1	ADAPT: A Hybrid Instructional Model Combining Web-Based and Classroom Components
2	Who am I? Bruce W. Tuckman, Ph.D.; Professor, Psychological Foundations of Education; Director, Academic Learning Lab; The Ohio State University; Tuckman.5@osu.edu http://all.successcenter.ohio-state.edu/index.asp
3	What is ADAPT? Active Discovery And Participation Through Technology; Combines the advantages of classroom instruction; With those of computer-mediated instruction.
4	What are the Advantages to Students of Classroom Instruction? The accountability of attendance and punctuality – improves students’ time management and time-on-task; The presence of an instructor – provides students with support, accountability, and elaboration of complex concepts; The use of a published textbook – provides students with a well-developed source of information that is highly practical to use.
5	What are the Advantages to Students of Computer-Mediated Instruction? The opportunity to learn actively, not passively, by working on learning performance activities; Provides for engagement, discovery, contextualization, practice, transfer, feedback and evaluation. Imposes time constraints on students, through the use of windows that foster appropriate time management; Frees instructor to give more individual attention and gain more familiarity with students; Enables both instructor and student class time to be used more effectively; Removes excessive reliance on homework or independent study.
6	How Does ADAPT Relate to Objectivist and Constructivist Models of Instruction? It blends the two together; It gives students the opportunity to construct meaning from text; It provides authenticity, anchoring, and problem-based manipulation of objects and ideas.
7	What are the types of Online Learning Activities? Self-surveys – Questionnaires for students to explore their beliefs, skills and attitudes, fostering self-awareness. Quickpractices – Activities that help students practice a specific skill and receive immediate feedback. Assignments – Activities that help students apply skills and concepts by contextualizing them within their own life experience, serving the dual purpose of discovery and evaluation. Spotquizzes – Combined multiple-choice and short essay tests that measure mastery of the objectives of each instructional module. On-line discussions – Opportunities to present and respond to positions on course-relevant issues.
8	What are the Types of Off-line Learning Activities? Portfolios – complex capstone performances of each module that require students to apply core skills and concepts to their academics and their lives; Papers – Two pages, written about topics covered in the course, that relate them to settings outside of the course itself; In class – Live discussions led by the instructor.
9	How do we Know that ADAPT is More Effective Than Conventional Instruction? A course called Strategies for College Success was taught both ways with the content and learning activities identical; The goal of the course was to improve students’ GPA; 74 students took the conventionally taught version and 189 took the ADAPT version; Students taking the ADAPT version earned GPA’s averaging 3.0; those taking the conventional version, 2.7. The difference was significant.
10	How do we know that ADAPT is More Effective Than Distance Instruction? The Distance version of our College Success course has an average drop-out rate double that of the ADAPT version; This reflects the structure and discipline provided by classroom meetings and instructors in the ADAPT version, that is lacking the distance version.