Program Will Support Faculty in Development of Customized Affordable
Digital Courseware, Resulting in Increased Student Savings and
Engagement at Campuses Nationwide
BASKING RIDGE, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Barnes
& Noble Education, Inc. (NYSE:BNED), a leading provider of
educational products and services solutions for higher education and
K-12, today announced a request for proposals for a newly implemented
LoudCloud Courseware™ faculty mini-grant program. The program will help
faculty customize and implement affordable, digital courseware in four
key disciplines associated with higher cost course materials – Business,
Criminal Justice, Biology and College Success – ensuring students have
greater access to the materials they need.
Access to high quality, affordable course materials remains a key
barrier to student engagement. Cost is the number one reason students
choose not to purchase textbooks, yet 7 out of 10 students agree that
course materials are important to succeed1. Without the
assigned learning materials, students risk falling behind in class.
Digital courseware removes the cost barrier, setting students on a path
to success by helping to ensure they are prepared for the first day of
class with the correct course materials. The mini-grant program will
provide selected faculty members with the opportunity to customize an
existing LoudCloud Courseware course for use in the Spring 2019
semester. Grant recipients will receive consultations and training from
LoudCloud as they customize the course template to meet their objectives
and teaching philosophy. A limited number of grants will be awarded,
each worth up to $2,500, to selected faculty members employed by higher
education institutions in the United States. Faculty chosen for the
mini-grants will also receive an additional $1,000 to be awarded to
their department to support future affordability initiatives.
Barnes & Noble Education’s LoudCloud
Courseware blends open educational resources (“OER”) and originally
authored content plus a full range of ancillary materials such as
auto-graded practice problems, summative exams, lecture slides and
homework activities. Powered with predictive analytics, the platform
also provides integrated insights, enabling both students and their
faculty to monitor performance and improve learning outcomes. As part of
the mini-grant program requirements, faculty will use the analytics
feature to compile an end-of-term report detailing the Courseware’s
effect on student engagement in their class.
Courses available to be customized under the mini-grant program include:
Business
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Introduction to Business
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Organizational Behavior
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Principles of Management
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Principles of Marketing
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Entrepreneurship
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Customer Service
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Securities & Investment
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Financial Management
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Compensation Management
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Training Concepts
Criminal Justice
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Introduction to Criminal Justice
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Criminal Investigation
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Criminal Procedure
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Homeland Security
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Victimology
Biology
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Non-Majors Biology
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Majors Biology
College Success
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College Success
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Public Speaking
Eligible grantees include full-time, part-time, or adjunct faculty with
written proof that he or she is contracted to teach during the Spring
2019 timeframe. Faculty proposals must state the course they would like
to adopt for the Spring 2019 semester, and provide additional
information regarding how they would implement the course to make it
best suited for their class objectives and pedagogy.
Further information on proposal requirements, as well as the proposal
submission form, can be accessed at http://bit.ly/LCFacultyMiniGrant.
Proposals will be accepted until 11:59 pm Eastern Time on October 19,
2018.
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ABOUT BARNES & NOBLE EDUCATION, INC.
Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. (NYSE: BNED) is a leading
provider of higher education and K-12 educational products and
solutions. Through its Barnes & Noble College and MBS Textbook Exchange
segments, Barnes & Noble Education operates 1,437 physical and virtual
bookstores across the U.S., serving more than 6 million students and
faculty. Through its Digital Student Solutions segment, the Company
offers a suite of digital software, content and services including
direct-to-student study tools, serving approximately 100,000 subscribers
in more than 15 countries and receiving more than 20 million unique
monthly visitors to its sites. The Company also operates one of the
largest textbook wholesale distribution channels in the United States.
For more information please visit www.bned.com.
BNED companies include: Barnes
& Noble College Booksellers, LLC, MBS
Textbook Exchange, LLC, BNED
LoudCloud, LLC, Student
Brands, LLC, and Promoversity,
LLC. General information on Barnes & Noble Education may be obtained
by visiting the Company's corporate website: www.bned.com.
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Barnes & Noble Education
Carolyn J. Brown, 908-991-2967
Senior
Vice President
Corporate Communications and Public Affairs
[email protected]
Source: Barnes & Noble Education, Inc.