Higher Education Events

This webinar will provide an overview of how a developmental education department redesigned its Introductory and Intermediate Algebra sequence into a flexible, one-semester modularized course. The speaker will discuss the initial and long-term results within the course and in the gateway mathematics course, as well as how the department is adapting the course to keep it alive

Since Reading Area Community College began using MyStatLab over 8 years ago, they have realigned the Introductory Stats course with GAISE guidelines, embedded additional technology requirements, begun offering hybrid and online offerings, and more. Join us to learn more about special features of MyStatLab and StatCrunch that enabled us to improve our success rate

This presentation will describe how SUNY Old Westbury, a comprehensive college in the State University of NY system with a very diverse and multicultural population, has completely redesigned the mode of instruction of our elementary and proficiency algebra courses over the last 9 years. It will follow the changes made from a very traditional lecture-type set of courses to a set of blended courses designed to put the students to work with the support of professional tutors and instructors. Under the premise that no one can learn to do algebra without doing algebra, we set out to change attitudes and work ethic of students and make them accountable for their own learning while providing them with a structure and support system to help them achieve success. The program has successfully improved the passing rates of both courses and been received positively by both students and the college community in general, and it continues to evolve year after year

Save time by creating a personalized adaptive learning experience that students can use to take control of own their success. In this session you will learn how to design a statistics course that uses data to increase measureable student outcomes in the areas of engagement, grades, and retention all while saving you precious time that is better suited for interacting with your online class. Topics covered were recently featured in a published white paper.

This session describes the process Wor-Wic Community College went through as they redesigned their developmental math program. It will begin at their concept and why they needed to redesign their program, then move to implementation of the redesign and getting all faculty on board with the change. Results of the redesign will be shared, as well as the continuing changes Wor-Wic Community College has made to their developmental math program as they strive for student success

Like many institutions across the country, Front Range Community College was not happy with the way in which students were progressing through their traditional developmental math sequence. With improved technology and the increasing popularity of blended learning, specifically emporium modular formats, the math department decided to try an alternative classroom structure that would give students more control over their progression through the dev math curriculum. In this session, you will learn about the dramatic change in learning environments, for both the students and teachers, the many hurdles climbed, and hear how the unforeseen benefits of flipping the dynamics of the classroom have outstripped anyone’s expectations

This presentation will discuss best practices in combining Developmental English and Reading courses while incorporating technology. The planning and implementation of Integrated Reading and English courses, along with data collection, will also be discussed.

Breakout session #2 from Pearson’s Speaking About: Course Redesign online forum. Join Dr. Shannon Donovan as she discusses course redesign at four-year colleges. Dr. Donovan has been teaching undergraduate and graduate finance, entrepreneurship and accounting courses at Bridgewater State University for over 15 years

Breakout session #4 from Pearson's Speaking About: Course Redesign online forum. Join Dr. Matthew W. Stoltzfus as he discusses peer learning. Dr. Stoltzfus, or "Dr. Fus" to his students, is an accomplished chemistry Lecturer and Digital First Faculty Fellow at Ohio State University, where he has taught general and advanced inorganic chemistry.

Breakout session #3 from Pearson's Speaking About: Course Redesign online forum. Join Dr. Rebecca Orr of Collin College and Diane Hollister of Reading Area Community College as they discuss early implementation

Breakout session #1 from Pearson's Speaking About: Course Redesign online forum. Join John Squires from Chattanooga State Community College and Karen Wyrick from Cleveland State Community College as they discuss implementing bridge programs

This session covered how to get everyone--and keep everyone--on the same page during a course redesign, as well as discuss how to connect and engage with students. This session will help you answer questions 6 through 8 in the Getting Started Planning Guide on page 16 of the MyLab and Mastering 10 Best Practices report