Innovative Systems Driving
Faculty Success:
WileyPLUS and Wiley Online
Library
Dan Sayre
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
ASEE Global Colloquium
Singapore
October 2010
dsayre@wiley.com
Preparing the 21st Century Engineer
Accessible, affordable, active learning
This online teaching and
learning environment
integrates the entire digital
textbook with the most
effective instructor and
student resources to fit every
learning style.
WileyPLUS for Students
Access: 24/7 to entire textbook +
multi-modal resources to address
their individual needs
Assess: knowledge and
understanding of course
materials through immediate
feedback and gradebook reports
Accelerates: confidence and
promotes active learning
Key Metrics
Over 1.3 million unique uses
Reliable & Proven since 1997
Instructor and Student
Tested
Supports 300 different titles,
Including 21 in Engineering
WileyPLUS Gives Students Many Benefits
Preparation for tests/quizzes
3.79
Conceptual understanding
3.74
Retained material
3.70
Better course grade
3.70
Confidence
3.62
1.00
2.00
3.00
4.00
5.00
Mean rating (1=strongly disagree; 5=strongly agree)
Student Views of WileyPLUS:
Perceived impact on grades
A very negative
impact, 2%
No
impact
on my
grade,
16%
A negative
impact, 7%
A very positive
impact, 24%
A very positive impact
A positive impact
A positive
impact, 51%
No impact on my grade
A negative impact
75% say it had
a positive impact on their
grades
A very negative impact
Student Views of WileyPLUS:
Ease of Use
Very Easy to
Use , 21%
Very Difficult to
Use, 3%
Difficult to Use,
7%
Neutral , 23%
Easy to Use,
46%
67% say it’s easy to use!
Very Difficult to Use
Difficult to Use
Neutral
Easy to Use
Very Easy to Use
Making an impact
Department-Course
Accounting
School
Institution
Type
(2yr/4yr)
Missouri State University
4
Rowan University
4
Northern Virginia Community College - Annandale
2
Washburn University
4
Georgia Perimeter College
2
Montana State University, College of Technology
2
Utah Valley University
4
Bucks County Community College
2
University of Kentucky
4
Tulsa Community College
2
Dalhousie University
4
McLennan Communty College
2
Springfield Technical Community College
2
San Diego Mesa College
2
Delta College
2
University of New Orleans
4
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY
4
North Carolina Agriculture & Technical State College 4
Cypress College
2
Indian River State College
4
Florida Institute of Technology, Melourne
4
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
4
University of Cincinnati
4
Old Dominion University
4
Making an impact
Anatomy & Physiology
Biology
Chemistry
Engineering
Geography
Mathematics
Physics
Psychology
Spanish
Study Type
Impact
(instructor
design)
onsite case
distance case
onsite case impact (2)
distance case impact (1)
onsite case
distance case
distance case
distance case
onsite case
distance case
distance case
impact (2)
distance case impact (1)
distance case
distance case impact (1)
onsite case impact (2)
distance case impact (1)
distance case impact (1)
distance case impact (2)
onsite case impact (1)
onsite case
impact (2)
onsite case
onsite case
2011: launching
the next
generation of
WileyPLUS
Research Study
Approach
Participants
Student workflow
60-minute 1-on-1 interviews
70 students
Student and instructor
satisfaction surveys
Quantitative/six months
800 instructors
9,000 students
Student self managed
Bulletin board focus groups
43 students
Student buying patterns Quantitative segmentation
703 students
WileyPLUS message
testing
Virtual focus groups
20 instructors
Efficacy/impact study
Case studies
Impact study
70+ instructors &
administrators
479 students
Market assessment
surveys
Discipline-specific surveys
700 instructors
Feel my pain
HOPELESS, DESPERATE
Low Pressure
BORED
Bribe
Self
Basic Studiers
•Comfort Self
•Distractions
Advanced Studiers
High Pressure
PANIC
Just Do
It
Basic Studiers
•More fearful,
overwhelmed
Advanced Studiers
•Develop strategies to
be efficient with time
(prioritize, plan)
•Overwhelmed--Where to
start?
•Read book over and over
•Printed book is lifeline
•Difficult to find a quiet
place to focus
FOCUS
Advanced Studiers
•Study plan
•Integrate
online/print
•Integrate
problems/reading
•Try to apply
materials in different
ways
Study
Basic Studiers
•Where to go?
•How am I
doing?
•More likely to
give up,
STRUGGLE
Advanced
Studiers
•What’s the
answer?
•How can I
look at this
differently?
•How do I
navigate to
what I want?
•What’s a step
by step
explanation?
SATISFIED
Hit a
Wall
•STIMULATED
•Complex rewards
for studying, more
structure (20min
study, 20min fun)
ANXIETY
Basic Studiers
Conquer
Concept