{"id":16069,"date":"2019-07-05T13:13:05","date_gmt":"2019-07-05T20:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lumenlearning.com\/?p=16069"},"modified":"2022-02-15T11:29:17","modified_gmt":"2022-02-15T19:29:17","slug":"university-of-mississippi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lumenlearning.com\/university-of-mississippi\/","title":{"rendered":"The University of Mississippi"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff;background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:104%;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe width=\"1344\" height=\"756\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QRXwYgjuoGU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<h2 data-fontsize=\"22\" data-lineheight=\"24.86px\" class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontSize:22; line-height: 1.13; --minFontSize:22;\"><\/h2>\n<h2 data-fontsize=\"22\" data-lineheight=\"24.86px\" class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontSize:22; line-height: 1.13; --minFontSize:22;\"><b>Addressing College Readiness Gaps in First-Year Composition<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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 skills, which are areas often under-assessed in writing classes. It can be difficult for instructors to identify precisely where these gaps exist and coach students individually to improve their understanding.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recognizing that personalized learning technology could help address these problems, the UM Department of Writing &amp; Rhetoric decided to explore digital courseware as a solution. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They wanted to create open, interactive learning modules that would assist better-prepared students in refreshing and expanding their content knowledge while helping less-prepared students bridge gaps that might otherwise hinder their chances at college success.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 data-fontsize=\"22\" data-lineheight=\"24.86px\" class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontSize:22; line-height: 1.13; --minFontSize:22;\"><b>Making Digital Courseware Work for Writing<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>After exploring a variety of personalized courseware options, the University of Mississippi team decided to work with Lumen Learning&#8217;s Waymaker courseware. Working collaboratively with Lumen the team designed interactive \u201cmini-modules\u201d focused on core rhetorical knowledge and skills. They wanted the modules to bridge common gaps in students\u2019 preparation to write effectively at the college level and reinforce foundational knowledge without adding to in-class lecture time.<\/p>\n<p>The team was eager to use open content not only to ensure low cost, but also so they could adapt learning activities to make them engaging and relevant for students, and deeply connected to the experiences and needs of University of Mississippi faculty and first-year students.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The courseware has been well-received. According to student surveys, 69% feel the personalized learning courseware helps improve success with major writing projects. Faculty members find the courseware helpful for diagnosing where and how to help struggling students. After a successful, 1000-student pilot, the courseware is now used across all sections of first-year composition.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 data-fontsize=\"22\" data-lineheight=\"24.86px\" class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontSize:22; line-height: 1.13; --minFontSize:22;\"><b>Award-winning Recognition<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>In 2018, the team leading this initiative received a $10,000 <a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelearningconsortium.org\/about\/olc-awards\/2018-dliaward-winner-university-of-mississippi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Digital Learning Innovation Award<\/a> for innovative use of Lumen\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/lumenlearning.com\/what\/waymaker\/\">Waymaker personalized learning courseware<\/a> in first-year composition classes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWorking with Lumen Learning to implement Waymaker, we\u2019ve had the opportunity to develop precisely the type of tool our department was looking for, and to ensure it is a strong fit for our students and how we teach,\u201d said Guy Krueger, Writing 101 Curriculum Chair at the University of Mississippi. \u201cWe look forward to continuing to enhance the courseware and how it supports student learning.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 data-fontsize=\"22\" data-lineheight=\"24.86px\" class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontSize:22; line-height: 1.13; --minFontSize:22;\"><b>The Path to Continuous Improvement<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the most exciting aspects of this work is the ability to make continuous, data-driven improvements targeted at improving learning specifically for UM students. After implementing the courseware across all sections in fall 2018, faculty members worked with Lumen Learning to analyze where students used the content heavily but did not perform well on assessments. Student behavior and academic performance suggests these are areas where the content and assessments aren\u2019t doing their job at supporting learning. In a collaborative workshop setting facilitated by Lumen, faculty teams diagnosed trouble spots in the courseware modules and identified how to improve the content to better support learning. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Improvements are under way to address trouble spots. Because the instructional content is OER, <\/span>University of Mississippi<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> faculty have permission to revise the material, add interactives, and make other improvements. In future terms they will test the effectiveness of these improvements, and going forward the team will continue to iterate module content to strengthen learning based on student needs and academic performance. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Hear directly from the University of Mississippi team in <a href=\"https:\/\/lumenlearning.com\/roundtable-englishcomposition-oct17\/\">this recorded webinar<\/a> where they talk about their experience working with Lumen Learning on personalized learning courseware for writing.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo: &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adam_jones\/7230704074\/\">Monument to James Meredith, who Desegregated Ole Miss<\/a>&#8221; by Adam Jones, licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0\/\">CC BY-SA 2.0<\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:100% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 0px;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 1.92%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 1.92%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:100% !important;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:100% !important;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-flex-container.fusion-builder-row-1{ padding-top : 0px;margin-top : 0px;padding-right : 30px;padding-bottom : 0px;margin-bottom : 0px;padding-left : 30px;}<\/style><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":63,"featured_media":17714,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[85,86],"tags":[168,69,64,592,591,159,502,155,590],"class_list":["post-16069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-news","category-success-stories","tag-composition","tag-courseware","tag-oer","tag-ole-miss","tag-open-educational-resosurces","tag-personalized-learning","tag-university-of-mississippi","tag-waymaker","tag-writing"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lumenlearning.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lumenlearning.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lumenlearning.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lumenlearning.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/63"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lumenlearning.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16069"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/lumenlearning.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16069\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17998,"href":"https:\/\/lumenlearning.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16069\/revisions\/17998"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lumenlearning.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lumenlearning.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lumenlearning.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lumenlearning.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}