1. An Online Supplemental Instruction Tool Array http://www.saddleback.edu/faculty/lperez/algebra2go Algebra2go Lawrence Perez Patrick Quigley Department of Mathematics Saddleback College Copyright©2009

2. Introduction Presenters. Larry Perez Patrick Quigley Video presentationVideo presentation.

3. The Beginning Summer Bridge CSUF 1999. First year self assessment. Sample Sample Focus group interview 2001. Individual student interviews and surveys. Sample Sample Action research methodology. No technical experience.

4. The Initial Surveys Involved students, faculty, counselors, and several administrators. Difficulty capturing lecture notes. Tutors explaining problems using different approaches. Family and/or family obligations. Varying levels of fear and anxiety with math. Students did not believe they would be successful in an online math course.

5. Lecture Notes Acquiring lecture notes from students. Purchased from top student performers. Used as an evaluation tool. Keeps instructor on task. Improved future lecture presentations. Could these student captured notes benefit others?

6. Lecture Notes Capturing lectures for delivery to students. Handwritten for a natural appearance. Helps maintain student focus during lecture presentations. Aids in tutoring sessions. Promotes active participation. Promotes consistency in pedagogy while teaching multiple sections. NotesNotes

7. Videos Developed to meet the needs of students. The first video! The first video! Provides assistance outside of the classroom environment. ASL Finding Volume Video Addresses the affect of student learning. The International Student Algebra Competition Instructional and supportive versions. Perimeter Transfer VP of Instruction Exama Jama Perimeter TransferVP of InstructionExama Jama Helps instructors improve in-class presentations. MuchoMath Moves MuchoMath Moves

8. Charlie An overarching symbol for the virtual environment. Seen as “one of the guys”. Alleviates student anxiety Redirects projection of information toward Charlie. Injects elements of humor. Changes students’ perspectives toward the instructor. Changes the instructor’s perspective toward students.

9. YouTube (Sept 06) MuchoMath Increases accessibility to students. Familiar to the students. Allows communication and comparison with students outside of the college. Extends the classroom environment (to parents, siblings, and relatives). Aggregate data. Sample Sample

10. Video Worksheets Created because Classroom Support Analyst (Candice Jhu) observed students not paying attention to early demo videos shown in class. Promotes active learning. Allows students to preview and review video lecture topics. Used as an evaluation tool. Sample Sample The middle school trail.

11. Web Page Development Organization. Humanizing. Non-mechanical. Non-mathematical. Soothing colors. Individualized learning schemes. Charlie. Easy accessEasy access. Serves as an online transition tool.

12. Online Quizzes Used to complement practice exams. Sample Sample An extension of the online learning environment. Aids in alleviating test-taking anxiety. Encourages participation electronically.

13. Homework Sets Provides more practice problems with solutions (handwritten).handwritten Completes the traditional elements of a teaching environment. Lectures (video) Text (notes) Homework Quizzes Charlie’s secret documents.

14. Summary and Results How are people using this? Sample 1Sample 1 Sample 2Sample 2 How are faculty using this? How are students responding? Contextualized Learning Likert Surveys of Student Affect. Have students’ grades improved? Classes fill up quickly. Professional development. Sustainability.

15. Recent Developments Virtual desktop. Conversions Abacus Contextualized Learning Modules. Allied Health Computer Science Computer generated individualized study plans. Sample Sample Test preparation. ELM CAHSEE

16. The Future of Algebra2go Electronic portfolios for assessment. Continued analysis of student notes. NotesNotes Video assessment. Sample (No Audio) Sample Deliberately creating barriers. Bloom’s Taxonomy. Remote coaching. Adding audio content. The Algebra2go Scholarship. NewsNews Interactive syllabi. Calculus2go Sample Sample Mobile Learning

17. What can you do? Would your subject take you along a different path? Chat rather than online tools? Blogs or bulletin boards? Twitter? Facebook? Podcasts? Collect notes from online students?

18. Wrap up! It’s all about students!students