1. 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

2. Upcoming Article…

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

4. 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
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

5. 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

6. 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

7. Student View and Faculty View

8. Student main screen - map view
IDL Fall 2016

9. Instructor basic data – student list & metrics

10. Respondent Demographics

11. Age
P=.00

12. Gender
P=.00

13. Number of Fully Online Courses Taken
P=.00

14. Employment Weekly Hours

15. Student Reactions to Adaptive Learning

16. Ease of the learning path sequence

17. Adaptive learning helped me learn better

18. Adaptive learning gave me feedback on objectives

19. System ability levels were accurate
P=.08

20. Adaptive learning became personalized to me over time

21. Adaptive learning increased my engagement

22. I would take another adaptive learning course

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

24. Students’ View of Realizeit

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

26. Factor Score Comparisons for the Two Institutions

27. Factor Score Comparisons for the Two Clusters

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

29. Some Prototype Adaptive Learners

30. Students’ adaptive learning behaviors

31. For more information contact:
IDL Summer 2014
For more information contact:
Dr. Chuck Dziuban
Dr. Patsy Moskal
Dr. Constance Johnson