The Learning Assistant Alliance for Supporting a Diversity of Institutions, Faculty, and Students

The International Learning Assistant Alliance has emerged as a group of 1200+ faculty, administrators, and professional society representatives throughout the world, concerned about improving educational conditions for a diverse student population through the use of LAs. Organizations such as APS, PhysTEC, HHMI, and NSF have been instrumental in initiating and expanding the LA Alliance that now reaches over 200 institutions across the U.S. and other countries including Japan, Ireland, Norway, and Turkey. The recently-established LA Alliance Leadership Council runs one international conference in Boulder each year, and multiple regional workshops throughout the nation. In addition to highlighting the history and broader impacts of the LA Alliance, we will discuss the tools that are available through the LA Alliance, including the LA Campus management and longitudinal data system, the Learning About STEM Student Outcomes (LASSO) automated assessment system, and Resources such as videos, manuals, pedagogy course materials, and ways to use LAs.