Pearson's MyCulinaryLab

Pearson was the sponsor of the FELC Ultimate Teaching Competition at the 2010 Summit.  While talking with Leigh Ann Sims, Executive Marketing Manager, at the Summit I learned of MyCulinaryLab as a great tool to help teach culinary math to students that do not like mathematics all that much.  Here is some information about the teaching tool and some links you can visit to learn more about this great teaching for learning tool.

MyCulinaryLab, powered by Pearson’s own Pegasus platform, is an online assessment and learning system for Culinary Arts instructors and students. With advanced pedagogical features such as personalized study and teaching plans, book-specific learning outcomes and objectives, and standards management, MyCulinaryLab allows for a truly unique, beneficial, and integrated learning experience with the textbook.

For Students
MyCulinaryLab enables students to review their culinary skills and knowledge online, on their own time, and at their own pace. Students can easily track and evaluate their progress during and after the learning process. Performance is based on summative and formative assessment in the form of study plans, homework, extra practice, pre- and post-tests, etc.  Some highlights of the program include:

- Pre-loaded study materials for EACH chapter. Students just log in and they are ready to go. Professors don't have to do anything to set up the course
- Includes a full e-book
- Study plans and learning and assessment activities to help assess skill levels—students won’t waste time re-learning skills they already possess
- Grade book that allows students to view their grades and reports showing their progress
- Interactive multimedia: videos with questions, fill-in-the-blank exercises, matching activities, key concept simulations
- A 2-yr subscription

For Instructors
MyCulinaryLab is an easy-to-use online resource designed to supplement a traditional lecture course and provides instructors with basic course management capabilities in the areas of course organization, grades, communication, and personalization of content. Instructors benefit with access to key course management tools such as a robust grade book, integrated course email, and reporting tools.  Reporting features include:
- Data tracking and reporting for students, grades, and question usage
- Detailed student results and performance tracking

This product accompanies:
Labensky, Martel, Hause & Labensky, On Cooking "To Go Edition"
Labensky, Hause, Labensky & Martel, On Cooking: A Textbook of Culinary Fundamentals, 4/E

To watch a short demo, visit:
http://www.allthingsmedia.com/avatar-trailers/culinary/index.html

If you would like to learn more about MyCulinaryLab™ (http://www.myculinarylab.com/) contact:

Leigh Ann Sims
Executive Marketing Manager
Pearson Education
leigh.ann.sims@pearson.com
Office: 614.841.3717
Cell: 614.893.5457