Increasing Retention in Online Courses: Integrating Learning Preferences with a Digital Search Tool

Increasing Retention in Online Courses: Integrating Learning Preferences with a Digital Search Tool

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  Increasing Retention inOnline Courses: Integrating Learning Preferences with a Digital Search Tool Edina Renfro-Michel, Ph.D., LPC, ACS Montclair State University [email protected] Vincent Oria, Ph.D. New Jersey Institute of Technology [email protected]
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  Agenda • Millennials! • LearningPreferences • Our NSF Grant • What We Have Done and Are Doing • In the Future…. • Implications for Higher Education • The Tool!
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  Millennials • Multitask • HaveShort Attention Spans • Tend to be Visual Learners • Bore Easily • Want Instant Gratification • Want Control Over Their Learning • Have an Expectation to Achieve • Lack Self-Reflection Skills
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  Learning Preferences Index ofLearning Preferences (Felder & Soloman, 1993) Four Types of Learners • Active – Reflective • Sensing – Intuitive • Visual – Verbal • Sequential - Global •
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  ILS Learning StylesInventory • Active and Reflective • Active learners like to interact with new material • Reflective learners like to think about applying material • Sensing and Intuitive • Sensing learners like material that applies to the real world • Intuitive learners enjoy learning new material and dislike repetition
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  ILS Learning StylesInventory • Visual and Verbal • Visual learners remember material presented through pictures or demonstrations • Verbal learners tend to remember written and spoken explanations • Sequential and Global • Sequential learners like to link information in logical steps • Global learners like looking at the big picture and how it related to larger themes before understanding all of the details
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  Your Results • ACT_______________________________________REF 11a9a 7a 5a 3a 1a 1b 3b 5b 7b 9b 11b • SEN________________________________________INT 11a 9a 7a 5a 3a 1a 1b 3b 5b 7b 9b 11b • VIS________________________________________VRB 11a 9a 7a 5a 3a 1a 1b 3b 5b 7b 9b 11b • SEQ________________________________________GLO 11a 9a 7a 5a 3a 1a 1b 3b 5b 7b 9b 11b
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  Our NSF Grant- iSECURE • Ultimate Course Search (UCS) • Use all digital Material • Textbook • Articles, PowerPoint Presentations, etc. • Lecture Videos • Create Searches and Ontologies • Integrate Learning Preferences
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  The Research • Developedthe Ultimate Course Search Tool – Beta • Begun Collecting Data in a Security Course • Control and Experimental • Demographics, Pre-Post Test, ILS
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  Implications for HigherEducation • Reduce attrition • Increase clarity of course organization • Increase student interaction with materials • Individualize learning • Create connections within and between courses
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  Our Objectives • CreateUCS and integrate it into a Security Course • Help students understand learning preferences as connected to UCS • Create a user friendly, clean interface • Create an ontology to help students make connections to other materials/information • Determine the effectiveness of the tool
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  In the Future…. •UCS will have the learning preferences assessment and information accessible • The ontologies will be connected in search types • UCS will be integrated into a course management system – like Moodle or Canvas
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  In the Future…. •UCS will Learn from the Students – and Provide Search Terms in Preferential Order Based on Learning Preferences and Previous Viewings of Material • UCS will be linked to a database of courses • More buttons! UCS will have the ability to add more types of materials – with more buttons
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  The Tool!
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  Questions? • Our Website: http://cis.csi.cuny.edu/~project/iSecure/ •Our Youtube Channel: http://bit.ly/1imcF8o • This Presentation on Slideshare: