adaptive Learning and
Analytics
Dr George Mitchell, COORealizeit
Outline
• What is Realizeit
• Analytics in Realizeit
• Overview
• Scope of Analytics
• Analytics Roadmap
• Collaborations
• Case Studies
• Colorado Technical University
• University of Central Florida
• Conclusions
What is Realizeit
• Provide an individualized learning experience
• Deliver learning at an appropriate time
• Deliver appropriate learning material
• Learn about the learner – deep, real-time measurement
• Manage and adapt to change: abilities, metrics, behavior etc.
• Identify weaknesses and try to remedy
• Help a learner to realize their potential
• Simulate or emulate a good teacher
• Remain subject and content independent
Intelligence Engine
Adapt to Learner
Target
Knowledge
(Curriculum)
Content
Determine
Knowledge
Learning
Paths
Ability
Metrics
Profiling
The Realizeit Learning Model
Find out what you already know
Work where you are most ready
Understand your current mastery
Learn using effective content
Curriculum & Content Controls
Overview• Analytics are used within the Realizeit System to guide learners as well as instructors
• Analytics Roadmap creates a framework to provide the institution with the ability to effect continuous improvement and build their analytics knowledge
• Analytics support the learning process
• In-course: Learning Analytics
• Post-course: Academic Analytics
• Analytics provide the necessary insights to enable the targeted improvement of a course as well as providing feedback on student and faculty engagement.
Scope of analytics
• Analytics provides feedback and insights in three key areas:
• Courses – Measure the performance of the various components that constitute a course. This can help direct resources towards areas in most need of attention
• Learners – Measure learner knowledge and engagement in real-time in order to impact on learning as it happens
• Instruction Approach– Measure the impact of different intervention strategies in order to provide feedback on the most effective approaches
Courses
Curriculum
Content
Questions
Resources
Learners
Knowledge
Engagement
Behaviour
Instruction
Engagement
Strategies
Case Study : Colorado Technical University
• Branded as Intellipath, Realizeit has been in use at the Colorado Technical University (CTU) since 2012.
• Implementation – at scale
• Started with 3 courses and 358 unique students
• Now 180 unique courses and over 62,500 unique students.
• 285,000 enrollments, 150 million questions delivered, 10 million adaptive learning activities.
• Success - identified Accounting course as largest impact
• Pass rate went up to an 81% average – a 27% increase
• Course retention rate rose about 9% to 95%
• Final grade average increased by 10% to 79%
Case Study: University of Central Florida
• Implementation
• Started with pilot of 3 courses - General Psychology , Nursing (Physiopathology) and College Algebra
• Extended to include Introduction to Statistics
• Success
• Grades – Slight increase, already high performing classes
• Students perception of course – Realizeit students much more likely to rate course excellent
• Students perception of Realizeit -
• 83.7% would use Realizeit again
• 82.8% felt they learned the course material better as a result of using Realizeit
• 89.4% agreed that Realizeit was easy to use while 91.2% found the instructions clear.
• 77.7% found that the assessments were effective and 80.9% reported that the ability levels as measured by Realizeit were accurate.
• 73.5% found that Realizeit became personalized to them over time
• 80.9% felt Realizeit increased their engagement.
Research Collaborations
• Institution can carry out independent research and analytics
• Institution can collaborate with Realizeit research team
• Assist with the understanding of Realizeit data and analytics
• Take institutions from the initial development of a course through to independent course analysis and improvement
• Support institutional research and publications
• Enable the sharing of results and insights gathered from institutions
• Empower the institution or ongoing relationship
Learn more...
Visit:
http://www.realizeitlearning.com