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NC3ADL Session: Leveraging Digital Media to Personalize the Path to College Readiness (Presentation provided by Angie Smajstrla) This session will share examples of how educators are leveraging adaptable, affordable online resources from the non-profit NROC project to support teaching and learning innovations. We will look especially at how Developmental Math - An Open Program is being used both in and out of the classroom to personalize learning experiences for students striving to accelerate the path to college readiness. NROC resources are available to all NC Community Colleges through a partnership with NCCCS. Presenter(s): Angie Smajstrla (The NROC Project); Wanda Barker (NCCCS); Kathy Davis (NCCCS); Jonathon Sweetin (NCCCS)
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Leveraging Digital Media to Personalize the Path to College Readiness
by
Angie Smajstrla
• Use however you need – no “per seat” restrictions.
• Use what works for your students and teaching style – cut up, rearrange, re-use, re-purpose.
• Share your changes with your colleagues.
• It’s all paid for – waiting for you to use as much as possible. You’re a member! Use it!
= Unlimited
Algebra 1 – An Open Course
Funding: $ 2.3M from The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Project Audience: Algebra students: first-time, advanced,
remedial Primary audiences are 8th and 9th grade
students Flexible use-cases: online, flipped,
hybrid/blended Standalone or as a supplement
Developmental Math – An Open Program Funding:
$5M from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Project Audience: Students who are not yet secure in concepts
from place value to trigonometry Students who are preparing for college
entrance assessments
Program modules: Arithmetic Beginning Algebra Intermediate Algebra
Also covered are concepts in Geometry Trigonometry Statistics
The topic home page orients learners to the objective and activities they may use to master the concepts and procedures within the topic. Students may work through the elements in order, jump to the elements assigned by their teacher, or to those elements they have discovered to be the best starting place for their personal learning approach.
Warm-ups provide pre-assessment to test prior knowledge and recommend review.
Recommended review at the end of the Warm Up links students back to content they should know before proceeding with the topic.
Presentations offer a media-rich conceptual introduction to the topic with illustrated examples, and real-world applications. Different presenters appear throughout the course to appeal to different students.
Worked examples have been created by Salman Khan of Khan Academy (www.khanacademy.org). Sal walks students through step-by-step examples (one for each objective) pointing out recommended strategies and procedures while writing the problems on the virtual blackboard. Careful use of color helps students see important information as they work through each problem.
Practice problems - symbolic and word - are designed in adaptive sets, and offer students immediate feedback. Problems may be one of nine different types and include manipulatives.
The Summary Screen at the end of the Practice problems provides students with feedback. Students can click on the links provided to go directly to the material they should study before attempting the Review.
An integrated textbook provides comprehensive coverage of topics with additional explanations, manipulatives and examples. These pages may be printed per topic, or as a complete textbook for off-line studying and note-taking.
Review offers the learner an opportunity to self-test their understanding prior to moving to the next topic.
A Review summary points students to the Topic Text for further review as needed. With SCORM-compliant installations, results from the Review will be reported directly
to the LMS gradebook.
Tutor simulations offer students directed guidance in problem solving. These simulations allow students to work step-by-step through a problem which requires them to understand and use the math from an entire unit. The tutor provides feedback and hints based on the options students select at each stage of the activity.
Projects are unit-level, collaborative assignments in the project-based learning tradition to solve real-world problems. Each project provides a multi-step problem, basic instructions and guidance, and a list of resources for students to explore.
Drawing upon research on games and learning, each unit includes a Puzzle which give learners a chance to reinforce math concepts in a fun, no-fault environment.
Unit Instructor Resource GuidesInstructor Resource Guides
What Worked:• Require videos and worked examples in a
structured schedule.• Use teacher-created problems that are related to
the key concepts covered in the previous night’s assignment.
• NROC as the formal lecture, real work comes in connecting lecture to competence.
CASE STUDIES (available at http://NROCmath.org) • Jacksonville State University• Central Piedmont Community College
—Flipped Classroom—
Developmental Math – You have options!
Standard VersionPre-Assessment Version
Unit Home – Landing Page
Unit Level Pre-Assessment
Unit Level Pre-Assessment
Unit Level Pre-Assessment
“My Learning Path” – a personalized learning plan
Updated Unit Map – shows learner’s progress
Cloud-based Grade Book Provides Detailed Data
Developmental Math
Pilot Use Cases
—Blended—
WHAT WORKED:• Competency based – allow students work at their
own pace• Teacher-developed pre-assessment allowed
students to skip previously mastered concepts• Pull students for small group instruction –
advanced and struggling
CASE STUDIES: (available at http://NROCmath.org) • Sierra Vista High School – Whittier Union SD, CA• Bay Port High School – Green Bay WI
WHAT WORKED:• Worked Examples – allow students to see the
thinking process • Presentations – apply math to a real situation
so students can see a reason for learning the concept
• Practice Problems – reveal where you are stumbling.
CASE STUDIES:• St. John’s School District• Community College of Denver• Chattanooga State Community College
Lab / Independent Learning
RESULTS:• Students worked independently when motivated.• Students who were motivated increased their
placement scores, an average improvement of 24% on COMPASS scores.
• AccuPlacer scores for two cohorts increased by 21 and 23 points respectively.
CASE STUDIES:• St. John’s School District• Community College of Denver• Chattanooga State Community College
Lab / Independent Learning
“I must say that if it were not for the NROC pilot, I would have not passed the COMPASS. I owed my success to this program. Thank you for letting me be a part of it! I’d recommend it for anyone needing to take or re-take the placement exam.”
- Chattanooga State student
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COMING 2014 / 2015
Coming in 2014!
Thank you for your time and attention today
Please explore:www.nrocmath.org
Angie [email protected]
Regional Membership Manager for NROC