Redesigning Computer Literacy Toni Farley toniasu edu Redesign

Redesigning Computer Literacy Toni Farley toni@asu. edu Redesign Alliance Conference March 18 -20, 2008 Orlando, Florida

Delivery Per Semester © Traditional · 4 lecture sections (270 capacity) · 1080 students © Redesign · 2 hybrid sections (299 capacity) · 1 online section (500 capacity) · 1098 students 10/16/2021 Slide 2

Cost Savings per Semester Traditional © Teaching · 2 sections – Lecturer · 2 sections – Faculty Associates © Staff · 2 TAs · 6 graders ü 1120 hours Redesign © Teaching · 1 Course Coordinator (Lecturer) © Staff · 1 TA · 3 ULAs ü 480 hours Decrease in cost per student from $51 to $36 10/16/2021 Slide 3

More Students – Less Staff ? © 75% of grading automated · Blackboard (enabled) quizzes ~ 40% · In-house programs ~ 35% üMajor individual projects: manual/automated split © Online content pre-developed © ULAs paid higher than graders · able to attract more qualified students © TA fully utilized · Weekly tasks outlined in advance 10/16/2021 Slide 4

Student Learning © Significant divide in student preparation · Very literate – Learn little to nothing · Moderately literate – Not engaging enough · Not at all literate – Not getting quality help © Solutions · · Updated content Online materials ULA guidance Implicitly reduced lecture size 10/16/2021 Slide 5

Assessment © Proposed solution · Compared to prior course section üGrades and DFW rates üStudent evaluations © Problem – New content · Before/after course evaluations · Preliminary results “The class far exceeded my expectations. I got a whole lot more out of it than I was expecting. I was actually interested in what we were learning when I originally thought I was going to be bored out of my mind. ” 10/16/2021 Slide 6