Welcoming our new Manager of Instructional Design
We are pleased to welcome Cherisse Gardner, our new Manager of Instructional Design, to the Saylor Academy team. Ms. Gardner’s … Read More …
Saylor Academy Blog
Don’t miss a post:
Welcoming our new Manager of Instructional Design
The Weekend Assignment: Language
This week’s Weekend Assignment revolves around the theme of language. What is considered a language? How many languages are there … Read More …
Jeff Davidson named Saylor Academy Executive Director
We are pleased to announce Jeff Davidson as the new Executive Director of Saylor Academy. In his long-standing role as … Read More …
The Weekend Assignment: Community
This Weekend Assignment revolves around the theme of Community. What defines a community? How do they form? Why do they … Read More …
How Melanie returned to finish her University of Memphis degree with courses from Saylor Academy
Student Savings Tops $500,000 with Saylor courses at University of Memphis. Like most students, Melanie Williams started down her path … Read More …
Saylor Partners with Wilmington University to Increase College Degree Access
Program Also Open to Students Around the World via Distance Learning! Wilmington University, an open-access university serving over 20,000 students, … Read More …
The Weekend Assignment: Footnotes
The Weekend Assignment is to learn something new about footnotes. Do you read the footnotes when you are prompted or … Read More …
The Weekend Assignment: Cities
This Weekend Assignment revolves around the theme of Cities. Take a stroll through your city/town and learn something new. Before … Read More …
The Weekend Assignment: Maps
This week’s Weekend Assignment is to learn something new about Maps. When was the first map created, what were maps … Read More …
A refreshed student dashboard: making progress!
We recently rolled out some changes to the student dashboard (the page you see when you first sign in to … Read More …
The Weekend Assignment: Writing
Let’s explore last week’s theme of Math. The word Mathematics comes from the Greek μάθημα (máthēma), which in ancient Greek … Read More …
The Weekend Assignment: Math
What did we learn from last weekend’s assignment on travel? Let us begin at the beginning with the migration of … Read More …
OER as an Intervention Tool to Support Student Retention
About 4.3 million people are dropping out of two-year and four-year institutions right now that could, with a little bit … Read More …
The Weekend Assignment: Travel
Let’s explore what was learned from the last Weekend Assignment’s theme, communication. Around 196 BC a congress of priests gathered … Read More …
The Weekend Assignment: Communication
What is the first thing you think of when you hear App? Last weekend the assignment was to learn something … Read More …