1. Adaptive Learning from Theory to Practice
Ryan Luke Shira Rabin
Delphi Center Department of Biology

2. Obstacles in Your Class
Come up with example: how to know your students read section 1 in book?
By them selves, then ask for obstacle

3. Obstacles in Your Class
Varying levels of student preparedness—and how do we know?
Student engagement
Best use of class time (how many questions should I answer?)
Shifting some content delivery outside of class

4. Why Adaptive Learning
Many of these obstacles can be overcome with adaptive learning courseware

5. Adaptive Learning
Technique for personalized or individualized learning
Customized learning path for students
may be non-linear
Formative assessment may lead to remediation or directed instruction
Dynamically adjusts to student interactions and performance

6. Adaptive Courseware Technology tool to facilitate adaptive learning
Makes adaptive learning possible for large classes
Can deliver content and/or assignments
Customizable to meet instructors needs
Provides formative assessment in real time
Off-the-shelf products and custom built products

7. Differences ?? Variable Individual Personalized Fixed Lesson Plan
Group
Presentation
Individual
Common
Content
Personalized

8. HOW ?? Remediation Repeat Modules
Next Competency
Next Module
Remediation
Repeat Modules
Algorithms Assessment Student Feedback
Instructor Adjustments Instructor Intervention Varied Media
Achieved Mastery
Demonstrated Competency
Mention “Remember’ happens within courseware and “analyze, apply” in class

9. Why use Custom Built Courseware?
PROS
CONS
Own content
Less expensive
Textbook-agnostic
Decide learning path
Instructor time
Finding content

10. Custom Built Courseware
OpenStax
Realize It

11. Publisher-provided material
PROS
CONS
Time
Content available
Easier to implement
Strict association with textbook
More expensive
Learning path is set
Instructors can see how many students have completed each activity, and how individual students are performing, as well as composite results for the class as a whole.

12. Remediation
Can assign material as homework that don’t want to cover in class
For example, basic chemistry in my biology class
Frees up time for more important/more interesting material

13. Flashcards Cerego Mastery Training
Definitions, ID of picture
Timed intervals (~5 hr) to prevent cramming
10-15 minutes each time
Goal variable

14. Flashcards PROS CONS Ease of editing material
Many different types of cards
Timed method prevents cramming  increased learning and retention
Odd that only 1 or 2 types were used
Memorizing definitions is a poor way of learning material  lack of understanding common
Application?

15. Textbook Study Plan with Completion
Pearson Dynamic Study Module
10-15 MC questions
Tells student what part of the chapter needs extra focus
Students also indicate how confident they are
Quiz results give student extra MC questions in challenging sections (and must indicate confidence in all)

16. Textbook Study Plan with Completion
PROS
CONS
Because MC, easy to add in extra questions for material not in textbook
Focuses each student’s learning on exactly where they’re weak
MC is the least engaging, least active way to learn
Only studying help is with more MC questions!
Is it fair to require some students to do far more work than others (even if they need it)?
Cheating in the initial assessment would be significant

17. Textbook Study Plan without Completion
LearningCurve with MacMillan
20-30 minute quiz with 5 questions per topic
Students who understand the material proceed relatively quickly. Students who need more help will take longer to master a concept.
Max points with correct answer and decreasing points with hints; HW complete when reach set # of points
Study plan over subjects the student doesn’t know as well
Student does NOT need to complete plan

18. Textbook Study Plan without Completion
PROS
CONS
Engaging options: Look at the relevant (linked) portion of the text before answering, have one answer removed, or just show the answer.
Not punitive
Secretly helps students learn material
Will students continue studying with the study plan?
Will they find appropriate questions from non-adaptive part?
Most negative: completely integrated with a specific textbook
Editing in/out material is difficult

19. Reading Textbook McGraw Hill
Most important parts of each chapter are highlighted in yellow
Questions about the chapter supplemented with a confidence bar
Includes suggested resources including slides, videos, or references back to the particular page in the book
Book paragraphs turns green as students demonstrate knowledge and confidence

20. Reading Textbook Great way to study and learn material
PROS
CONS
Great way to study and learn material
Paragraph coloring very smart –focuses attention on most important parts at that particular moment
Would have been great to direct students to appropriate non-adaptive material
Again, specific to text and very difficult to add/remove information

21. Which one will solve your obstacle(s)?
Custom or Publisher-provided?
Remediation
Flashcards
Study Plan with Completion
Study Plan without Completion
Reading textbook
Quizz-izz

23. Before Class: After Class:
Understand
Remember
After Class:
Apply
Analyze
Evaluate
Create

24. Study Plan using Textbook Subsections
LearningCurve with MacMillan
20-30 minute quiz with 5 questions per topic
Max points with correct answer and decreasing points with hints; HW complete when reach set # of points
Study plan over subjects the student doesn’t know as well
Student does NOT need to complete plan

25. Wiley 20-30 question quiz; ask confidence in answers
Proficiency measured by accuracy, difficulty of question, and confidence
Study plan devised with appropriate MC questions

26. Wiley Review Interspersed videos with reading to keep students engaged
PROS
CONS
Interspersed videos with reading to keep students engaged
Quiz after video tested for understanding
MC questions and option to re- read the text in study plan
Again, must follow the textbook
Not easy to edit in or out for either part