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Use of Publisher Content - MyMathLab - MAT 1033 Even though publisher content is a great way to supplement online courses, it can be quite a challenge to figure out how to use it in a way that is easy to upload for the instructor and makes the most sense for the learner. Professor Mariana Coanda found this to be true when she began to design MAT 1033 using publisher content from Pearson Education called MyMathLab. She discovered that a major problem in using MyMathLab is that it forced learners to go to a separate website outside of Blackboard. Learners would get confused by being in two different learning courseshells at the same time. Not wanting to give up the excellent tutorials and videos that MyMathLab provides, Professor Coanda worked with Pearson Education to get them to design the content from MyMathLab to open up in Blackboard rather than having the students login to MyMathLab. To make the course work with publisher content, she set up the Course Homepage with MyMathLab content located in "Chapter Contents".
Within the Chapter Contents, learners progress through each chapter as required by the syllabus. The learners are now accessing MyMathLab without leaving Blackboard.
Each chapter is organized in a similar way-an explanation of basic concepts, some multimedia (Flash), Homework and Practice Quizzes.
The Basic Concepts include a video presentation on problem solving and an interactive set of PDF's (multimedia textbook section) that allows the learner work out problems, hear audios and see additional videos. This section also contains exercise sets for the learners to work on.
The type of content that is provided by MyMathLab is rich with different media elements that appeals to all types of learning styles. Working with Pearson Education, Professor Coanda was able to capture the great videos and animations they provided and the robust course management system that Blackboard provides. For more information on MyMathLab or how Professor Coanda integrated it into her course, contact her at x8820 (South Campus) or email her at mcoanda1@broward.edu.
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