Acadly helps professors boost participation and communication with students inside and outside the classroom. Watch Acadly's presentation at the Reimagine Education 2017 conference at Philadelphia. The videos in the presentation are available here: 1. Structure: https://twitter.com/Acadlydotcom/status/937797507152863233 2. Instant one-tap roll calls: https://twitter.com/Acadlydotcom/status/937797784576589825 3. Typing math expressions using TeX in the Acadly messenger: https://twitter.com/Acadlydotcom/status/937798225175687180 4. Analytics: https://twitter.com/Acadlydotcom/status/937798721126969345 5. Context aware chat: https://twitter.com/Acadlydotcom/status/937799368366796800

1. From curiosity to engagement to retention
with one ubiquitous tech tool
Vaibhav
Co-founder, Acadly

2. We have gotten worse at retention in the last 4 years

3. “Faculty use of tech in teaching” is a common retention measure…
Public 4-year colleges Private 4-year colleges Community colleges
Rank of incidence rate of
“faculty use of tech in
teaching” out of 94
retention measures
3rd 3rd 1st
Source: Fourth National “What Works in Student Retention?” survey by ACT

4. “Faculty use of tech in teaching” is a common retention measure…
but a disappointing one
Public 4-year colleges Private 4-year colleges Community colleges
Rank of incidence rate of
“faculty use of tech in
teaching” out of 94
retention measures
3rd 3rd 1st
Rank of effectiveness of
“faculty use of tech in
teaching” out of 94
retention measures
52nd 60th 29th
Source: Fourth National “What Works in Student Retention?” survey by ACT

5. Why is using teaching technology this ineffective?

6. Not all ways of using technology are equally impactful
Remember
Understand
Apply
Analyze
Evaluate
Create
The impact of technology increases as we travel along the S-A-M-R spectrum
Substitution
Augmentation
Modification
Redefinition

7. Not all ways of using technology are equally impactful
Remember
Understand
Apply
Analyze
Evaluate
Create
The impact of technology increases as we travel along the S-A-M-R spectrum
Substitution
Augmentation
Modification
Redefinition
Enhancement
Transformation

8. This is how faculty currently uses technology
How many professors… Impact
Use tech during lectures to boost engagement1 13% Transformation
Use Social Media for… 2
Creation – Assignments, blogs and wikis 20% Transformation
Communication – Commenting 15% Transformation
Consuming – Watching/listening 12% Enhancement
Use LMS to… 3
Teach blended courses 25% Transformation
Use discussion boards 31% Transformation
Push out and collect assignments 52% Enhancement
Gradebook 54% Enhancement
Push out course materials 57% Enhancement
Post syllabus 60% Enhancement
Sources: 1. Top Hat 2016 Professor Pulse Survey 2. Pearson-Babson 2013 Social Media for Teaching and Learning 3. ECAR Study of Faculty and Information Technology, 2017

9. This is how faculty currently uses technology
How many professors… SAMR Impact
Use tech during lectures to boost engagement1 13% Transformation
Use Social Media for… 2
Creation – Assignments, blogs and wikis 20% Transformation
Communication – Commenting 15% Transformation
Consuming – Watching/listening 12% Enhancement
Use LMS to… 3
Teach blended courses 25% Transformation
Use discussion boards 31% Transformation
Push out and collect assignments 52% Enhancement
Gradebook 54% Enhancement
Push out course materials 57% Enhancement
Post syllabus 60% Enhancement
Sources: 1. Top Hat 2016 Professor Pulse Survey 2. Pearson-Babson 2013 Social Media for Teaching and Learning 3. ECAR Study of Faculty and Information Technology, 2017

10. In other words…
Proportion of professors
Using technology to transform teaching
Teaching the same old way using some tech

11. How do we help faculty use technology to transform teaching?

12. Here’s the best we got
check in to a better class

13. What is Acadly?
A free participation and communication tool that can turn any
classroom into a smart classroom.
It works inside as well as outside the classroom, and is designed to be a
habit-forming tool that nudges users towards meaningful use.
It’s not an LMS, an SRS or a “Slack for education”.
It’s built to erode, and not conform to traditional definitions.

14. Here’s one way of summarizing all the technology inside
One class
One tool
No seams
Learning Mgmt System
Student Response System
Discussion platform
Attendance recorder
Analytics plugin
LTI
Caliper
From To

15. Structure course
Homework
Announcements
Share content
Measure 1-tap roll calls
Poll for opinions
Live Q&A feed
Test with quizzes
Share content Converse
Review
Grade
Collaborate
Repeat
Pre Class In Class Post ClassThe Acadly
process

16. Differentiator #1 – Usability powered by design breakthroughs

17. Differentiator #1 – Usability powered by design breakthroughs

18. Differentiator #2 – Data that can inform interventions

19. Differentiator #3 – Gateway to transformational use of tech

20. Differentiator #3 – Gateway to transformational use of tech

21. What else?
Umm…

22. What else?
Anonymous Polls, Anonymous Q&A, Hiding and Closing and Upvoting
Queries, Mobile-first, Assignments, Grading, Course Team
Management, Course Archiving, Copying and Moving Activities, Data
Exports, Exam Results, Reminders, No Limits on Class Size, No Limits on
Number of Courses, No Limits on Overall Course Storage, FERPA and
PDPA Compliant, Class Preparedness Analytics, Free Training,
Announcements, Native iOS and Android Apps, Roster Management,
In-Built Support, Quiz Option Randomization, Email and Push
Notifications, Filter Activities for Folder-Like View, Scoring Schemes in
Quizzes, Setting Deadlines, Rescheduling Lectures, Syllabus, Course
Books & COUNTING…

23. Connecting the dots
Better Retention
Early Warning
Systems
Richer data
More usable
edtech
Higher Student
Engagement
Greater curiosity
Deeper connect
between tech &
pedagogy
needs
starts
with needs

24. Connecting the dots
Better Retention
Early Warning
Systems
Richer data
More usable
edtech
Higher Student
Engagement
Greater curiosity
Deeper connect
between tech &
pedagogy
needs
starts
with needs informed

25. check in to a better class
vaibhav@acadly.com