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$1M Grant for 嘿嘿视频-Led Online Learning Project

With most teaching going remote because of COVID-19, a new grant for the LibreTexts project at the University of California, Davis, will help bring personalized online learning to students around the world.

Launched by 嘿嘿视频 Professor Delmar Larsen in 2008 as ChemWiki, LibreTexts is a national consortium that creates online resources to replace conventional textbooks and course materials. Students can access the materials for free, and instructors can assemble information tailored to the needs of their class. The world鈥檚 most popular online textbook platform, LibreTexts saved 嘿嘿视频 students about $1.5 million in textbook costs in the 2018-19 academic year and had a global impact of 100 million page views in 2019, Larsen said.

The $1 million innovation grant from the state of California鈥檚 Learning Lab supports LibreTexts鈥 effort to develop, test and widely distribute a new adaptive learning platform that complements LibreTexts鈥 extensive library. 

鈥淎daptive learning is like having a virtual tutor that responds to the performance and needs of individual students,鈥 said Larsen, a professor of chemistry in the 嘿嘿视频 College of Letters and Science. For example, based on the answers a student provides, the adaptive learning system will guide the student toward remediation steps if they get things wrong. 

Adaptive learning advances diversity and inclusion in STEM

The adaptive learning project aims to foster inclusivity in STEM fields and address equity and achievement gaps in postsecondary STEM education, Larsen said. 

鈥淲e want to build the system to be responsive to the cultural identity of the students, to increase ownership of the learning, and reduce STEM attrition rates of disadvantaged students,鈥 he said. The learning platform will support both in-person and remote teaching.

The award will fund collaborative work between faculty from 嘿嘿视频, California State University, San Bernardino, and Mendocino College, as well as additional partners within the California State University Chancellor鈥檚 Office and the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges. 

In addition to 嘿嘿视频, the LibreTexts consortium includes the University of Michigan, University of Kansas, DePauw University, University of Minnesota Rochester, College of Saint Benedict/Saint John鈥檚 University, Mendocino College, Monroe Community College and South Tahoe Community College. 

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Delmar Larsen, Chemistry, 530-754-9075, dlarsen@ucdavis.edu

Andy Fell, News and Media Relations, 530-752-4533, ahfell@ucdavis.edu

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