Personalized Learning in 5 Simple Steps: Waymaker Business Courses
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Lumen Learning's Waymaker program aims to enhance student success by providing affordable, personalized course materials through open educational resources (OER). The initiative has shown promising outcomes, particularly for disadvantaged learners, who benefit from tailored learning experiences and improved instructor engagement. Waymaker courses emphasize mastery learning and are integrated with various Learning Management Systems (LMS) for easy accessibility.
Personalized Learning in 5 Simple Steps: Waymaker Business Courses
- 1. 1 lumen Personalized Learning in Five Simple Steps: Waymaker Business Courses August 2016
- 2. 2 About Lumen Learning Focus: Improve student success using OER FOUNDERS: David Wiley & Kim Thanos MISSION: Scale effective use of OER and personalized learning • Improve access and quality • Impact disadvantaged learners • Create next generation OER APPROACH: Model Openness • Respect and built community • Continuous improvement • Openly license and share (CC-BY) Formed in 2012 Based in Portland, OR 80+ ins8tu8onal clients 27 team members Support from HewleB, Gates & ShuBleworth Founda8ons Facts
- 3. 3 About Waymaker Next Generation Courseware Challenge: Grant program funded by the Gates Foundation Program Goal: Develop affordable, high quality digital course materials to improve teaching and learning for disadvantaged learners Waymaker Goal: Deliver highly effective, personalized learning experiences using OER
- 4. 4 Waymaker’s Research-based Interventions Day 1 access; a fraction of the cost of traditional textbooks Open Educational Resources (OER)1 3 2 Metacognition: coach students on where to focus; learn how to learn Assessment as a learning activity; frequent feedback; strong alignment to learning outcomes Personalization Mastery Learning 4 Nurturing the learning process; individualized outreach & intervention Faculty-student Connection OER meets personalized learning
- 5. 5 Waymaker Efficacy Preliminary Findings from Waymaker Pilot • When instructors use Waymaker’s messaging tools, their students perform better • More students complete and pass Waymaker sections • Performance gap eliminated for disadvantaged students in Waymaker sections • 65% of students say instructor cares more than in other classes • 76% of students prefer Waymaker courses to courses using traditional textbooks • Complete learning data analysis in progress Spring Term 2016
- 6. 6 Want to go hands-on? Share your email address in the “chat” box. We’ll send an invitation for a hands-on demo course to explore later during this session.
- 7. 7 WAYMAKER PROVIDES: Complete courses designed using OER
- 8. 8 WAYMAKER PROVIDES: Easy access to course content in your LMS Canvas Blackboard D2L
- 9. 9 WAYMAKER PROVIDES: A personalized study plan for every student
- 10. 10 WAYMAKER PROVIDES: Assessments and activities to develop mastery
- 11. 11 WAYMAKER PROVIDES: Messaging tools to reach struggling students
- 12. 12 Waymaker Catalog & Roadmap ROADMAP TIMING COURSES Now Available Introduc8on to Business Principles of Marke8ng Microeconomics Macroeconomics Available Spring 2017 Developmental English Sequence Developmental Math Sequence English Composi8on I Sociology Available Fall 2017 Biology I Business Management College Algebra Psychology Available Spring 2018 American Government Biology II Geology Sta8s8cs Beyond Spring 2018 Anatomy & Physiology I & II Arithme8c Prealgebra Beginning Algebra Chemistry I Business Communica8on English Composi8on II Informa8on Literacy IT Essen8als Principles of Accoun8ng Note: Roadmap may adjust to reflect evolving priori8es and collabora8on opportuni8es.
