Using textbook alternatives to decrease cost and increase student engagement

Using Textbook Alternatives to
Decrease Cost and Increase
Student Engagement
August 13th, 2014
Distance Teaching and Learning Conference
Download at slideshare.net/tjoosten

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Mobile devices Video sharing eTexts
What are you interested in learning more about?
Very/interested Neutral Very/uninterested
M=2.94M=2.99 M=2.96 M=2.79

Why use Ginkgotree in your
class?

Enhanced the packaging of content

Using GinkgoTree in
Business Writing

Using textbook alternatives to decrease cost and increase student engagement

Agree Neutral Disagree
Ginkgotree 86.7 8.4 4.8
Registering 80.7 9.6 9.6
Features and navigation 78.3 10.8 7.2
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Ease of use

Feel like part of the class 50.6 32.5 10.8
Increase participation 51.8 26.5 18.1
Increase interaction with
content
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Engagement

Understand course material 68.7 30.1 1.2
Benefical to learning 68.7 26.5 4.8
Helped connect ideas 59 32.5 7.2
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Learning

Another course 61.4 28.9 7.2
Recommend continued use 73.5 18.1 8.4
Overall 71.1 21.7 7.2
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Satisfaction

More portable 73.5 19.3 6
More relevant content 61.4 27.7 9.6
Better than 57.8 24.1 13.3
Prefer over 55.4 25.3 19.3
Learned more 48.2 37.3 14.5
Read more 50.6 27.7 20.5
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Textbook comparison

Learning
Satisfaction
Engagement
(r = .84, p<.001)
(r = .67, p<.001)
(r = .60, p<.001)

Flexibility
Greater flexibility to
learn
66.3 24.1 7.2
Better organize and
structure learning
62.7 26.5 10.8
More efficient study
time
59 31.3 8.4
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Predicts learning
Flexibility
Engagement
Learning
F(2, 144) = 328.60, p<.001
Approximately 82% of the variance
accounted for by flexibility and interactivity
(adjusted R2 = .818)

Recommendations
Based on the results of our data
analyses from the student and
instructor surveys

Annotate text
Annotations connected
to instructor
62.9 26.5 10.6
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Make Active
Annotation Highlighting Commenting Discussions

Use Rich Content
Book
Chapters
(2)
Articles Videos
(3)
Images Audio Web
Pages
(1)

Connect and Share
CC Flickr bengray

Make Time
CC Flickr zamboni.andrea

Thank you!
Tanya Joosten, tjoosten@uwm.edu, @tjoosten
Dylan Barth, djbarth@uwm.edu, @dylanbarth
Nicole Weber, nicolea5@uwm.edu, @nwebs

Resources
• Faculty interests survey
• Ginkgotree instructor midterm evaluation
survey
• Ginkgotree end-of-the-semester student
survey
• Ginkgotree end-of-the-semester instructor
survey

Improved overall grade 43.4 42.2 9.6
Got better grades 34.9 44.6 18.1
Discussions helped do
better
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Performance

Ginkgotree introduction 84.2 13.2 2.6
Ginkgotree instructions 88 10.6 1.3
Recommend instructor 79.4 13.2 7.3
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