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Innovation for College PrepPREETHA RAM, PHD
COFOUNDER, OPENSTUDY,
ASSOCIATE DEAN, EMORY
Twitter Preetharam@openstudy
A Silent Epidemic
1 million high school students drop out
each year in the US. Gates Silent Epidemic study
Meet Sergio, 9th grader, New York
Faces math challenges
Meets Hero, an OpenStudy user, who helps him regularly.
Sergio’s two latest tests >90.
Once upon a time
Blog.openstudy.com/narratives
Between Failure and Success there is a Human
Success
Failure
The problem of scale
Engage
Support Retain
Social mediaGame Mechanics
Community of Practice
Certificates
>1 million high school dropouts a year
>12 million community college Students, only
2 year graduation rates in community colleges around 20%
Learning Theories
OpenStudy
Blended Learning
Peer-to-Peer learning,
Communities of Practice
Social Constructivi
sm
Dziuban et al, 2004; Means et al, 2010, Twigg (2003
Fuchs, 1997 Lave & Wenger, 1991
Bandura, Vygotsky, 1978
The OpenStudy Community
Unowen: I always come here to ask and end up helping – lol who says math wasn’t addictive?
ADDICTIVE: with Game Mechanics
An Engaging Student Experience
karatechopper: We r F- am- i- ly!
An online community could never evolve into becoming a family, @openstudy has proved its possibility. Join the family bit.ly/8slymk
Mathhasproblems: Aww, I love you guys You really care about
me <3
Getting Help
Virality for the Global GoodTake 10 Teach 10
Assessment of deeper learning through behavior analytics
1 6 11 16 21 26 31 36 41 46 510
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Progression through Questions and Answers
AravindG questionsAravindG answers
Questions or Answers
<---Asking
Helper-->
<--Answering
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Medals and Answers Progression
AravindG answersAravindG medals received
Weeks
Medals
or
Answ
ers
Study funded by NextGen Learning Challenge, performed in collaboration with Dr. Gloria Miller, SRI
Learning OutcomesMotivation
I am more motivated to study since I started using OpenStudy. 79%
Learning Outcomes
I have seen improvements in my grades since I started using OpenStudy. 70%
Study Habits
My study habits have improved since I started using OpenStudy. 69%
Deeper Learning
>30% demonstrated deeper learning
N=519
SmartScore Progression
What should be assessed?
75% of long-term career success depends on soft skills, while only 25% percent depends on technical knowledge
2005 Stanford Research Institute & Carnegie Melon Foundation. Survey of 500 CEOs
SmartScore Validation“The SmartScore is truly a NextGen Assessment, an innovative and multidimensional
analysis based on an understanding of human behavior”. Rahim Rajan, Program Officer, Gates Foundation:
“MIT OpenCourseWare's goal is increase the impact of our resources tenfold in our next decade, and building community around our content is a key component of that effort. OpenStudy is a great example of how such communities can be built. OpenStudy's SmartScore encourages the teamwork and collaborative problem solving skills that will allow millions of independent learners to teach each other.” - Cecilia d’Oliveria, Executive Director, MIT OCW.
“The SmartScore provides a unique solution to credentialing soft skills that are not well captured in traditional grades. Their approach combines open social learning and peer learning to empower students from all walks of life to learn and demonstrate important skills that employers greatly value.” - Paul LeBlanc, President of Southern New Hampshire University
“OpenStudy’s SmartScore allows job-seekers, mostly community college students, to demonstrate work force skills in lieu of, or as an adjunct to, a certificate or diploma.” -
Dean Florez, Fmr. Majority Leader California State Senate
Nick DeSantis, Chronicle of Higher Education,http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/3-start-up-announcements-from-the-education-innovation-summit/36086
Evidence of Impact
80% report better understanding.
200,000 users
170 countries
>2000 Q/day
Answer in <5 min
>40 Institutions
Next Steps“CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR HIGH SCHOOL AND ADULT STUDENTS TO EARN COLLEGE CREDIT. … EMERGING EVIDENCE SUGGESTS THAT SOME FORM OF COLLEGE EXPERIENCE IN HIGH SCHOOL INCREASES COLLEGE GOING, COLLEGE READINESS, AND COLLEGE SUCCESS AMONG LOWER-ACHIEVING POPULATIONS AS WELL.”
-WHITE HOUSE TOOLKIT
New Academic Experiences A Discovery Portal for
Open Learning
A Learning Help Community for Open
Learners
Certification for Open Learning
New Academic Experiences for high school, college and adult
learners
1 Discover 2 Learn
95
3 Certify
Learn with others on OpenStudy.Get support, engage with the community, help others and stay motivated to complete.Learning, engagement and participation is tracked with the SmartScore
Earn a Certificate ofParticipation.Or take an exam for College Credit
Find free college courses on our portal.OpenCourseWare courses from U Notre Dame, UC Irvine etc.
How it Works: Learner
OpenStudy is…
“a social platform for learners who want to help each other study”
“you’re no longer alone—you have the world’s biggest classroom to turn to, any time, anywhere”
“global element is important…users will almost always find someone online in the study groups”
“one of ten most innovative companies in education”
“Mechanical MOOC to rely on free learning sites”
Time to evolve
Email: preetha.ram @ openstudy.com
Twitter: @preetharam
Our PartnersOCW/COLLEGES/UNIVSMIT OCWOpen Yale CoursesKorea UniversityOpenMichiganUC IrvineNotre DameNYUEmoryGeorgia State UGeorgia TechAfrican Health OERArizona State OnlineSouthern New Hampshire UniversityCollege of the RedwoodsTriC Ommunity CollegeFootHills CollegeTU DelftDistance Education Univ. Costa RicaMonterey Inst. TechnologyPurdue Online Writing CenterProcess.Arts
OER
CDC (TRAIN)SmartHistory (MOMA)Purple MathTutorial.Math.Lamar.eduFreeMathHelpHelpWithFractionsBiologyCornerCellsAlivePhysics 1728.comHyperPhysicsCalculatorsoupHippocampus
Certificate of Participation
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