NEW! MyStudentSuccessLab 2012 Update
New! MyStudentSuccessLab 2012 Update
Start strong. Finish stronger.
MyStudentSuccessLab 2012 Update FEATURES:
REVISED Learning Outcomes for existing topics to improve instructional value.
REVISED Assessments:
- Re-categorized/revised test items to align with new Learning Outcomes.
- Over 1000+ new test item questions, including test items for new modules (Job Search Strategies, Interviewing, Teamwork, and Workplace Etiquette).
NEW and REVISED Modules (i.e. Topics)
- Revisions to the Learning Preferences module to revise from VAK(t) to VAK, and the Professionalism module which was redone and renamed Workplace Communication.
- New Professionalism Topics include Job Search Strategies, Interviewing, Teamwork, and Workplace Etiquette.
NEW Student Inventories have been added:
1. Golden Personality - Similar to Meyers Briggs–it offers a personality assessment and robust reporting for students to get actionable insights on personal style. (Reinforces contextual skills!). http://www.talentlens.com/en/employee-assessments/golden.php
2. ACES (Academic Competence Evaluation Scales) - This is a strength inventory which identifies and screens students to help educators prioritize skills and provides an overview of how students see themselves as learners. Identifies at-risk. (Reinforces academic behaviors!). http://www.pearsonassessments.com/HAIWEB/Cultures/en-us/Productdetail.htm?Pid=015-8005-805
3. (Watson-Glaser) Thinking Styles - Helps students understand their thought process and how they tend to approach situations. Shows how you make decisions. (Reinforces key cognitive!). http://www.thinkwatson.com/mythinkingstyles
NEW Video Additions for new modules (Job Search Strategies, Interviewing, Teamwork, and Workplace Etiquette).
NEW Student Resources now offers:
- Resources from MyProfessionalismKit including: professionalism video cases, job search documents, interview FAQ's.
- GPA, Savings, Budgeting, and Retirement Calculators will be added.
NEW MyProfessionalismKit Assignments for select Professionalism topics not covered in the Learning Path in this launch, we will include MyProfessionalismKit multi-media assets for assignment. (Examples: Ethics and Politics, Customer Service, Human Resources). These assignments will help students check comprehension (ie. — reinforces the content vs. developing the skills).
REVISED Instructor Implementation Guide to include new topics, new Learning Outcomes, and Index.
MyStudentSuccessLab Description
For College Bootcamp, Orientation to College, Freshman Experience/Student Success, Academic Skills, Career Development, and Professionalism courses.
MyStudentSuccessLab 3.0 (www.mystudentsuccesslab.com) is an online solution designed to help students ‘Start strong, Finish stronger’ by building skills for ongoing personal and professional development
- This TOPICAL based technology promotes student engagement through video interviews on key issues ‘by students, for students’.
- The Learning Path Diagnostic offers 20 pre-test (Bloom’s Taxonomy level 1-2) and 20 post-test (Bloom’s Taxonomy level 3-4) questions.
- The Practice exercises improve class preparation and learning.
- Graded Activities build critical thinking skills and develop problem-solving abilities.
- Instructors benefit from an Implementation Guide to easily assign and assess progress.
- Students have access to relevant FinishStronger247 YouTube channel videos, the Pearson student Facebook page chock full of tips, MySearchLab use for doing effective research, and more.
- MyStudentSuccessLab will benefit students and instructors across the curriculum in ANY program when used with a text or as a stand-alone course offering.
Most of our customers choose to use MyStudentSuccessLab 3.0 with a Pearson text (upon request) by packaging with a student access code. It is also available for purchase online or a stand-alone item without a book.
MyStudentSuccessLab Modules (ie. Topic List)
- A First Step: Goal Setting
- Communication
- Critical Thinking
- Financial Literacy
- Information Literacy
- Interviewing
- Job Search Strategies
- Learning Preferences
- Listening and Taking Notes in Class
- Majors and Careers and Resumes
- Memory and Studying
- Problem Solving
- Reading and Annotating
- Stress Management
- Teamwork
- Test Taking Skills
- Time Management
- Workplace Communication (formerly Professionalism)
- Workplace Etiquette
MyStudentSuccessLab will make a difference
How do you measure your students’ skills?
