About Codon Learning

Codon Learning was formed by a team of biology educators, biology education researchers, and scientific researchers to create a teaching and learning platform that is grounded in best practices from the education research literature. Our mission is to increase equity, inclusion, and overall success in science by supporting instructors to teach with evidence-based practices, many of which are made easier with effective educational technology.

The platform is used in over 400 courses at many different types of colleges and universities. Recent education research studies showed that the platform eliminated grade gaps for less-prepared students and helped all students perform better.

Codon was funded in part by the National Science Foundation to create a courseware platform that helps students develop self-regulated learning skills. The rest of its funding comes from scientists who care deeply about science education.

Dr. Scott Freeman (University of Washington), an education researcher, former textbook author, and course director of Codon’s Introducing the Sciences, describes the platform well: 

“Before Codon, no one had ever designed a teaching and learning platform that implemented backward design and high-structure course design, much less insights from the cognitive science literature on metacognition and self-regulated learning. They are working at an entirely different level of sophistication than any company I’ve run across.”