This document discusses the differences between online homework and online learning, specifically in the context of math education. It notes that online homework may not involve significant learning, while online learning suggests mistakes are discovered and corrected through adaptive assessment. The document then discusses issues impacting math departments, such as unprepared students, low success rates, and budget pressures to improve results. It argues that online learning uses artificial intelligence to create customized learning paths for each student, continuously remediating weak areas, while online homework does not provide the same level of individualized adaptation and assessment.

1. Online Homeworkvs. OnlineLearningAn introduction to the ALEKS model of Success in MathCara Warne Digital Learning Consultant

2. Quick introductions Do you know each other? What is the difference between online homework and online learning? Quick tour of the student side of ALEKS… Agenda:

3. Contextual Inquiry tells us: Improper placement Math readiness Course management (grading, etc.) College transition Faculty time Issues that are Important to Math Instructors

4. Issues Impacting Math Departments Student preparedness 80% of remedial students had a high school GPA of 3.0+* Over 1.5 million remedial students annually** Student success rates in developmental math Average student pass rate ~40% 63% of students who fail a developmental math course never get a college degree*** Top-Down Pressure to improve results Impact of state budget cuts; failure unaffordable**** * Diploma to Nowhere, Strong American Schools c/o The Rockefeller Foundation, 2008 ** A Test of Leadership: Charting the Future of U.S. Higher Education, U.S. Secretary of Education’s Commission on the Future of Higher Education, 2007. *** National Center for Education Statistics, The Condition of Education, 2004. **** US Dept of Education, 2006

5. 3 minute discussion:Are you using online homework?What were your hopes?How much better off are you than 3 years ago? Can we do better?

6. Online Homework vs.Online Learning “Learning is much broader than just doing homework”

7. Online Homework vs. Online Learning Online homework may or may not involve any significant learning. Online learning is a “hopeful” term and suggests that mistakes are being discovered and corrected in the process of completing an assignment online.

8. The reality is that no two students come into class with the same baseline preparedness!

9. Artificial intelligence creates a custom learning path for each student!

10. Online HW vs. Online Learning Online Learning Auto-grades assignments Immediate feedback Media support Individual adaptive assessment Remediates students on forgotten knowledge Knowledge snapshot for each student No assignment building necessary Online Homework Auto-grades assignments Immediate feedback Media support Assignment-driven/requires building assignments No remediation No “knowledge snapshot” Students “game the system” Doesn’t allow for “decay” of knowledge

11. Let’s take a look at the student experience!

12. Wrap up!

13. Thanks for your interest in making students more successful! Enjoy your day! Questions?