We’re pleased to announce a new course now available in our catalog: Calculus I.
This new course is available in Lumen’s affordable Online Homework Manager (OHM) platform, which replaces expensive textbooks and online homework systems by blending innovative learning design with high-quality open educational resources (OER) to increase student learning and success at an affordable price.
Access Lumen OHM for Calculus I
To review and adopt Calculus I, follow these steps:
The primary text for this course is Calculus Volume 1 from OpenStax. Lumen has curated, designed, and built additional resources to enhance both the teaching and learning experience. Each module begins with a prerequisite material review section, in which critical skills from Precalculus and College Algebra are revisited. Additionally, just-in-time reviews of essential math concepts appear throughout the text to help those students who need further learning support. The course includes embedded algorithmically generated practice questions, worked-example videos, and a complete set of outcome-aligned online assessments in OHM.
For even more practice opportunities, there are problem sets for each section and an activity for each module. Keeping student engagement in mind, we have created a full suite of thought-provoking assignments: discussion prompts, Desmos interactives, application-based assignments (in relation to economics, computer science, biology, physics, and engineering), flipped classroom options, and a capstone project. Faculty can adapt and use these materials in a variety of ways depending on their class structure and institutional requirements. All content is constructed around the goal of helping students master the learning outcomes for this course.
This course is designed to be used as part one of a three-part calculus sequence. Lumen’s Calculus 2 and 3 are coming soon!
- Calculus 1 covers functions, limits, derivatives, and integration.
- (Coming Soon) Calculus 2 covers integration, differential equations, sequences and series, and parametric equations and polar coordinates.
- (Coming Soon) Calculus 3 covers parametric equations and polar coordinates, vectors, functions of several variables, multiple integrations, and second-order differential equations.
Each module will contain:
- Embedded Practice Problems
- Lumen OHM Homework
- Discussion Prompts with instructor guides
- Excel Assignments with solutions
- Lumen OHM Pretests
- Lumen OHM Quizzes
- PowerPoint Presentations
The embedded practice questions contain algorithmically generated questions, so students can choose to try another version of the question and have unlimited opportunities to practice concepts they are struggling with.
OHM for Calculus I is a great fit for the many institutions and programs that have shifted towards remote instruction. Thoughtful, evidence-based learning design and a digital-first flexible format make OHM course materials effective in online, face-to-face, and hybrid modalities. The course can also be used in terms or semesters of various lengths. Careful attention to content and platform accessibility ensures the course works well for individuals with varying abilities. Together these measures reduce uncertainty for instructors as they work through the impact of COVID-19 on course design and instruction.