By David Wiley, Chief Academic Officer
In July, we conducted our first virtual continuous improvement hackathons in an attempt to bring together several strands of work in a coherent way. (I will describe these strands in detail in an upcoming essay about the theoretical foundations of this work.) Here’s how we structured them and how it […]
Portland, Ore. (July 17, 2019) – California State University’s (CSU) Affordable Learning Solutions (AL$) has approved open education innovator Lumen Learning […]
By David Wiley, Chief Academic Officer
I’ve recently had a fair amount of time in which I could think and ponder (but not do much else), and I find that my thoughts are turning more and more often to improving student learning. How can we creatively use all the tools, research, and other resources available to […]
By Dan Ly, Director of Teaching and Learning
As part of our commitment to continuously improve OER course materials to strengthen learning, we released an updated edition of Lumen’s most-adopted Waymaker course, Introduction to Business, on July 1, 2019. With all the improvements we’ve added over the past year, […]
First-year students enter the University of Mississippi with varying degrees of readiness for college-level writing. Student preparation gaps are evident in foundational content knowledge and rhetorical skills, which are areas often under-assessed […]
Pittsburgh, PA and Portland, Ore. (June 27, 2019) – Two leading providers of evidence-based learning materials, the Carnegie Mellon University’s Open Learning Initiative (OLI) and open education innovator Lumen Learning, today announced plans to provide coordinated delivery and support for OLI courseware. Through […]
By Dan Ly, Director of Teaching and Learning
We’re excited to share Lumen Learning’s newest course: Organizational Behavior/Human Relations. These course materials introduce students to the field of organizational behavior and how to analyze the impact of human behaviors on organizations. Students also learn strategies to influence […]
Portland, Ore. (June 12, 2019) – The State University of New York (SUNY) and open education innovator Lumen Learning, building on their prior collaboration, have entered […]
By David Wiley, Chief Academic Officer
In 2014, Lumen was selected as a winner of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s Next Generation Courseware Challenge competition. This funding gave us time and space to think about what the characteristics and design of “next generation courseware” might look like. The result of this process, our Waymaker […]
Portland, Ore. (May 16, 2019) – Lumen Learning announced it has finalized an agreement with the Virginia Community College System […]