SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Tegrity, provider of the leading class capture web service for higher education, announced today that it will discuss the ongoing results of a study on the use of Tegrity Campus 2.0, during a webinar Wednesday, October 8, at 2 p.m. EST. The study examines the positive impact of the Tegrity Campus 2.0 class capture web service on student achievement. Announced by Coppin State University (CSU) in late 2007, the study is one of many research initiatives linking improved grades and academic performance to the implementation of Tegrity.
"Data compiled across five academic terms reveals striking results," said Dr. Chris Brittan-Powell, Professor of Applied Psychology at Coppin State University in Baltimore, Md. "In courses that incorporated Tegrity, students obtained higher grades across all class formats and student retention also proved to be greater -- two very important outcome measurements."
The study, conducted by Brittan-Powell, used a causal-comparative research design to examine the influence of Tegrity on student retention and academic performance by comparing student results across three different course delivery formats of the same capstone (Psychological Assessment) course. Featuring very demanding, conceptual, detailed, and statistically oriented content, the course was delivered via three distinct formats over five semesters, including face-to-face (F2F) without Tegrity, face-to-face with Tegrity (F2F+T), and fully online with Tegrity (FO+T). Overall, the study found that Tegrity had a significant positive impact on academic achievement and retention. Tegrity-aided student retention increased from 71 percent in F2F sections, to 83 percent in F2F+T and 86 percent in FO+T.
According to the report, "the Tegrity solution makes the static online course model more dynamic and provides the instructor more resources to attend to class management issues and monitor students' progress more closely via the CMS and Tegrity reports on student viewing of lecture material." The research also showed that there was a positive and consistent correlation between the use of Tegrity and student grades indicated by a slight increase in student grades between the F2F and F2F+T groups.
Furthermore, qualitative indicators show that CSU students, many of whom have substantial responsibilities outside the classroom that affect study skills and academic performance, such as balancing full-time employment and family life, have quickly and easily adapted to using Tegrity's web-based service as both a study tool and learning device. Given Tegrity's ease of use, flexibility and scalability, the service lends itself to varying student schedules and lifestyles, which contributes to its consistent impact on student grades and overall retention.
"A Tegrity user for more than five years, Coppin was among the first institutions of its kind to realize the opportunities class-capture technology could provide to its unique mix of non-traditional and economically-diverse students," said Isaac Segal, Tegrity CEO. "And the results of the Coppin study are not only validation of the benefits of our Tegrity Campus 2.0 service, but a testament to the overall dedication that Coppin has to providing a high-quality education to its campus community."
Tegrity Campus 2.0 is the only class capture web service to make class time available all the time, for every student, by automatically capturing, storing and indexing every class on campus for replay anytime, anywhere. With patented Tegrity "search anything" technology, students can instantly recall key class moments at any point during a captured lecture.
Founded in 1900, CSU is a historically black institution serving approximately 4,000 students in the greater Baltimore area, from very diverse ethnic, religious and socio-economic backgrounds, as well as internationally. CSU offers 53 majors and nine graduate-degree programs ranging from arts and sciences, to teacher education and nursing.
For more information about the use of Tegrity at Coppin State University, including implementation, adoption and usage as well as Tegrity's impact on the institution, register for the webinar on October 8, 2 p.m. EST hosted by Campus Technology. (To register, please visit http://tinyurl.com/4yj6yq) Guest speakers will include key staff members and faculty at Coppin State including Dr. Sadie Gregory, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs; Dr. Ahmed El-Haggan, Vice President of Information Technology and CIO; as well as Professor Brittan-Powell.
About Tegrity
Tegrity Campus 2.0 is the leading web service class capture system, impacting learning, student satisfaction and retention across the entire institution. Requiring no hardware or software installation, Tegrity Campus 2.0 makes class time available all the time by automatically capturing, storing and indexing every class on campus for replay by every student. Educators know that the more students can see, hear, and experience a class, the better they learn. With patented Tegrity "search anything" technology, students instantly recall key class moments for replay online, or on iPods and mobile devices. Tegrity is based in Santa Clara, California with regional offices throughout the United States. For more information, visit http://www.tegrity.com/ .
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