July 8th, 2014, Sloan-C Blended Conference

1. Increasing Student Engagement
While Reducing Textbook Costs
Using GinkgoTree
July 8th, 2014
Sloan-C Blended Conference
Download at slideshare.net/tjoosten

2. Why pilot Ginkgotree?

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What are you interested in learning more about?
Very/interested Neutral Very/uninterested
M=2.94M=2.99 M=2.96 M=2.79

4. Solution

5. Why use Ginkgotree in your
class?

6. Enhanced the packaging of content

7. Improved access to content

8. Increased interactivity

9. An Example: English course

10. What did students think?

11. Easy

12. 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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13. Engaged
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14. Agree Neutral Disagree
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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15. Learned
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16. Agree Neutral Disagree
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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17. Liked!

18. Agree Neutral Disagree
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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19. Agree Neutral Disagree
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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20. Learning
Satisfaction
Engagement
(r = .84, p<.001)
(r = .67, p<.001)
(r = .60, p<.001)

21. What surprised us?

22. Flexibility
Agree Neutral Disagree
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
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23. 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)

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

25. Use OER

26. Annotate text
Agree Neutral Disagree
Annotations connected
to instructor
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27. Make Active
Annotation Highlighting Commenting Discussions

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

29. Check Pricing

30. Connect and Share
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31. Make Time
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32. Not just an e-text

33. Questions

34. Thank you!
Tanya Joosten, tjoosten@uwm.edu, @tjoosten
Dylan Barth, djbarth@uwm.edu, @dylanbarth

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

36. Not included

37. Agree Neutral Disagree
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

38. Agree Neutral Disagree
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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