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Reducing Friction and Expanding Participation in the Continuous Improvement of OER
David Wiley, PhD, Chief Academic Officer I'm going to write a post or three about some of the friction that exists around using OER. There are some things about working with OER that are just [...]
News: State University System of Florida Partners with Lumen Learning in Textbook Affordability Action Plan
Affordable, effective course materials will support increased learning and lower textbook costs for Florida students Portland, Ore. (February 4, 2020) – Open education innovator Lumen Learning has been chosen as an official partner by The [...]
Southeast Missouri State University
Seeking a Better Math Solution In 2017, Southeast Missouri State University (SEMO) campus leaders were getting an earful from students and parents about the unreasonable cost of the online homework system required for math courses. [...]
Exciting Partner Plans: Lumen + Desmos
By Deborah Hur, STEM Platform Product ManagerAs you may have seen in our 11/13 joint announcement, Lumen is partnering with Desmos to make graphing super easy, fun, and intuitive so students can focus on the [...]
Lumen Learning, Desmos partner to bring intuitive, accessible graphing to online homework system OHM
Online graphing calculator will increase interactivity and ease-of-use for students using Lumen OHM to learn graphing and related mathematical concepts Portland, Ore. and San Francisco (November 13, 2019) – Today open education innovator Lumen Learning [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]