EdTech Opportunities in HE: From the UK’s Leading eTextbook Platform Jason Beech – Kortext Channel Director
Digi gital Acce Accelerator ors Is there an Is the desired expectation from Does the Digital Does the solution content available students that a solution meet Support the in digital format? digital textbook the expectations Universities to solution should exist? of the student meet their core user? goals? Does the Digital solution add true value versus the print book? 4
Students are Already Tech Natives
an estimated 66 million 588 million users Amazon Prime customers 300 million users Worldwide in Worldwide Education alone 300 million users 98.75 million users in 2 billion active users worldwide Q4 2016
Digital = More than a Print Book While students study System monitors, measures and Monitor Measure Process & Recommend processes their knowledge, Learning behavior & Adaptive testing for Analyse Suggest the behavior, cognition & retention time-on-task data each learning objective next optimal Cognition, retention concept to study and behavior personalisation content, activities & assessments Inform Advise & Guide Assess based on what it continuously Better Instructor & student reports, Personalized pace, Adaptive quizzes learns about each student granular to individual concepts & sequence, mode & provide formative Learning learning objectives difficulty level of content assessment Outcomes Up to 5 dimensions of personalisation are visible in Pace Sequence Difficulty Mode Remedial forms that amplify the impact of Rate of content Order of content Level and Form of content Focus content, making it more relevant, presentation redundancy of and choice of Use of analytic content and supplemental reports to drive meaningful and engaging assessment information remediation
The Kortext Platform Easy Access 450,000+ aggregated content across 700+ publishers incl. Pearson, McGraw, Wiley, T&F, OUP, CUP Seamless integration with LMS’s, reading list management systems, CRMs and university admin systems Single sign-on Smart Tools & Analytics User-friendly tools: search, highlight, notes, bookmark, copy/paste and print Simple navigation and multiple access points to find content quickly Automatically synchronise notes to the cloud across all devices Pull in other content - lecturer notes, library ebooks loans, ebooks from Google Play and free ebooks
Case Study 18,000+ students 4-6 books per student “The project has a simple aim; to provide a free ebook to every student for each module they study. This is a clear message for student recruitment and demonstrates support for the student learning experience in the provision of essential resources.” Matthew Lawson, Deputy Director of Library andStudent Support
Power Bi – Summary Dashboard Each student has their own digital version of the book • 1 student = 1 sale 18,000 students = 18,000 sales • This Powers a Summary Dashboard for key trends and performances – How many students are active ? • • How are they using the books ? • Are achieving the target usage levels that you have set? • How many books have been downloaded onto mobile apps ? • When throughout the academic year is usage happening ? Invaluable feedback to the course leaders / administrators – • Is usage meeting expectation ? • Do you need extra student training ?
Power Bi – Book Usage Map See which books, pages and search phrases are most popular – • Filter by individual student • Filter by individual book • Filter by module • Filter by course Invaluable feedback to the course leaders – • Are these the right books ? Are students struggling on topics ? • • Which students aren’t engaging ? • Which students are excelling and how can others emulate their successful behaviour ?
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