well Kendall campus is one of the largest
campuses up there miami-dade college
we have about 57 thousand students
we have students who are coming straight in from high school we have to students
who are coming in
that just got their GED we have other students were coming in from other
countries and they're trying to
start college here they have approximately 60 percent
of the students who are graduating from high school are being placed in elementary education
we are shifting away from electa now it means student centered
we are in a computer classroom because of course
as a modularized class number one and students are required to complete
eight modules by the end of the semester
you divide the material into topics rather than
in Chapters and so on the material that goes together
stays together in class based setting you can't really ask the professor as many
questions as you
like or get the time that you need our attention and ALEKS gives you that for
successful completion a cast
is am completion of 10 hours
work per week they were really do like that interaction with the computer
they're used to it this is a natural progression from everything they do in
their everyday lives
the students are doing initial assessment and then the system sets up
the pie
and the topics they need to learn I walk in my students are there
they start working on whatever module they're ready to learn
the students have several resources the book is online so they can
access the page in the book the department has videos
and then most of them go straight for the problem
an ask for the system to explain we
all have different learning styles we all
gravitate to different things so find what works for you
and utilize that they're getting used to the system and they're working in it
and they are progressing
so from the instructor standpoint I like the system
it forces the students to take responsibility for learning a concept
this comes very close to empowering a student
to learn for themselves and not be dependent on me as an structure and
that's just invaluable
they work hard they finished the model it's a sense accomplishments
I don't want to just blow to the course and do have to do I want to actually
learn it
if you don't feel like working on one topic you can always change the topic so
it's flexible in that way and that's what I really like
I believe ALEKS catered to each individual
because like I have you know some classmates that sit next to me
and we are on two totally different things I'm able to work with them where they are
and move them along as fast as they can go or help the ones that are moving more
slowly
the main computer which was the professor station we have
access to each individual computer everything a student does in the module
it shows in the program so I can see daily
whether they're logging in or not and if they are spending five minutes or an hour
that's an addition I have I haven't had the whole time I've been doing this till I got to the ALEKS
part the fact that technology is on the side of the instructor
I get to monitor and analyze the questions and the sequences
answers that one particular student is answering is great the progress report I like that too
because it can show me assessments that they have completed because they have to
complete
assessments at the end of each module
and so you can see nicely what portion other material they've mastered
after module 4 they have a mid term and then they have the final exam
after they finish final in the midterm and all the objectives
then they can move on to the next course if they were really
put the effort and the time into it they can complete the class
in eight weeks in time then to register
for the college level M-eighty 10.33
before I would just avoid math because I didn't understand anything
but now I actually like to do it it also changed my mind set on math as a whole