{"id":272,"date":"2017-12-20T21:39:44","date_gmt":"2017-12-20T21:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/readinganthology\/chapter\/about-this-course\/"},"modified":"2018-08-13T15:09:57","modified_gmt":"2018-08-13T15:09:57","slug":"about-this-course","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/olemiss-readinganthology\/chapter\/about-this-course\/","title":{"raw":"About This Guide","rendered":"About This Guide"},"content":{"raw":"Welcome to the FASTrack WRIT 102 Writing Guide<\/strong>\u2014an electronic \"user's manual\" which will take the place of a traditional, printed textbook.\r\n\r\nYour instructors will assign sections of this guide for reading and discussion throughout the semester, but you are encouraged to refer back to these materials as needed for any rhetorical situation.\r\n\r\nFeel free to create a bookmark for this online guide so you can refer back to this material after this semester ends.\r\n

About Lumen<\/h2>\r\nLumen Learning\u2019s mission is to make great learning opportunities available to all students, regardless of socioeconomic background.\r\n\r\nWe do this by using open educational resources (OER) to create well-designed and low-cost course materials that replace expensive textbooks. Because learning is about more than affordability and access, we also apply learning science insights and efficacy research to develop learning activities that are engineered to improve subject mastery, course completion and retention.\r\n\r\nIf you\u2019d like to connect with us to learn more about adopting this course, please\u00a0Contact Us<\/a>.\r\n\r\nYou can also\u00a0make an appointment<\/a>\u00a0for\u00a0OER Office Hours<\/a>\u00a0to connect virtually with a live Lumen expert about any question you may have.","rendered":"

Welcome to the FASTrack WRIT 102 Writing Guide<\/strong>\u2014an electronic “user’s manual” which will take the place of a traditional, printed textbook.<\/p>\n

Your instructors will assign sections of this guide for reading and discussion throughout the semester, but you are encouraged to refer back to these materials as needed for any rhetorical situation.<\/p>\n

Feel free to create a bookmark for this online guide so you can refer back to this material after this semester ends.<\/p>\n

About Lumen<\/h2>\n

Lumen Learning\u2019s mission is to make great learning opportunities available to all students, regardless of socioeconomic background.<\/p>\n

We do this by using open educational resources (OER) to create well-designed and low-cost course materials that replace expensive textbooks. Because learning is about more than affordability and access, we also apply learning science insights and efficacy research to develop learning activities that are engineered to improve subject mastery, course completion and retention.<\/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\u00a0make an appointment<\/a>\u00a0for\u00a0OER Office Hours<\/a>\u00a0to connect virtually with a live Lumen expert about any question you may have.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t

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