This material is the Alpha Module of a new Introductory Statistics course currently in development. The content creation is a partnership between The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, The Charles A. Dana Center at The University of Texas at Austin, and Lumen Learning.<\/p>\n
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Lumen\u2019s authoring process doesn\u2019t end when our courseware is released. Our choice to adopt open educational resources means that we have the copyright permissions necessary to engage in continuous improvement of our learning content. Consequently, our courses are continually being revised and updated. Errata reported for our courseware are fixed in a matter of days, as opposed to the traditional model in which errors persist until the next \u201cedition\u201d is printed (often a year or more). Students and faculty can suggest improvements to our courses directly from within the courseware as they use it. And we conduct regular analyses to determine where students are struggling the most in our courseware, and make improvements that specifically target these areas.<\/p>\n
Given our unique approach, our list of authors and other contributors may look different than the lists you are used to seeing. We provide both a list of the primary content authors (the people involved in the initial creation of the course) and a list of everyone who has contributed suggestions and other improvements to the course since it was first released. We invite you to join us as we create courseware that supports student learning more effectively each semester.<\/p>\n
If you\u2019d like to connect with us to learn more about adopting this course, please\u00a0Contact Us<\/a>.<\/p>\n You can also make an appointment<\/a>\u00a0for OER Office Hours<\/a> to connect virtually with a live Lumen expert about any question you may have.<\/p>\n The courseware content is organized topically within modules. Each module contains 3 – 6 contact hours worth of topically related learning material, broken down into three-part lessons including a preview assignment, an in-class activity, and a practice assignment.<\/p>\n For students who have placed at or below the Elementary Algebra level, a corequisite support activity is available for each three-part lesson that aligns closely with the in-class activity in the parent course. These support activities are designed to be taught using both co-mingled and cohort structures.<\/p>\n What to Know -> Forming Connections -> Practice<\/em><\/p>\n The curriculum is designed around the Forming Connections pieces, which are ideally taught in face-to-face classrooms utilizing pairs and small groups of students working together under the guidance of an instructor to complete the activities. As such, these 25 minute short bursts of active-learning, combined with whole class discussions and summaries, produce increased memory retention. They can be taught in groups of one, two, three, or more to conform to the desired class length. Each activity has an associated What to Know piece to be completed before and Practice to be completed after class.<\/p>\n The courseware delivers the three pieces, What to Know<\/em> \u2192 Forming Connections<\/em> \u2192 Practice<\/em>,\u00a0 over short conceptual sections contained within modules, with each module covering approximately 3 to 6 contact hours worth of material. Each conceptual section consists of the following:<\/p>\n DCMP includes excellent General Facilitation Suggestions and Technology<\/strong> notes that we can include as-is or adapted to our technology.<\/p>\n We can also discuss Constructive Perseverance Levels<\/strong>, which have been preserved throughout our version of the materials.<\/p>\n Other useful areas of the Curriculum Overview that need adaptation to appropriately discuss our courseware include:<\/p>\nAbout the Learning Materials<\/h2>\n
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