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Who is at the Controls? Take-off of the eText Pilot Program at UWDan ComdenUniversity of Washington
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Outline• Project Overview• CourseSmart• CourseLoad• Initial Results• Other studies
• Fellow travelers
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Congrats, it’s a project!
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Pilot team members (who’s flying this thing?)• IT Learning Technology• IT Assessment & Research• IT Accessibility• IT Access Management• IT Student Systems
• Finance Systems• Legal• Registrar• Bookstore• Purchasing
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Why eText?• Push from Instructors
• Push from Students
• Push from IT Admin
• Digital means Accessible?
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Accessibility Testing• 1. Keyboard only
• 2. Speech Input
• 3. ScreenReader
• 4. TTS apps
• 5. Mobile
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CourseSmart Accessibility• Request “accessible” version of the reader from
CS• Accessible = screen reader
• Focus Indicator – LOST, then FOUND• No skipnav for keyboard users• (header nav for screenreaders)
• Help system is messy
• Default navigation text size is too small
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CourseSmart demo
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Courseload Accessibility• Focus indicator – LOST• Keyboard functionality – LIMITED• Screenreader Access to Content – NONE• TTS Access to Content – NONE
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CourseLoad demo
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What do students think?• Preliminary survey SPR12 and SUM12• Five courses:• Statisitical Inference• Information Management and Analysis• Advertising• Intro Geology• Intro to Women’s Studies
• 80 students responded (47%)• 74% undergrad• 63% women
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What do students think?• How much reading?• 4/5 courses: majority half or more of book• 1/5: 92% less than half or none
• How much highlighting? (Active vs Passive)• Courseload 52%• CourseSmart 28%
• Pricing• 65-80% want 50% off price• 66% unhappy with all or none CourseLoad pricing
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Results – completed reading
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What do students think?• “[I] didn’t have to carry a textbook if I had my
laptop”• “[I like] the ability to highlight and share notes
with other students. I also liked that you can see where the professor highlighted information and left a comment.”
• “I have more difficulty focusing when I read on the computer, probably because there are more distractions (the internet, etc) and also because I like the tangible feel of a physical book.”
• “[t]he lack of feeling of texture while reading. And it does not work as well as using a [hard copy] textbook, even if it included the highlighting functions.”
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What do staff think?Accessibility is a big problem
Acquisition may be a bigger one
• 60% of titles with no problem• CourseLoad – 2-3 month turnaround
• More survey results coming in 2013
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We are not alone• Internet2 CourseLoad pilot 2012
• Internet2 CourseSmart pilot 2013
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Internet2 Spring2012 eText Project• Cornell University• Indiana University• University of Minnesota• University of Virginia• University of Wisconsin
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Fellow Travelers
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If you take a flight…• Verify accessibility claims
• Keyboard only access
• Use ALL functions/features
• Involve SWDs if possible
• Demonstrate what YOU do!
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