Enhance student success with Revel Organizational Behavior
Pearson Results Team | July 2, 2021 in Meaningful Outcomes
by Pearson
Pearson surveyed 7 instructors and conducted 3 interviews in spring 2021 to better understand how they used and experienced Revel’s “Organizational Behavior: Developing Skills for Managers” by Lamm & Tosti-Kharas during a pilot period.
Through this work, we found that Revel delivers an engaging learning experience with high-quality content that promotes student success and supports instructors.
Read the complete findings here or continue reading to understand what they have to say.
“The setup is great. I love the seamless integration of technology and text. The active learning is sorely missing from many of (Pearson’s) competitors’ books. I am particularly grateful for that addition.”
– Jason Myrowitz, professor at Northern Arizona University
Revel engages students
According to Dr. Carolyn Stevenson, adjunct professor at East West University, running an online course utilizing Revel offers students a way to get a robust and quality academic experience, especially as opposed to courses offering OER materials.
“The key thing, in terms of credibility, is that everything is coming from a publisher’s product, rather than me pulling out OERs. There is more of an air of professionalism…I think the Revel product is something that is really important moving forward, especially as, I suspect, more institutions will be offering an online format even if they go back into the classroom because they’re finding you can still have a quality education.”
Revel has interactive features that support comprehension
The Check Your Understanding feature with immediate feedback is one of the most valuable aspects of Revel, according to Jason Myrowitz, full-time professor at Northern Arizona University, as it helps students gauge their understanding of concepts.
“As soon as they’re introduced to a concept, [Check Your Understanding] helps ensure they get what it’s about because everything builds off the first pieces of information. There’s no point in having them read a whole chapter if they didn’t understand the first two pages.”
Revel promotes student success
Compared to a traditional lecture format, Dr. Carolyn Stevenson believes Revel allows students to take ownership of their learning because it gives them the opportunity to be more accountable to do the readings, complete all of the assessments and activities, as well as engage with the interactives.
“They’re empowered, not enabled with Revel. They’re empowered for their own learning standards because the information isn’t just poured out from the instructor lecturing.”
Revel is a tool that supports instructors
One of the highlights of Revel for Dr. Carolyn Stevenson is how well supported she feels as an instructor. The analytics help her determine student engagement, which in turn, allows her to give individualized feedback and targeted outreach.
“I can see time on task and that actually helped me with student engagement. I would reach out to students that had not completed the Revel work. That was a trigger point for me to do aggressive outreach in terms of trying to promote their engagement.”
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