1. Teaching as Research Jose J. Vazquez - Economics

2. Say I gave you $1000. Which of the following two options would you prefer: a)gaining $1,000 more with probability 0.5 b)gaining $500 more with probability 1

3. Say I gave you $2000. Which of the following two options would you prefer: a)loosing $1,000 with probability 0.5 b)loosing $500 with probability 1

4. Say I gave you $1000. Which of the following two options would you prefer: a)gaining $1,000 with probability 0.5 b)gaining $500 with probability 1 Say I gave you $2000. Which of the following two options would you prefer: a)loosing $1,000 with probability 0.5 b)loosing $500 with probability 1 (16%) (84%) (69%) (31%)

5. 1) Students Do NOT read textbooks before coming to class.

6. How often do you read the text before attending class?

7. 2) Lectures are the best way to transfer information to novices.

11. Working Memory Visual message (pictures) Verbal message (Words)

12. Are multimedia modules better than traditional textbooks for learning introductory microeconomics? STUDY # 1

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14. Base Session 1 Study 30 minutes Assessment 30 minutes (24 MC questions) Base Session 2 Study 30 minutes Assessment 30 minutes (24 MC questions) Retention Session 2 weeks after Base Session 2 Assessment 30 minutes (28 MC questions)

15. Post-Assessment Scores – ECON Immediate Test Retention Test

16. β 0 + β 1 video ij + β 2 ACT ij + β 3 X j + ε ij Regression models Post-Test = Retention- Test =

17. VARIABLEMODEL 1MODEL 2 Video7.01* (2.84)9.02* (3.26) ACT2.64*** (0.39)1.70*** (0.45) Male-4.62* (2.90)-3.47* (3.32) Age2.89** (1.37)2.22 (1.57) Adjusted R 2 0.560.31 n = 59 *** p < 0.01** p < 0.05* p < 0.1 Regression results

18. What is the best way to offer feedback to students? STUDY # 2

19. Professionally Recorded Videos Percentage of correct responses.

21. 150+ countries 100,000+ registered 1 million quiz submissions More than 2 million video viewed

22. Why a new Sandbox?

23. 1. Field Experiments

24. A B

25. 1I. Large Dataset

26. Enrolled (167,000) Watched a lecture (67,000) Took one quiz (24,000) Earned quiz badge (7,000) 40% 36% 28%

29. Could Loss Aversion Theory Be Used to Motivate MOOC students? STUDY # 3

31. % of Students Completing Course

32. % of Students Completing Course.

38. VARIABLEMODEL 1 Loss1.46** (.159) Gain1.30 (.167) No Grade1.03 (.163) Male1.52*** (.116) Risk Taker1.31 ** (.125) n = 59 *** p < 0.01** p < 0.05* p < 0.1 Regression results

39. Do you need IRB?

40. YES

41. Where do I get the data?

42. Where do I get the time?

43. Thanks! Jose J. Vazquez - Economics vazquezj@illinois.edu