The following awards, publications, and presentations pertain to the Personalized Adaptive Learning (PAL) initiative at the University of Central Florida (UCF). 

Awards

2023 Learning Impact Awards Finalist, 1EdTech Consortium

2022 – WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies (WCET) Outstanding Work (WOW) Award Honorable Mentions

2022 – The United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA) International Distance Learning Award, Innovation in Distance Education, Gold Level

2019-2020 – APLU Adaptive Courseware for Early Success

2018 – OLC Accelerate 2018 Digital Learning Innovation Award

2017 – OLC Accelerate 2017 Best in Strand Award for Innovations, Tools, and Technologies 

Publications

• Paradiso, J., Kono, K. G., Anderson, J., Devlin, M., Chen, B., & Bennett, J. (2023). A cross-institutional survey of the instructor use of data analytics in adaptive courses. In P. Moskal, C. Dziuban, & A. Picciano, (Eds.), Data Analytics and Adaptive Learning, Research Perspectives. Routledge.
• Hubertz, M., & Van Campenhout, R. (2022). Teaching and iterative improvement: The impact of Iistructor implementation of courseware on student outcomes. ISSN: 2189-1036. The IAFOR International Conference on Education. Hawaii 2022 Official Conference Proceedings: https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2189-1036.2022.19. 
• Chen, B., Paradiso, J. R., Lloyd, J., & McNulty, R. (2022, October 3). Successes and challenges with implementing personalized adaptive learning. The Teaching Professor. https://www.teachingprofessor.com/topics/online-teaching-and-learning/successes-and-challenges-with-implementing-personalized-adaptive-learning/
• Redmon, M., Wyatt, S., & Stull, C. (2021, June). Using personalized adaptive learning to promote industry-specific language skills in support of Spanish internship students. Global Business Languages, 21, 92 – 112. DOI: 10.4079/gbl.v21.6
• Cavanagh, T., Chen, B., Lahcen, R. A., & Paradiso, J. (2020). Constructing a design framework and pedagogical approach for adaptive learning in higher education: A practitioner’s perspective. The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning. 21(1). DOI: https://doi.org/10.19173/irrodl.v21i1.4557   
• Ait Maalem Lahcen, R., & Chen, B. (2020). Adopting adaptive courseware in first year online math course to support STEM retention. In deNoyelles, A. (Ed.), Teaching Online Pedagogical Repository. Orlando, FL: University of Central Florida Center for Distributed Learning. 
• O’Sullivan, P., Voegele, J., Buchan, T., Dottin, R., Goin Kono, K., Hamideh, M., Howard, W., Todd, J., Tyson, L., Kruse, S., de Gruyter, J., & Berg, K. (2020). Adaptive Courseware Implementation: Investigating Alignment, Course Redesign, and the Student Experience. Current Issues in Emerging eLearning. 7(1).
• Chen, B., Bastedo, C., Kirkley, D., Stull, C., & Tojo, J. (2017). Designing personalized adaptive learning courses at the University of Central Florida. ELI Brief. EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative 
• Bastedo, K., & Cavanagh, T. (2016). Personalized learning as a team sport: What IT professionals need to know. EDUCAUSE Review. EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative

