Higher Education Events

In a technical math class, the goal is for the students to master the necessary math skills in order forthem to be successful in their vocational and technical fields of study. When working with a wide variety of majors in the vocational and technical areas, the biggest challenge is getting students to see the relevance of the concepts they’re learning. This webinar will show how to design assignments that contextualize mathematics for students for a wide variety of fields using MyMathLab

In this talk we will explore how proportional reasoning underlies the way we communicate with numbers and why businesses utilize spreadsheets to model ill­structured problems

Mathematics is playing an essential role in not only the natural sciences, but also in the social sciences. But is this only the beginning of an even bigger and more powerful role that mathematics will assume in the future? Mathematics is much more than a tool for science, and it often guides how people think about the world. This entertaining multimedia presentation explains why it is a great time to be a mathematician

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

We will discuss the study skill practices that lead to student success. The discussion includes the advantage of helping students be organized and how to achieve this, as well as note-taking tips, and tips on how to use videos in order to achieve much improved results

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 webinar will provide an overview of teaching with the New Mathways Project content. Active learning is at the heart of the NMP—learn more about implementing an active learning approach, using the NMP materials, and how MyMathLab/MyStatLab works in conjunction with the Dana Center approach

The New Mathways Project aims to improve student success and completion by supporting implementation of mathematics pathways aligned with fields of study. Learn about the Dana Center’s new developmental and college­level courses, featuring active, collaborative learning, which can be used to support successful classroom implementation of the pathways model

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