Last month, Lumen’s Chief Academic Officer David Wiley joined Campus Technology’s Insider podcast to share his thoughts on AI in higher education. David and host Rhea Kelly discussed the relationship between AI and OER, how AI will impact instructional design for educators, and key learnings colleges […]
By: Daysha Jackson-Sanchez, Vice President of Equity Solutions (Lumen Learning)
As an advocate for inclusivity and equity within our educational community, I am excited to discuss a powerful approach to help us achieve this goal: pedagogical partnerships. Originating from the work of Alison Cook-Sather, pedagogical partnerships involve collaborative relationships between […]
Instructors play the primary role in improving student success. You decide how in-class time is used, what kinds of activities and assessments students will engage with, […]
Educators are key to ensuring student success. You provide students with the knowledge and skills they need to achieve goals, realize potential, and fulfill dreams. This is a big job! Here are a few tips to support you as you begin this term.
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Jamison Miller | Director of Research Communication
Lumen Learning’s Improve It Challenge grant program invites anyone and everyone to engage in the continuous improvement of open educational resources. Our goal is to foster community engagement in the improvement of learning materials for all students. We want to leverage the […]
In today’s digital world, online learning provides options for teaching coursework to college or university students, including synchronous and asynchronous learning.
Both synchronous and asynchronous learning are available methods for online instruction. They differ in the delivery of coursework and student interaction, however.
Synchronous learning involves students being either in-classroom or […]
As the world changes, so do the methods we use to educate students. It’s no secret that technological developments have been coming at a rapid pace in the past few decades, and because of that, educational technology is changing.
Incorporating technology into the classroom can benefit and support learning and teaching practices. But what makes it […]
When the COVID-19 pandemic started, many teachers and learners engaged with online technologies for the first time. As a way to continue teaching and learning, online learning was a solution for education to continue during a challenging time
But exactly what is hybrid learning? Are there benefits to a hybrid model that […]
Dr. David Wiley | Founder & Chief Academic Officer
Helping people adopt evidence-based practices is notoriously difficult. Even in matters of life and death, evidence-based practices frequently go unadopted or take an incredibly long time to enter widespread use. As Bauer, et al. (2015) explain,
It has been widely reported that evidence-based practices (EBPs) take on average […]
Chapter 13
Dr. David Wiley, Co-Founder, Chief Academic Officer
This chapter reviews Bloom’s classic 1984 article on the “2 sigma problem.” Personally, I find this article to be one of the most inspiring pieces of writing on education of all time. The article isn’t inspirational in a way […]