Arizona State U Teams with Private Partners on Adaptive Learning
Arizona State University (ASU) has
partnered with Cengage Learning and
Knewton to develop new active learning
systems for introductory courses.
The goal of the partnership is to provide ASU students with personalized
learning in introductory college courses and to let instructors spend more time
supporting students and less time lecturing and managing the class. ASU's new
"Active Adaptive" courses will use Knewton's adaptive learning platform within
Cengage Learning's MindTap digital
learning solution in an effort to achieve this goal.
Together, ASU, Cengage Learning and Knewton will develop a series of Active
Adaptive general education courses. The first course will be an Active Adaptive
Psychology course, which will launch in the fall. According to information from
ASU, the course will feature "an adaptive learning loop built around every
concept rather than just for extra practice."
"Students will get continuously updated recommendations for what to study at
any given moment and instructors will get predictive analytics that help them
intervene before a struggling student falls behind or an advanced student
becomes disengaged," said Jose Ferreira, founder and CEO of Knewton, in a
prepared statement.
ASU offers more than 90 completely online undergraduate and graduate programs
that mirror their on-campus equivalents. The university plans to study the
effects of the new delivery model in its on-campus, hybrid and online classes.
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