MSSL provides a Full Course Pre- and Post-Course Diagnostic with 65 Pre-Diagnostic questions (Bloom’s Taxonomy level 1-2) and 65 Post-Diagnostic questions (Bloom’s Taxonomy level 3-4). This gives you a snapshot of where your students skill sets lie within each of these topics PRIOR to jumping into the material, and shows progress on how they advance their knowledge from course start to course completion.
How important is base lining?
MSSL provides a Learning Path Diagnostic with 20 Pre-test questions (Bloom’s Taxonomy level 1-2) and 20 Post-test questions (Bloom’s Taxonomy level 3-4) for each module. These questions are different than the Full Course Diagnostic and are designed to gauge the students’ skill level and test knowledge and mastery of the learning outcomes.
Are you able to get through all your objectives in ONE term?
MSSL shows ‘at-a-glance’ what the learning outcomes are in each module and where to find the skills to be practiced. Repetition is key to learning, and building vocabulary around how to articulate strengths and weaknesses is important.
How do you get students to reflect on what they are learning and communicate about it?
MSSL helps student engagement through videos ‘by students, for students’. Video Interviews feature allows students to ‘connect’ via their peers of all ‘ages and stages’ and see the relevance of what they are doing in this class and how it affects their success in other courses, on the job, and their personal lives. Having video is good, but having assignable questions to coach cognitive skills and communication around what the student has heard and how they interpret it is unique.
How would better class preparation improve the learning experience?
MSSL helps them practice skills for each topic and has application across the curriculum. Practice exercises allows students to “build confidence before it counts” in the graded Activities. In order to improve skills for anything, you simply have to practice. There is no shortcut for effort.
What could you gain by building critical thinking skills and problem-solving abilities?
MSSL offers an opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned on a particular skill by doing something that creates an output. Activities are broken down into explicit steps to make it manageable - like a word problem. Effective exposure to Word, Excel, and PowerPoint is provided. Students develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills that encompass creative and critical thinking by applying what they have learned for each topic and demonstrate competency. Critical Thinking and Problem Solving are also separate topics within MSSL, as well as woven throughout ALL of the topics presented.
How do you get their attention?
MSSL FinishStronger247 is a YouTube channel with the “best of” how-to videos that have been selected “by students, for students”. The videos in each playlist were selected by students and peer reviewed by instructors. These videos are not tested on, but rather a resource to provide humor, save instructors time, and reinforce the topics at hand.
How do you get everyone trained (really)?
MSSL provides an Instructor Implementation Guide that is essentially a “shortcut” to implementation. It is organized around each module and offers suggestions for teaching around the learning outcomes, provides time on task, suggested grading rubrics, and more.
Would you like to use Student Inventories?
MSSL includes three Student Inventories. They are ACES (Academic Competence Evaluation Scales, Golden Personality, and (Watson-Glaser) Thinking Styles..
How important is Professionalism coverage to you?
MSSL has ample coverage of Professionalism from numerous modules, to assignments, and videos, job search documents, and interview FAQ’s.
MyStudentSuccessLab Features
Learning Path Diagnostic
- For the course, 65 Full Course Pre-Diagnostic questions (Levels I & II Bloom’s) and 65 Full Course Post-Diagnostic questions (Levels III & IV Bloom’s) that link to key learning objectives in each topic.
- For each topic, 20 Pre-Test questions (Levels I & II Bloom’s) and 20 Post-Test questions (Levels III & IV Bloom’s) that link to all learning objectives in the topic.
With MyStudentSuccessLab students will have…
Topic List — This is the “meat” of the course, relevant to every student (ie. Time Management, Financial Literacy, etc.).
- Each Topic includes: Learning Path Diagnostic to include 20 pre-test (Bloom’s level I-II) and 20 post-test questions (Bloom’s level III-IV) questions, Topic overview, Video interviews, 2 Practice exercises, 2 Activities (one is always a Journaling opportunity).
