MEETING NEXT GENERATION LEARNING CHALLENGES
September 30, 2011
North Island College
An EDUCAUSE Initiativefor College Readiness and Completion
The partnership:
• Seeking to address shortcomings of U.S. ^education delivery (K-16)
August 4, 2011
and Canadian!
Strategies 2 and 3: MULTIPLY IMPACT Increase the probability and size of grantee impact through:
Enabling networking and communities of next
generation learning practice
Building evidence and a
knowledge base
Strategy 4: ACCELERATE ADOPTION
Advance public and leadership awareness and action towards adoption and system change
How NGLC Is Organizing the Work
Strategy 1: INVEST IN INNOVATION$39 million across three waves of
grantmaking
Wave I: Building Blocks for College Completion
The Call: Solutions to improve course completion, persistence, and college completion through blended learning, deeper learning and engagement, learner analytics, and open core courseware.
$10 million distributed among 29 grantees
• 15-month grants, awarded April 2011, 4 challenge areas• $750,000 level for open core courseware• $250,000 level for blended learning, deeper learning,
and learner analytics
Wave I by the Numbers:
600 pre-proposals
200 institutions in all78 community colleges
29 grants
$10 million in funding$5 million for follow-up
Wave II: Building Blocks for College Readiness
The Call: Interactive modules focused on 7th-9th grade Common Core Standards in math and literacy that can capture real-time performance data
$7 million invested across 19 grantees
• 15-month grants, awarded June 2011• $250,000 for proof of concept• $500,000 for early stage adoption
(Watch this space)
WAVE III
Enable networking and communities of next-generation practice
Build evidence and a knowledge base of successful next-generation learning
Spur public and leadership awareness and action toward adoption and system change
Beyond Grantmaking
(e.g., where you and NGLC are now)