E-Texts or Bust: Observations from the Internet2/EDUCAUSE E-Text Pilot (166234386)

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eTexts or Bust:

Observations from the Internet2/

EDUCAUSE eText Pilot

February 5, 2013

Maggie Jesse, Anastasia Morrone, Robert Rubinyi,Jennifer Sparrow, Jim Twetten, Clare van den Blink



MaggieJesse,UniversityofIowa

AnastasiaMorrone,IndianaUniversity

RobertRubinyi,UniversityofMinnesotaJenniferSparrow,VirginiaTech

JimTwe@en,IowaStateUniversity

ClarevandenBlink,CornellUniversity



About the Pilot



2012-2013 eTextbook/eContent Pilots

Internet2 Net+Educause

CourseLoad

McGraw-Hill

Goal: Advance a new model for the

purchase, distribution, and use of

electronic textbooks and digital coursematerials.

JointResearchAcrossPilotSchools



5

IntegraGon&eText

plaorm

Mcraw-Hill

eTextbooks

Instructor

Materials

Bookstore

CoursePacksLibraryElectronic

coursereserves

Add-comments,

annotaGons,etc.

eTextbooksDeliveredviaCampusLMS



Common Findings: Students


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Students

PurchasedaPrintcopy.

Students

sGllpreferprintwhen

studying.21%





“Ihighlighted

usingthe

eTextbook.Easy

togobacktothe

pageIlastle9off

on.”

“Theebookis

inconvenientbecauseI

wanttobeableto

printandhighlights

things,andIcouldn’t

withit.”

Mixedfeedbackfromstudents



Students read MORE

with an eText.

Students

read LESS

with an eText.55%

22%





Common Findings: Faculty



Faculty Perspectives

Most faculty did NOT use enhanced eTextfeatures

§ Cited a need for additional training/support.

§ Lack of time.



studentsweremorelikelyto

prefereTextswheninstructors

acAvely

madeuseofthetechnology

“Ifwearetouse

eTexts,ourinstructorsneedto

makethemacentral

focusofthe

course…” –Cornellstudent



Faculty Perspectives

“The technology has potential” ALLpilotfacultyplanonusingeTextsfor

coursesinthefuture.

FacultyCited:

convenience,flexibility

andthetechnology’s

potenGal.

.

“It’sagooddirecAonto

proceed”

“IthinkeTextscan

supportlearning.”

“themovetoeTextbooks

isINEVITABLE”



Student Survey Results

Questions about the Studentsperception of learning with

eTextbooks:

Similar results & trends reportedin both Spring and Fall 2012

pilots

Report available on the Internet 2 Net+ Site:

http://www.internet2.edu/netplus/econtent/index.html

QuesGonssuchas-

“HelpedmetobeDer

understandtheideasand

conceptstaughtinthis

course.”



“…

learners who usedeTexts a second time

preferred eTextsmore

…

” – prior IU studies

Suggeststhatusersmayneedtobecomemorefamiliarwiththe

technology,likealltechnology

adopGontrends.



Local Perspectives



Iowa State University

§ Pilot benefits:- Campus dialog

- Faculty (and even some student) engagement

§ Business process impact- Bookstore cost recovery model

- HEOA compliance

Learning Impact is tougher to discuss when

other noise is present



Virginia Tech

Teaching and Learning

§ Real students=real usage

§ Social reading: a disruption in reading

§ Faculty development: Engagement is key



Real Faculty & Real Students



University of Iowa

•

Measuring successIRB approved research

• SamVanHorne,PhD,AssessmentCoordinator,ITS

InstrucGonalServices

• KathySchuh,PhD,AssociateProfessor,CollegeofEducaGon

• JaneRussell,PhDCandidate,CollegeofEducaGon

• Are etext users better learners?• 287etextusersvs276tradiGonaltextbookusers

• Isetextuseasignificantpredictoroffinalgrade?

• Doesetextuseimpactreadingbehavior?



Keys to success

• Assessment plan created better pilot

• Faculty community and engagement

• Students needed more intentional training

• Preliminary findings

• Onaverage,studentsinbothgroupsexpressedapreferenceforusingapapertextbook.

• Students’saGsfacGonwithaccesswas,onaverage,higherfor

studentsintextbookgroup.

• PosiGverandomeffectforinstructorwhopromotedtooluseine-

textbook



Indiana University

“sexciAngasitwas,I

sAllthinkIwasbarely

usingtheeTexttoits

potenAal.”

Whatneedstohappento

realizethepoten>alof

eTexts?



Realizing the promise of eTexts

We need to move from“Read Chapter 2 before

class” …

… to true pedagogical

change that has

textbook content as an

integral part of theteaching and learning

process.



Project Collaboration

University /institutional level

National levelresearch consortium

§ Greater impact§ Leverage expertise

§ Generate more

support



Student-to-student• HighlighGng

• AnnotaGons

Studentsdidnotjudgepeer

sharinghelpful,regardlessof

theleveloffacultyengagement

Faculty-to-student• HighlighGng

• AnnotaGons

• Linking

• Tracking

• StudentquesGons

StudentsjudgedfacultyannotaAonstobe

veryhelpfulwhenfacultyusedthefeature

Facultydidnotusethetrackingfeature

Collabora>onFeatures-Spring2012“I’mheretohelp

studentsnottoseeif

they’redoingwork”



TepidStudentResponse–Spring2012

• Only14.4%saidtheywouldpurchaseaneTextovertradiGonal

• Comparedtoprint,studentsdidnot: – ReadmoreoftheirassignedmaterialusingeTextcomparedtopaper(84%)

– Highlight/annotatemore(76%) – LearnmorebyusingeTextwithhighlighGng/annotaGonsvs.paper(79%).



MaggieJesse,UniversityofIowa

AnastasiaMorrone,IndianaUniversity

RobertRubinyi,UniversityofMinnesota

JenniferSparrow,VirginiaTechJimTwe@en,IowaStateUniversity

ClarevandenBlink,CornellUniversity

QUESTIONS?



Documents

E-Texts or Bust: Observations from the Internet2/EDUCAUSE E-Text Pilot (166234386)