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Analytics
LSAMP
Academic Support
“The LSAMP model, unlike most intervention efforts for increasing URM participation in STEM, encourages and supports the synergistic efforts of institutional partners, laying the foundation for systemic institutional change.”
The Urban Institute (2005)
Online Learning
Why are online courses such as Bridge
relevant, popular and useful?
Virtual/Remote Labs
Internationally Top Emerging
Instructional Trends in STEM expected to expand in the next five years
Bridge
- A growing demand for learner-centered online opportunities, especially in the the STEM field.
- Creative use of technologies and emerging instructional approaches
- New perspectives on old challenges, such as assessment, learning support, and how to ensure quality at scale.
LSAMP
University Preparation
Immersive Learning
Transformation Rationale:
Why Online vs. On Campus
Games
- Limited funding
- Scheduling flexibility
- Familiarizes students with technology
- Opportunity to reach more students
*Only 2 other Bridge programs provided on-line delivery
Benefits of Interdisciplinary Partnerships
Transformation to the Digital Natives
Bridge at GMU
- Access to learning strategy experts who can think beyond the content and focus on the cognitive components needed for skill mastery.
- Creation of a network of support services that can broaden students horizons and be utilized even once the Summer Bridge is finished.
- Individualized attention that may be difficult to achieve in content-drive MOOCs or STEM courses alone.
LSAMP Impact on
Undergraduate GPA
Recommendations
http://www.aacu.org/pkal/interdisciplinarylearning/documents/KeckExecutiveSummary_001.pdf
Math and STAT scores immediately following Bridge
Transformation Development:
Methods for Creating an Online Program
What will be your Millennial Transformation?
- Link LASSI and Gregorc assessment results with self-paced assignments
- Integrate LASSI analytics, formal testing data and GPA
- Spread the word about the success of LSAMP Summer Bridge through distance learning and data
- Review campus curriculum
- Roundtable discussions with Bridge alumni and administrators
- Research college readiness skills
- Identify universal design needs
- Annually re-evaluate the progress
2013 Mason LSAMP
Think back to your responses in the warm-up activity. Now that you have learned about the strategies we employed in the Summer Bridge program, what are your take-aways?
- How can you envision applying aspects of our program to your own curriculum?
- In what ways do could you and your department collaborate with the academic departments or UL?
Key Players
Post-course Obligations
Consultant
LSAMP Student Assistant
Vicki Dominick
Assistant Director of Learning Services
Students
Instructor
LSAMP Coordinator
- Encourage students to take a math course during the first semester
- LSAMP-Bridge Reception to award stipends ($400.00) for completion
- Consistent review of student grades
Dr. Amber Knighting
Learning Specialist
Learning Services
Dr. Alok Berry
Associate Professor
Computer & Electrical Engineering
Peer Advisers (8) and Math Tutors (2)
LSAMP Bookkeeper
Consultant
Ellen O'Brien
Director of Math Learning Center
Pre-Course Requisites:
Tasks during Spring and Summer
Expectations
Instructional Focus
- Based on re-evaluations and consultations, create or revise curriculum (LS)
- Request course space with Bb (LS)
- Set up course on Bb (LS)
- Send LSAMP Invitation (VSOE)
- Provide access to courseroom for students (VSOE)
- Inform students during orientation session(s) about taking the Math placement (VSOE)
- Introduction through multimedia
- Posting and responding to discussion board
- Completion of Academic Skill assignments
- Writing assignment
- Math Modules
- Periodic Assessments
- Study Skills (LASSI)
- Researching
- Critical Thinking Skills
- Tertiary Transitions
- Values and Goals
- Learning Styles (VARK)
- Listening and Notetaking
- Math (Algebra, Trig, Geometry)
- Writing (Safe Assign)
LSAMP
- Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation
- Funded by the National Science Federation to encourage university retention in underrepresented minority participation in the STEM field
A Millennial Transformation:
Activity
Objectives
Remember when you were a college
student or when you last taught a college-level course. On a piece of paper, write down:
- What do you wish you (or your instructor) would have done to make the course more engaging?
- What kinds of technology did you use in your course and how effective was it in promoting content mastery?
- Discover methods for moving from a traditional transition model to an on-line learning platform.
- Identify situational controls which may be used to facilitate creative problem solving across disciplines
- Explore academic departmental and UL collaborative innovations regarding non-standard course delivery
The LSAMP Bridge Program
Alok Berry, Vicki Dominick, Amber Knighting and Laura McCloskey