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Hope is on the way for today’s incoming college students seeking to overcome what can seem like an insurmountable hurdle: placing into and passing basic college math courses. MyAcademicWorkshop, unveiled today by Link-Systems International, Inc. (LSI), is a new integrated technology offering accurate mathematics course placement, adaptive placement test preparation, and a fully customizable online homework platform – all in a single package. LSI, the winner of a 2012-13 eSchool Media Readers’ Choice Award, has played a leading role in distance education for over fifteen years.
Today’s college students – and the institutions they attend – face daunting statistics: up to 60% of incoming students may not qualify for College Algebra. Yet College Algebra is required for the completion of most programs of study and degrees. Robert Andersen, Director of Product Development at LSI, explains how the new technology can help: “With LSI’s MyAcademicWorkshop, students can find out quickly where they stand in mathematics and institutions can quickly identify students in need. LSI has a long experience with the innovators in adaptive learning. This helped us go from providing a better online homework platform, as we did in v1.0, to developing adaptive options both in objective mastery placement exams and in individualized learning experiences through which students can prepare for the next placement exam.”
Spencer Hamrick, mathematics instructor and Learning Support Math Coordinator at Southern Crescent Technical College in Georgia, recently piloted MyAcademicWorkshop in MATH1012 and MATH0098 courses. Mr. Hamrick says, “MyAcadmicWorkshop is different from products that seem similar – so-called ‘labs’ for subject-based homework. MyAcademicWorkshop offers a full range of algorithmic homework content, at the discretion of the instructor or department, while providing automated notifications regarding student progress at levels and intervals determined by the instructor or department.” He further explains, “Observed results [from the pilot] include a better, more participatory approach by students to mathematics, numerous opportunities to direct and deepen classroom discussion around essential learning objectives, and better overall performance on the course final exams.”
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About Link-Systems International, Inc.
LSI is a privately-held company
that has been dedicated to student success and student retention in K-12
education, higher education, and workforce development education since 1995. We
specialize in technology development, online tutoring services, and content
services.LSI’s core technologies include a very flexible online tutoring/teaching platform, an online grade book, an online algorithm engine with metadata and workflow capabilities, and an online business intelligence/data mining technology designed to provide real-time alerts regarding student/school/teacher performance, attendance, and other metrics. LSI’s core services include content development, consulting, and online tutoring through our NetTutor® brand. LSI customers include K-12 publishers, higher education publishers, virtual high schools, higher education institutions, technology companies, and joint programs dedicated to providing online educational content to members of organized labor and their families.
For more information, visit http://www.link-systems.com.
Source: PR.com