Presentations

• Hubertz, M., & Lloyd, J. (2023). Student Perceptions on the Efficacy of Adaptive Courseware and the Doer Effect: A tool for Active Learning and Engagement. The HCI International 2023 Conference, Copenhagen, DK, July 23-28.
• Paradiso, J., Muhs, T., & Chen, B. (2023). Merging human and non-human (system) data to describe students’ adaptive learning experience in postsecondary gateway math courses. The HCI International 2023 Conference, Copenhagen, DK, July 23-28.
• Dubey, A. & Chen, B. (2023). Teaching Introductory Physics Courses with a Personalized Adaptive Learning Courseware. 2023 USDLA National Conference, Orlando, FL, July 20.
• Dubey, A. & Chen, B. (2023). Adaptive courseware in algebra-based introductory physics courses. Florida Online Innovation Summit, Orlando, FL, Mar. 30.
• Tojo-Raible, J., Chen, B., Lloyd, J., & McNulty, R. (2023). Revamping PALs: Improving faculty development program for adaptive learning using data. TOPkit Workshop, Mar. 9. (Best in Track Honor)
• Lloyd, J., Cavanagh, T., Chen, B., & Paradiso, J. (2019). Building adaptive coursework at scale: Fostering student success through an open faculty development framework. Online Learning Consortium Accelerate Conference, Orlando, FL, Nov. 20-22. 
• Paradiso, J., Cavanagh, T., Mayes, E., Norris, J., Claffey, F., Landers, C., & Chen, B. (2018). Adapting to scale: A multifaceted partnership model. Online Learning Consortium Accelerate Conference, Orlando, FL, Nov. 13-16. 
• Stull, C. and Tojo, J. (2018). Happy little trees: Branching your content for adaptive learning. EDUCAUSE Annual Conference 2018. Denver, CO. October 30-November 2, 2018.  
• Stull, C. and Tojo, J. (2018). Personalized adaptive learning at the University of Central Florida. Sunshine State Teaching and Learning Conference. St. Pete Beach, FL. January 31-February 2, 2018. 
• Stull, C. and Tojo, J. (2017). Happy little trees: Branching your content for adaptive learning. Online Learning Consortium Accelerate Conference. Orlando, FL. November 15-17, 2017. 
• Chen, B., Cavanagh, T., Dziuban, C., Moskal, P., Stull, C., Tojo, J., Kirkley, D., Hahs-Vaughn, D., Shaban, M., & Tidwell, C. (2017). Implementing adaptive learning: Multiple perspectives from practitioners, leadership and researchers. Online Learning Consortium Accelerate Conference. Orlando, FL. November 15-17, 2017. 
• Chen, B., Stull, C., & Tojo, J. (2017). Using adaptive learning to improve student success. 2017 UCF Summer Faculty Development Conference. Orlando, FL. May 8-11, 2017. 
• Kirkley, D., Hinkle, J. & Muhs, T. (2017). Taking a different path: Strategies for personalized adaptive teaching and learning. ELI Webinar. EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative. 
• Hahs-Vaughn, D., & Stull, C. (2016). Personalizing the learning experience: Integrating adaptive elements in online courses. UCF Faculty Seminars in Online Teaching. 
• Kirkley, D. and Stull, C. (2016, February). Start here! Take the path to personalized adaptive learning. EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) Annual Meeting 2016. San Antonio, TX. February 2-4, 2016. 
• Bastedo, K., Kirkley, D., Schultze, C., & Hinkle, J. (2015, May). Adaptive learning in the 21st century: UCF pilot using Realizeit software. 2015 UCF Summer Faculty Development Conference. Orlando, FL. May 11-14, 2015. 

Additional Resources & Media Exposure

• Instructors Find Success in Adaptive Learning Teaching
• The Case for Course Redesign
• Why I Switched to OER: A Faculty Perspective
• An Intelligent Approach to Blended Learning in Intro Biology 
• UCF Faculty Focus, March 2020 
• Research publications by RITE 
• Realizeit labs 
• Adaptive beyond STEM: University of Central Florida 
• 2020 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report: Teaching & Learning Edition – Adaptive learning 
• EDUCAUSE Horizon Report: 2019 Higher Education Edition – Adaptive learning: Understanding its progress and potential 
• Four institutions win 2018 digital innovation awards for student success initiatives powered by Realizeit 
• Want to help students graduate? Make it personal 
• Driving success with differentiated learning in gateway math classes 
• This school proves that universities can be bigger and better 
• How artificial intelligence is changing teaching
• Gates Video Promotes UCF Algebra Instructor’s Adaptive-Learning Technique
• Teamwork to Seed Change: How Foreign Language Faculty at UCF Are Improving Learning Outcomes