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Silkwood School – Helping Engaged Students Achieve their Dreams

The LMS at my university wasn’t user-friendly and made life quite difficult for us as students. That really showed me that choosing the right LMS is key for any educational...

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The University of Colorado Boulder – Creating a customized orientation guide for students’ first-year transition

The transition from high school to university can be an exciting but often overwhelming experience. To help ease the transition, the University of Colorado Boulder used to require incoming students to attend a two-day, on-campus orientation program where students would learn more about campus resources, academic advising and enrolling in courses. However, the face-to-face orientation wasn’t always an ideal fit, says Courtney Fell, Learning Experience Designer at the university. The sessions were content heavy and sometimes overwhelming for students. The experience was sometimes a challenge for out-of-state attendees, who had to coordinate travel and accommodations. Parent attendance was also on the decline, Fell says, which meant they were often missing crucial information about their children’s impending university experience. In an effort to improve the orientation process and better help students set themselves up for success, the university undertook an ambitious project: in only a few months, it created a completely personalized introduction to the school, the New Student Welcome Experience. Students who want to come to campus can attend a New Student Welcome Day, but it is no longer required for all students.

Valdosta State University – Using Brightspace to implement a unique CBE experience

In November 2009, President Obama launched the Educate to Innovate initiative to move American students from the middle to the top of the pack in science and math achievement over the next decade. Recognizing that great teaching is part of any child’s success, President Obama also issued a challenge to the nation to recruit and prepare more than 100,000 new teachers over the next decade. Rising to this challenge, Valdosta State University (VSU) has turned to an innovative Competency-based Education (CBE) initiative delivered online via the Brightspace platform to raise the technical skill levels of elementary teachers currently working in the State of Georgia.

University of Central Oklahoma – Helping students track and showcase learning that happens outside the classroom

There is more to a student than just a letter grade. Unfortunately, there is no letter grade to document the experiences and skills a student develops outside the classroom. To address this challenge, the University of Central Oklahoma (UCO) developed the Student Transformative Learning Record (STLR) as a way to provide students with new tools to showcase a more detailed and complete picture of their experiential learning activities.

Lakeland College – Helping students take charge of their education online

Lakeland College students have the opportunity to take charge and participate in shaping their own education at the college. How? Through career-relevant, student-run projects, operations and events. The college’s students are drawn to Lakeland’s unique, hands-on education approach. Students have the opportunity to leverage a variety of instructional methods from face-to-face, blended, and distance learning to realize their educational goals, become career-ready, or enhance their professional skill set for career advancement.

Stephen F. Austin State University – Five-star accommodation

It had always been a point of pride—Stephen F. Austin State University (SFASU) enjoyed a reputation for offering the most in accessibility. When it came to online learning, however, feedback was less than glowing. Students and faculty who needed accommodations, particularly the visually impaired, were regularly calling for help. Unfortunately, the learning management system (LMS) used by SFASU made it impossible to resolve the recurring issues. Determined to reverse the situation, they set out to find a learning platform that would meet their accessibility requirements. In order to get it right, they asked for help from those who would benefit the most: students and faculty.

Inver Hills Community College – Equal learning opportunity for all

Increasing accessibility for students within a post-secondary learning environment is an ongoing challenge for the thousands of colleges located in the US. To varying degrees, educational institutions are seeking to improve and enhance campus facilities, services and courseware to be more fully accessible to people with disabilities as well as address all cognitive learning styles. Inver Hills Community College, part of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System (MnSCU), is an educational institution at the forefront of improving accessibility for its students. The college’s charge, for more than forty years, has been to improve its community by providing higher education for a variety of learners. With more than 70% of students from underrepresented populations and 20% first generation college students,[1] Inver Hills Community College strongly believes that fulfilling this principle means making education accessible to all.