Lumen Learning provides evidence-based digital courseware and teaching tools designed to promote equitable outcomes in higher education gateway courses. Their offerings, including Lumen One, OHM, and Waymaker, integrate learning science with interactive content for subjects like math, business, and humanities. The company also supports faculty development through virtual learning communities focused on student-centered teaching practices.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
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Product
Problem
Higher education institutions often rely on expensive, proprietary textbooks and fragmented instructional tools, which limit accessibility and hinder equitable student outcomes. Faculty also lack integrated platforms for data‑driven interventions and professional development in student‑centered pedagogy.
Solution
Lumen Learning provides a suite of ready‑to‑teach open educational resources (OER) and teaching tools—Lumen One, Online Homework Manager (OHM), Waymaker, and Lumen Circles—grounded in learning science. The platform delivers interactive, outcome‑aligned content that can be deployed instantly within common LMSs and includes automated grading and real‑time feedback. Faculty gain access to a centralized engagement dashboard that aggregates analytics, enables timely outreach, and supports data‑informed decision making. OHM supplies adaptive assessment items with instant mastery feedback, while Waymaker offers personalized study plans and AI‑driven remediation recommendations. Lumen Circles creates asynchronous virtual learning communities for faculty professional development and evidence‑based teaching practices. All materials are licensed under Creative Commons, keeping costs low for students and improving affordability. Continuous data‑driven content refinement drives higher pass rates and course completion.
Target Audience
The primary customers are higher‑education institutions—faculty and administrators responsible for undergraduate gateway courses in STEM, business, humanities, and social sciences—seeking affordable, equity‑focused digital courseware. The solution also serves faculty development programs aiming to adopt student‑centered instructional practices.
Features
- Open Educational Resources library with text, video, simulations, and interactive self‑check items, CC‑BY 4.0 licensed.
- Lumen One platform includes a faculty engagement center that aggregates LMS analytics, provides actionable dashboards, and triggers automated messaging.
- Online Homework Manager (OHM) offers thousands of adaptive, machine‑scored assessment items with immediate feedback and mastery‑based grading.
- Waymaker adds metacognition tools, personalized study plans, and an AI recommendation engine for targeted remediation.
- Lumen Circles delivers asynchronous virtual learning communities and embedded resources for evidence‑based teaching development.
- Seamless LMS integration via LTI standards (Canvas, Blackboard, D2L, Moodle) with single sign‑on and automatic grade sync.
- FERPA‑aligned, role‑based access controls and end‑to‑end encryption ensure data privacy and security.