A Tale of Two Contexts: Student Perceptions of Adaptive Learning ELI- Tale of two Contexts A Tale of Two Contexts: Student Perceptions of Adaptive Learning Patsy Moskal Charles Dziuban University of Central Florida Constance Johnson Colorado Technical University

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About adaptive learning (AL) Personalizes the educational experience Customizes content Assesses individually A Model of School Learning (1963) John Carroll Teachers College Record

About UCF Online/Blended: Academic Year 2016-17 Orlando, FL Over 64,000 students Carnegie classification: RU/VH Research University 216 degree programs; 11 colleges; 11 campuses Online/Blended: Academic Year 2016-17 42% of total university student credit hours 72% of all students took at least one online course 75% of all undergraduates 53% of all graduate students

About CTU Colorado Springs and Aurora, Colorado Over 23,000 students (21,000 online) Average age of students-mid to late 30s 123 degree programs; 6 colleges; 3 campuses

Adaptive Learning –Platform Selection Realizeit Content agnostic Adaptive learning and assessment Robust assessment component Important: Faculty driven; wanted a product they could build using their own content; wanted both adaptive assessment and adaptive content; Faculty felt RealizeIT provided the best of both words

Student View and Faculty View

Student main screen - map view IDL Fall 2016

Instructor basic data – student list & metrics

Respondent Demographics

Age P=.00

Gender P=.00

Number of Fully Online Courses Taken P=.00

Employment Weekly Hours

Student Reactions to Adaptive Learning

Ease of the learning path sequence

Adaptive learning helped me learn better

Adaptive learning gave me feedback on objectives

System ability levels were accurate P=.08

Adaptive learning became personalized to me over time

Adaptive learning increased my engagement

I would take another adaptive learning course

How often did you interact with students (compared to non-adaptive course)?

Students’ View of Realizeit

Students view adaptive learning with 3 Components (n=1680) Learning Environment Progression Adaptive Learning Realizeit Guidance UCF Average r = .22 CTU Average r = .24

Factor Score Comparisons for the Two Institutions

Factor Score Comparisons for the Two Clusters

Adaptive Learning Are you all in? Fully Adaptive Partially Adaptive Approximately Adaptive

Some Prototype Adaptive Learners

Students’ adaptive learning behaviors

For more information contact: IDL Summer 2014 For more information contact: Dr. Chuck Dziuban Charles.Dziuban@ucf.edu Dr. Patsy Moskal Patsy.Moskal@ucf.edu Dr. Constance Johnson Cjohnson@coloradotech.edu