ERIC Number: ED616416
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Oct
Pages: 16
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Case in Point: Adaptive Courseware as a Tool to Master Complex Concepts--A Case Study of Adaptive Learning Technology in Business and the Social Sciences
Achieving the Dream
Achieving the Dream (ATD) is one of 12 higher education and digital learning organizations that make up the Every Learner Everywhere (Every Learner) Network, whose mission is to help higher education institutions improve and ensure more equitable student outcomes through advances in digital learning, particularly among poverty-impacted, racially minoritized, and first-generation students. Every Learner partners are addressing high failure rates in foundational courses through the provision of scalable, high-quality support to colleges and universities seeking to implement adaptive courseware on their campuses. As part of its ongoing effort to help community colleges develop effective teaching and learning practices, ATD is working with seven community colleges in Florida, Ohio, and Texas on this initiative, providing coaching and direct support to the colleges, fostering collaboration within and among the participating institutions, and serving as a liaison to the Every Learner network. The experiences and lessons learned at three ATD Network colleges in Florida, Ohio, and Texas that took part in the Every Learner initiative and focused on improving student outcomes in gateway business and social science courses are highlighted in this case study. It is part of a series of studies conducted by ATD examining how adaptive courseware is implemented at those institutions as well as how courseware is used in particular disciplines to better serve students. Case studies are based on a series of interviews with college leaders, faculty, instructional designers, developers, technology specialists and students who were enrolled in classes using the courseware.
Descriptors: Courseware, Introductory Courses, Community Colleges, Computer Uses in Education, Curriculum Design, Instructional Effectiveness, Technology Integration, Business Administration Education, Social Sciences, Economics Education, Psychology, Fundamental Concepts, Concept Teaching, Flipped Classroom, Experiential Learning
Achieving the Dream. 8455 Colesville Road Suite 900, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Tel: 240-450-0075; Fax: 240-450-0076; e-mail: info@achievingthedream.org; Web site: http://www.achievingthedream.org
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Two Year Colleges
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Achieving the Dream, Inc.; Every Learner Everywhere
Identifiers - Location: Ohio (Cleveland); Ohio; Texas (Houston)
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