This document discusses various topics related to online education, including Pearson & eLearning, Utterli, online gym class, Google Project Glass, apps for education, the benefits and drawbacks of online education, brain research and its application to retention aids and immersive environments, student activity levels in online courses from different subject areas, the importance of class size, social interaction and collaboration in online settings, dashboards for tracking student progress, models for educating neo-millennial students, integrating curriculum across disciplines, the use of YouTube, Knewton and MyMathLab for personalized lessons, alternate reality games as curriculum integration events, and applying educational research findings.

1. Pearson & eLearning

2. Utterli

3. Online Gym Class

4. Teaching Perspective

5. Google Project Glass

6. There’s An App For That…

7. Online Education: At Best

8. Online Education: At Worst

9. We Know (more) About the Brain…

10. Pattern Recognition

11. Pattern Recognition

12. Hidden Patterns

13. Hidden Patterns

14. Retention Aids Based On Brain Research

17. Immersive Environments

18. Immersive Environments

19. Immersive Environments

20. Immersive Environments

21. Immersive Environments

22. Utterli

24. Activity
Avg. Student Activity/Section at Day 10 (hrs)
10
8
6.0 2007
6 5.6 Avg.
5.2 5.4 5.3 5.2 = 5.0
4.6 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.6
4.2 4.4
4 2007
3.1 3.1 Avg.
2.8 2.7 2.7
2.4 2.3 = 2.5
2.2 2.0
1.8
2 1.5
0
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Dropped Students Completed Students 24

25. Outcomes
LO6 Student Mastery by Course
100%
80% 80% 80%
75% Avg. = 55%
75% 65%
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50% 45%
40%
25% 20%
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26. Does Online Class Size Matter?

27. Social Interaction

28. Collaboration Graphs

29. Dashboards

30. Neo-Millennial Models for Education

31. Harvard Assessment Seminars

32. Making the Most of College: Students
Speak Their Minds
• 1600 Interviews
– 1:1; Undergrads; 24 pgs; 2-3 hours per
• 10 Year, Qualitative Analysis
– 10+ faculty interviewers; 30+ student interviewers
• Some Participating
Colleges:
– 1. Boston College – 7. M. I. T.
– 2. Boston University – 8. Princeton University
– 3. Brandeis University – 9. UMass - Amherst
– 4. Bristol Community College – 10. UMass - Boston
– 5. Bunker Hill Community – 11. Wellesley College
College – 12. Yale University
– 6. Harvard University
http://athome.harvard.edu/programs/light/index.html

33. Social Learning Matters

34. Tension Leads To Better Learning

35. Choice Matters
I took a few classes that interested me…
I got my pre-req’s out of the way…

36. Diversity Leads To Better Learning

37. Curriculum Integration

38. YouTube

42. Knewton

43. MyMathLab

44. Personalized Lesson Plans

45. Alternate Reality Game / CI Event
•400 Students
•20 Faculty
•2 Weekends
•Curriculum Integration
• Nursing
• Engineering
• Chemistry
• Journalism
• Political Science

46. We Know Research…

47. RED
BLUE
GREEN
YELLOW
BLUE
RED
YELLOW
GREEN
BLUE
GREEN
RED
YELLOW

48. JSB: WOW L-70

49. Confluence
Ask 10
8
6.0
6 5.4 5.6
5.2 5.3 5.2
4.6 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.6
4.2 4.4
4
3.1 3.1
2.8 2.7 2.7
2.2 2.4 2.3
1.8 2.0
2 1.5
0
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50. Thank You
Dr. Jeff D Borden
jeffb@ecollege.com