Why We’re Effective
We apply evidence-based practices to improve learning and teaching, and we use learning data to make OER course materials better and better at supporting student learning.
Resources: Faculty Tips for Teaching with Lumen Courseware
Looking for best practices about how Lumen courseware supports effective teaching and learning?
This page features videos, faculty tips, FAQs, and other materials to help you get oriented and ready to teach, quickly and effectively. Read more >
Professional Development: Peer Communities Helping Faculty Teach Effectively
Regardless of which course materials you use, Lumen Circles provide a unique growth experience for faculty members.
You can join with peers in virtual peer communities to explore evidence-based teaching practices, apply them in your teaching, and see the impact on student learning. Read more >
Dig Deeper: The Continuous Improvement Process
Working Together to Continuously Improve Learning
How can we work together as a community to improve student learning? Learning data and the 5R permissions of OER make it possible. Read more >
A Framework for Continuously Improving OER
Lumen’s research method and process for identifying where and how to improve OER content, to make the greatest impact on learning. Read more >
New Book Chapter on Continuous Improvement
Read the chapter by Lumen’s own David Wiley, Ross Strader, and Robert Bodily, Continuous Improvement of Instructional Materials, in the new open book Design for Learning: Principles, Processes, and Praxis.
How We Make a Difference
For Faculty
Take Charge of Your Curriculum
Apply evidence-based course materials and teaching practices
Organize your course with well-aligned digital content and supplemental materials
Seamlessly integrate into your current LMS
For Students
Track struggles and success
Eliminate expensive textbook costs
Easy access to interactive, engaging course materials
Immediate feedback and nudges to support effective learning
For Learning
Make a Measurable Impact
- Documented increases in passing and completion rates
- Engineered learning design
- Data-driven continuous improvements to course materials
Research
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 [...]
A Framework for Continuous Improvement of OER
By David Wiley, Chief Academic Officer The potential of the "data revolution" in teaching and learning, just as in other sectors, is to create much more timely feedback loops for tracking the effectiveness of a [...]
Students Save Thousands Using OER
Providing academic research to back up claims about cost savings attributed to open educational resources, this study documents the textbook cost to students before and after OER adoption at eight institutions in a variety [...]
Success Stories
Odessa College Fuels Student Success with OER Courseware
Open educational resources (OER) play a central role in Odessa College’s relentless efforts to remove obstacles to student success. Partnering with Lumen Learning to provide state-of-the-art OER courseware designed to strengthen learning for at-risk students, Odessa [...]
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. [...]
University of Mississippi
https://youtu.be/QRXwYgjuoGU Addressing College Readiness Gaps in First-Year Composition First-year students enter the University of Mississippi with varying degrees of readiness for college-level writing. Student preparation gaps are evident in foundational content knowledge and rhetorical [...]