Personalized Learning in 5 Simple Steps: Waymaker Business Courses
•
0 likes•289 views
Waymaker courses from Lumen Learning combine personalized learning with open educational resources, to provide a powerful and affordable learning experience. These slides introduce two Waymaker business curriculum courses now available: Introduction to Business and Principles of Marketing. The presentation walks through the simple process of setting up a Waymaker course and beginning to teach.
Recommended
Recommended
More Related Content
What's hot
What's hot (20)
Similar to Personalized Learning in 5 Simple Steps: Waymaker Business Courses
Similar to Personalized Learning in 5 Simple Steps: Waymaker Business Courses (20)
Recently uploaded
Recently uploaded (20)
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