Lessons from Adopting an Adaptive Learning Platform Speakers Jeremy Anderson Deputy Chief of Academic Technology Heather Bushey Director of SOUL amp FIPSE Project Manager Criss Guy Online Course Builder ID: 763095
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Lessons from Adopting an Adaptive Learning Platform
Speakers Jeremy Anderson Deputy Chief of Academic Technology Heather Bushey Director of SOUL & FIPSE Project Manager Criss Guy Online Course Builder
The American Women’s College 1,300 FTE 90% online Access institution 80% non-traditional 74% first generation 54% Pell eligible 43% diverse
SOUL Model Social Online Universal Learning (SOUL) is designed to accelerate and promote degree completion for adult learners, particularly under-represented women. SOUL has been developed to include key features that the research suggests are characteristics of effective learning environments for adult students: engagement with personalized learning; supportive mentoring relationships for students with peers, coaches, and instructors; immediate, constructive feedback on performance; and clearly delineated pathways to graduation.
Questions for audience What’s your relationship with adaptive? Brand new to it Know about it Thinking about trying it Tried it Mastered it What’s your role? IT administrator or support Academic Tech administrator or support Academic administrator or support What are your questions? @ATechJAnderson
Objectives Describe adaptive learning and its components Identify challenges & methods to overcome challenges to adoption of an adaptive learning platform Identify rewards of adopting an adaptive learning platform
Objective 1 Describe adaptive learning and its components
Defining Solutions that take a sophisticated, data-driven , and in some cases, non-linear approach to instruction and remediation, adjusting to each learner’s interactions and demonstrated performance level and subsequently anticipating what types of content and resources meet the learner ’s needs at a specific point in time. -Tyton Partners (2012)
Benefits – Learning Outcomes
Benefits – Frequent Assessment
Objective 2 Identify challenges & methods to overcome challenges to adoption of an adaptive learning platform
Challenge: Communication & Collaboration (staff) Communicating complexities of adaptive course creation to internal team members Encouraging collaboration and buy in of the unknown How we address this challenge KP Ramp Up team Lunch and Learns Student speaker panel
Challenge: Communication & Collaboration (faculty) Redefining faculty role How we address this issue SOUL for educators training Lead KP instructor position KP instructor VLC
Challenge: Technology Students Instructors Course Builders
Challenge: Technology (Students) Barriers to adopting an adaptive skill set and mindset Navigation Vocabulary Accelerated schedule How we approach this challenge for students SOUL Connect (Canvas Course) Online support ticketing system
KP Activity Lesson Path KP Assignment Learning Map
Challenge: Technology (Instructors) Barrier to adopting an adaptive skill set and mindset Navigation Vocabulary Using data to inform instruction How we approach this challenge SOUL Connect for Educators (Canvas Course) Introduction to KnowledgePath Module Virtual Learning Community
Challenge: Technology (Course Builders) Barriers to adopting an adaptive skill set and mindset Vocabulary Complex authoring-side software Evolving, cutting edge technology How we approach this challenge RealizeIT onsite and virtual technical trainings Internal Documentation RealizeIT online support ticketing system
Challenge: Resources Vendor landscape Human capital Cash
Vendor Landscape 70+ providers What do they mean when they say adaptive? Authoring model or off-the-shelf model? Whole course or supplemental materials?
Lessons: VendorsHave vetting process Explore service portfolio Instructional design Training, documentation Content gen/ingest Team up on content vendors
Human Capital Systems thinking Disaggregate KSAs Generate structure Curate content Write questions/challenges
Lessons: Human CapitalCommunicate early, often Define & hire competencies Develop specialized training SMEs Instructional designers Faculty, mentors Keep an eye to SME retention
Cold, Hard Cash Platform Content Development Training Adaptive Platform Content Source A Content Source B Content Source B
Lessons: Cash Recognize TCO Leverage vendors Seek grants Join CoP
Objective 3 Identify rewards of adopting an adaptive learning platform
Reward: Student Feedback
Reward: More Intentional Course Design Actionable Data to inform Student performance Resource performance Instructor interactions
Reward: Bridging the Dividesan original haiku A paradigm shift It disrupts models and roles All must have bought in
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