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Waymaker

Combines OER with custom learning tools to improve communication between students and teachers.

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Waymaker

Combines enriched OER with personalized learning tools that improve faculty-student connections

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From arithmetic to calculus, Lumen OHM provides online homework and other learning resources at a low cost.

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Our Newest Courses

Explore some of Lumen’s newest courses in high-enrollment subjects, and visit our full catalog.

Lumen OHM College Algebra Corequisite

This course is designed to be used as a corequisite solution or as a traditional College Algebra course with plenty of additional support for those students struggling with prerequisite skills.

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OHM Math for the Liberal Arts Corequisite

This course is designed to be used as a corequisite solution or as a traditional Math for Liberal Arts course with plenty of additional support for those students struggling with prerequisite skills and three new quantitative reasoning modules.

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Waymaker Introduction to Psychology

With the OpenStax Psychology textbook as a foundation, this comprehensive, ready-to-adopt course enriches learning with frequent real-world examples, curated videos, selected NOBA content, and interactive learning activities to foster practical skills.

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Waymaker Lifespan Development

This course covers the growth and development through the lifespan—including physical, cognitive and socioemotional changes through each stage of life.

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Waymaker Introduction to Business

This ready-to-adopt Introduction to Business course develops students’ understanding of business fundamentals with learning design structured around timely, real-world case studies and examples.

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Waymaker English Composition I

In this course, students learn to use critical thinking, analysis, argumentation, reflection, and making sound rhetorical choices to write effective academic essays. Students also learn techniques for reading, interpreting, and utilizing a variety of sources in their writing.

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Waymaker Writing Skills Lab

This course focuses on the rhetorical content and strategies that are the baseline of effective college writing but also tend to give students trouble. The skills lab gives students a way to master these concepts and skills in small bites, through practice opportunities and targeted feedback.

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Waymaker Introductory Spanish I

Introductory Spanish I is the first half of a comprehensive introductory Spanish sequence, providing guidance and practice in reading, writing, listening to, and speaking Spanish.

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Waymaker Introductory Spanish II

Introductory Spanish II is the second half of a comprehensive introductory Spanish sequence, providing guidance and practice in reading, writing, listening to, and speaking Spanish.

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Lumen Learning has been a great partner for us with our work. Everyone has been helpful, and they care about students, which is my main concern.

Guy Krueger

Guy Krueger

Lecturer in Writing and Rhetoric, The University of Mississippi

The Lumen team has been paramount in our success with OER thus far. They have introduced us to so many resources, supported us in getting started, supporting us in building the courses we want to build, and now they are supporting us in our future endeavors.

Suzanne Mozdy

Suzanne Mozdy

Math Department Chair, Salt Lake Community College

When you can provide the same quality of education and you can provide it free or at low cost, why shouldn’t we do this?

Dr. Tori Matthews

Dr. Tori Matthews

Biology Instructor, Monroe Community College