AMERICAN PUBLIC UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
290 class there ’ s no faculty member saying ‘ Hey , you didn ’ t turn in your homework .’ To overcome that , one of the things that we ’ re doing is trying to make the courses more active and engaging .” Using Unity and HTML5 , APUS has increased the interactivity of its classes with the creation of ‘ experience-of-learning activities ’ in a format similar to a digital magazine . Students can “ click on a picture or photo or infographic and it might have hotspots on it ,” Srba explains . “ It might have things that I can see and read , and captions to explain the material .” The courses are organized with , on average , a 50 / 50 balance between traditional reading material and APUS ’ new interactive media offerings . “ You still might have course material that you have to read , but this interactive e-learning lesson digests a lot of that for you ,” says Srba .
“ According to the student feedback , this e-learning , which is more interactive , has actually increased their satisfaction ,” she says . “ It ’ s definitely kept the students more engaged and we find that the more engaged the students are with these interactive pieces , the greater their chances of success .”
In addition to the increase in immersive and personalized adaptive offerings , Srba and APUS have been working to reshape the
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