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Innovative Redesign for First-Year Spanish Course Materials

Learn about the successful redesign of a first-year Spanish course using commercial software, including a web-based workbook with quizzes, multimedia presentations, and improved student assessment methods. Discover the benefits of automated grading, expanded answer options, and enhanced resources for instructors. See how this transformation optimized student learning and saved time and costs.

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Innovative Redesign for First-Year Spanish Course Materials

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  1. First-Year Spanish Redesign Working with Commercial Software

  2. Commercial Software • WebCT Workbook to Accompany Dos mundos • ~500 quizzes, ~5 questions each • Text, Audio, and Video presentations • Multiple-choice, Cloze, Short-answer and Open- ended responses

  3. Problems • Content was ancillary, not primary. • Content was a copy of the paper workbook. • Response formats for short answers unclear. • Automated grading of short answers was draconian. • Open-ended answers caused teachers more work.

  4. Solutions • Eliminate open-ended questions; use compositions. • Embed practice questions with answer hints. • Expand answer-base exponentially: • award partial credit • focus on the essential • grade like a teacher

  5. Results • WebCT Workbook to Accompany Dos mundos, 6th Edition • 480 quizzes, all graded automatically and logically • 95 quizzes of core vocabulary (1500 items) • 1500 printable flashcards, w/ over 500 images • Practice activities for all short-answer quizzes • Contains the Complete Instructor’s Resource Kit. • Contains digital copies of all transparencies. • Embedded instructions with screenshots: • posting syllabi • managing chapter assignments • viewing and downloading grades

  6. Results, continued • Highest student satisfaction in 5 years • ~450 hours labor saved per term • ~$11,250 savings per term • But that labor is reinvested for ~$45,000 in savings.

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