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Careful Attention to Learning Design Shapes New OER-based College Algebra Corequisite Course from Lumen Learning

Course materials meet students where they are, providing built-in review and remediation designed to increase student confidence and success in math

Portland, Ore. (November 12, 2019) – Today open education innovator Lumen Learning announced the availability of a new version of its popular College Algebra […]

Supporting Teacher-Student Relationships to Improve Student Learning

By David Wiley, PhD, Chief Academic Officer and Robert Bodily, PhD, Senior Data Scientist

A substantive body of research demonstrates the incredible impact teachers can have on student learning when they know where their students are in the learning process and adapt their teaching to meet their learners’ specific needs. These adaptations […]

First OER Continuous Improvement Hackathons

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 […]

CSU’s Affordable Learning Solutions and Lumen Learning partner to expand choices for affordable, quality learning materials

Focused on general education curriculum, Lumen’s interactive OER courseware approved for use by California State University faculty and students

Portland, Ore. (July 17, 2019) – California State University’s (CSU) Affordable Learning Solutions (AL$) has approved open education innovator Lumen Learning […]

Learn, Build and Grow with Lumen Learning’s First Virtual Hackathon

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 […]

Course Update: Introduction to Business

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, […]

The University of Mississippi

Addressing College Readiness Gaps in First-Year Composition

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 […]

CMU Partners with Lumen Learning for Coordinated Delivery and Support of Evidence-based Courseware

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 […]

New Course: Organizational Behavior/Human Relations

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 […]

SUNY System Enters 3-year Partnership with Lumen Learning to Support Innovative Teaching & Learning

System-wide agreement makes evidence-based courseware, technology, and OER support services available at no cost to students

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 […]