- 13. 13 Waymaker Introduction to Business Check attributions on each page of course Multiple OER Source Texts • Contextualize: why does this matter? • Timely, relevant case studies, examples • Use of video, simulations, storytelling • Practical: develop workplace skills • Case study sample assessments threaded throughout course Current, engaging content Introduc7on to Business Content Coverage • Role of Business • Economic Environment • Global Environment • Financial Markets and System • Legal Environment • Business Ethics • Legal Ownership • Entrepreneurship • Management • Mo8va8ng Employees • Teamwork and Communica8on • Managing Processes • Marke8ng • Human Resource Management • Accoun8ng and Finance • Informa8on Technology and Business
- 14. 14 Waymaker Principles of Marketing Introducing Marketing by John Burnett (CC BY) Primary Text • Modern: marketing mindset and practice in the digital age • Current: timely, relevant case studies, examples • Relatable: see and experience marketing around you • Active: develop workplace skills • Iterative sample assessments culminating in a marketing plan Practical, Applied Learning Principles of Marke7ng Content Coverage • Role of Marke8ng • Marke8ng Func8on • Segmenta8on & Targe8ng • Marke8ng Strategy • Ethics & Social Responsibility • Marke8ng Informa8on & Research • Consumer Behavior • Posi8oning • Branding • Product Marke8ng • Pricing Strategy • Place: Distribu8on • Promo8on: Integrated Marke8ng Communica8ons • Global Marke8ng • Marke8ng Plan
- 15. 15 WAYMAKER: 5 SIMPLE STEPS 1. Complete simple set-up for students to access course through your LMS. 2. Map your learning outcomes to align Waymaker course content. 3. Select assignments and performance assessments. 4. Review machine-graded quizzes. 5. Configure Waymaker Faculty Tools.
- 16. 16 WAYMAKER: 5 SIMPLE STEPS 1. Complete simple set-up for students to access course through your LMS.
- 17. 17 WAYMAKER: 5 SIMPLE STEPS 2. Map your learning outcomes to align Waymaker course content.
- 18. 18 WAYMAKER: 5 SIMPLE STEPS 3. Select assignments and performance assessments.
- 19. 19 WAYMAKER: 5 SIMPLE STEPS 4. Review machine-graded quizzes.
- 20. 20 WAYMAKER: 5 SIMPLE STEPS 5. Configure Waymaker Faculty Tools.
- 21. 21 Lumen Support: We can help! Training * Support * How To * Best Practices Lumen Support Website Faculty User Guide OER Office Hours Waymaker Training Lumen Community Slack
- 22. 22 Pricing Model Lumen course support fee: $25 per student enrollment • Day one access for all students via LMS • Includes remote faculty training and support • Billed directly to institution after add/drop window • No paywall for students • No external textbook cost • Consider adding low-cost course materials fee in lieu of expensive textbook or allocating student tech fee funds
- 23. 23 Take a Closer Look Do a free, hands-on review of a Waymaker demo course. Send a request to: name@lumenlearning.com Key elements to review: • Course learning outcomes • Personalized study plan • Content (text, videos, simulations, graphics, etc.) • Assessments: Pretest, self-check, module quizzes • Waymaker Faculty Tools
- 26. 26 OER Courses from Lumen Learning Support Features Freely Available Candela Waymaker Curate, align, organize OER into course structure ✔ ✔ ✔ Use, supplement and enrich OER ✔ ✔ ✔ Seamless delivery in LMS ✔ ✔ Provide day one access for all students via LMS ✔ ✔ Course editability and customiza8on ✔ ✔ Ongoing faculty training and support ✔ ✔ Maintain aBribu8ons, updates, improvements ✔ ✔ Support and maintain technology, integra8on ✔ ✔ Personalized study plan to guide student learning ✔ Mastery learning assessment approach ✔ Automated, individualized messaging ✔ Time-‐saving tools to iden8fy and help struggling students ✔ Standard Pricing: per student enrollment fee $0 $10 $25
- 27. 27 What Waymaker Courses Provide Content & Features Instructor Resources Student Orientation Personalized Study Plan Course Modules Machine-Graded Assessments Sample Performance Assessments Sample Grading Rubrics Waymaker Faculty Tools – Messaging, Alerts User Support LMS Integration Faculty Training & Support Day One Access for Students Coming for Fall Sample discussion forums More sample assignments Larger quiz banks Edit/delete quiz questions Student view of quiz results anytime Instructor view of aggregate class performance, trouble spots Print-friendly PDF Highlighting and annotation
- 28. 28 Start with the End in Mind Build around what we want students to accomplish
- 29. 29 Sample Performance Assessments Build a Marketing Plan Assignments and discussion forums provide opportunities for review, feedback, iterative improvement