Institute on College
Futures Online
Teaching the Economics of Higher Education
Through Adaptive Learning
Dr. Robert Elder
Beloit College
Edward W. Finn III
Associate Colleges of the Midwest
Jedidiah Rex
Beloit College
Rachel Van Campenhout
Acrobatiq, Inc.
Session Outline
What got us here?
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Brief history
The collaborative
process
Creating content
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Modules
Learning outcomes
Activities
The design process
• Backwards design
• Why adaptive learning?
The platform
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Creating a skillmap
Relationship between
skills and outcomes
Let’s Get Started
What got us here?
The design process
Creating the
content
The Platform
The Big Idea
College Finances 101
• What is the Institute on College Futures?
– In person seminar attended by faculty
• Summer 2013-2017
• Funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
– Selected topics
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Discount rate
Tuition
Endowment management
Financial literacy
– Summary video presentations
• Funded by The Teagle Foundation
Expanding Access
Institute on College Futures Online
• Adaptive professional development mini-course
• Expands access to include staff
• Funded by The Teagle Foundation
• Multi-Institutional Cooperation
The Team
Colorado
College
Lake Forest
College
• Dan Johnson
• Jennifer Golightly
• Michael Orr
• Connie Corso
Beloit College
Macalester
College
• Bob Elder
• Jedidiah Rex
ACM
• Ed Finn
• Brian Williams
• David Wheaton
• Brad Belbas
Design
Team
•Acrobatiq
• Rachel Van
Campenhout
• Murray Kimball
Collaborative Process
• Competencies
• Learning Outcomes
• Skills
Design
Development
• Content
• Activities
• Peer Review
• Pilot
• Analytics
• 2-year Refresh Cycle
• Participant
Evaluations
Sustainability
Let’s Continue
What Got us here?
The design process
Creating the
content
The Platform
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Let’s Continue
What Got us here?
The design process
Creating the
content
The Platform
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Let’s Continue
What Got us here?
The design process
Creating the
content
The Platform
We help educators and administrative leaders optimize
teaching, learning and student achievement using evidencedbased solutions informed by cognitive and learning science.
Smart Author
Smart Author is a
powerful authoring and
data analytics platform
that enables higher
education institutions to
develop and scale
personalized, adaptive
learning.
Learning science drives Acrobatiq course design.
• Formative practice is key, as more doing has 6x the effect size
on learning than more reading
• Formative practice drives the analytics engine and learning
dashboards
• Over 98% of students answer formative questions until they
get them correct
• Targeted feedback provides additional learning for users
Learning Dashboards are populated by data and Learning
Estimates, and are a resource for instructors to get in-depth
analysis of their students as they move through the course.
Iterative improvement is a
key concept for Acrobatiq.
A course-check tool called
the Readiness Report
gives insight into course
functionality and
actionable steps to
improve it. This can be
used at course creation as
well as a starting point for
revision cycles.
Questions??
Dr. Robert Elder
Professor and Chair of Economics
Beloit College
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Jedidiah Rex
Manager of Instructional Technology
Beloit College
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Edward W. Finn III
Liaison for Innovation and Collaboration in
Teching and Learning
Associate Colleges of the Midwest
[email protected]
Rachel Van Campenhout
Learning Content Manager
Acrobatiq, Inc.
[email protected]