- Topics organized alphabetically.
Learning Path Diagnostic — Measurement of skills that lead to personal development learning paths:
- 65 Pre-Course (Levels I & II Bloom’s) and 65 Post-Course (Levels III & IV Bloom’s)
- 20 Pre-Test (Levels I & II Bloom’s) and 20 Post-Test (Levels III & IV Bloom’s)
- Overview
- Student Video Interview
- 2 Practice and 2 Activities Tied to Learning Path
- FinishStronger247 YouTube channel with student vetted supporting videos
Topic Overview — Offers a summary of the Learning Outcomes/Skills to address the skills that will be built in the practice exercises and activities for the topic. It shows what will be covered, and where. Repetition is key to learning, and building vocabulary around how to articulate strengths and weaknesses is important.
Video Interviews - Features real student interviews ‘by students, for students’ on key questions related to the topic and helps student engagement. Allows students to ‘connect’ via their peers of all ‘ages and stages’ and see the relevance of what they are doing in this class and how it affects their success in other courses, on the job, and their personal lives. Having video is good, but having assignable questions to coach cognitive skills and communication around what the student has heard and how they interpret it is unique.
- Video interviews have questions. (ie. Question: What are your takeaway points from hearing these students’ stories?).
- Videos have titles, use the following format: “Video: Title (time stamp).
- Each video has a description (ie. “The following video (run time: 0:00) is a student interview about goal setting and how it has made a difference in their college career. Hearing from fellow students will benefit your own personal experience.”).
Practice Exercises (not graded) – Two per topic, a ‘practice’ denotes what students are learning about and trying something out, with no output from the experience. Allows students to “build confidence before it counts” in the graded Activities.
- Specific skills clearly identified for what students will practice in the self-paced tutorial.
- “Direction:” line included with module name included. (ie. “Click: Time Management — Practice 1: Understanding What’s Important: How to Use a Syllabus to Plan Your Time to launch.)
Activities (graded) — Two per topic, an ‘activity’ denotes what the student has learned the material and is ready to demonstrate the knowledge by formally doing something that produces an output for students. Activities are broken down into explicit steps to make it manageable - like a word problem. Effective exposure to Word, Excel, and PowerPoint is provided.
- Essay: Students demonstrate their level of competency and to apply what they have learned.
- Journal: Students are assigned journaling about what they’ve learned in their online journal and setting related goals.
Click on the link to see what students are saying about MyStudentSuccessLab: http://www.mystudentsuccesslab.com/success
With MyStudentSuccessLab instructors will have…
Instructor Resources - Are only viewable to instructors and save class prep time and supports implementation while engaging students:
- Instructor Implementation Guide — provides a "short cut to implementation" in a comprehensive overview of how to utilize each aspect of MyStudentSuccessLab 3.0 in a course setting most efficiently and effectively. Describes each activity, the skills each addresses, an estimate of student time on task for each exercise, and a grading rubric for the final Activity. This is a tremendous resource!
- Webex training at http://www.mystudentsuccesslab.com/tours-training/training#online
- Tutorials at MyStudentSuccessLab Instructor Training include Training videos, Try Its!, Instructor User Guide, and FAQs.
- Sample syllabus - ensures easy implementation, including a ‘Best Bets’ section (upon request).
Student Resources - A collection of resources add value by providing timely tools to support them throughout the first year.
- Pearson Students Facebook page featuring tips/techniques/student success information.
- FinishStronger247 YouTube channel videos on specific ‘how to’ suggestions for making activities personal.
- MySearchLab teaches students how to gather credible information for research efficiently and effectively on their own.
- Plagiarism Guide builds awareness for students.
- Dictionary is an online, searchable resource.
- Journal is available for additional reflection opportunities.
- Planner offers downloadable planning pages.
Click on the link to see what instructors are saying about MyStudentSuccessLab: http://www.mystudentsuccesslab.com/success/instructors
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