Course Designs
The Kaleidoscope faculty team have developed Open Course Frameworks for ten high-enrollment courses. The courses have now been used through three academic terms, and have undergone at least one improvement cycle. Across the courses we saw an improvement in student success (completing with a grade of C or better) that was greater than 10%, with strong gains by low-income students.
- Beginning algebra (developmental)
- Intermediate algebra (developmental)
- Reading (developmental)
- Writing (developmental)
- English composition
- Introduction to psychology
- Business fundamentals
- Physical geography
- Biology fundamentals
- Chemistry fundamentals
In 2013 and early 2014, the project will create 20 additional open course frameworks for high-enrollment courses.