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Workshops and conferences are popular tactics for scaling a proven innovation that uses technology to improve outcomes for students so that it attains broader adoption. In a workshop, new adopters have hands-on opportunities to use the innovation, time with those already using the new...
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The great thing about being able to preview the discussion questions at the end of chapter, be provided an advance copy of interview questions, or preview evaluation criteria, is that it tells you what’s important beforehand. This kind of information may be useful as a kind of focusing filter...
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Last September, Next Generation Learning Challenges published a white paper laying out our perspective on what next generation learning is and what it requires. The six dimensions of the framework were built out of observations of the work of NGLC grantees and a scan of the field. Since then, we...
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By Clint McElroy, Dean for Retention Services at Central Piedmont Community College (CPCC) in Charlotte, NC
NGLC’s first wave of funding was all about scaling proven innovations in higher education, and my institution, Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte, NC, had a strong...
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Several conversations, sessions, and keynote speakers at this year’s annual meeting of the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative, ELI2013, focused on
what next gen learning is (you can tell us what you think here),
how we get there from here, and
how we know if it works.
Perfect...
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By Heather Gilchrist, Socratic Labs
Editor’s Note: This blog is the fourth in a series of posts reflecting on a recent gathering of Wave II grantees.
In early December, I had the honor of spending a few days with the Next Generation Learning Challenges Wave II grantees. I joined them at...
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Editor’s Note: This blog is the third in a series of posts reflecting on a recent gathering of Wave II grantees
In the last two posts on this blog, NGLC staff shared key takeaways from an event last week, when we convened 19 grantees, all of whom have been developing and refining learning...
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Editor’s Note: This blog is the second in a series of posts reflecting on a recent gathering of Wave II grantees.
Last week, NGLC invited our Wave II innovators and researchers to Atlanta for a “capstone” convening to mark the end of their tenure as NGLC grantees.
The...
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Editor’s Note: This blog is the first in a series of posts reflecting on a recent gathering of Wave II grantees.
More than a year ago, NGLC invited 19 grantee teams of innovators, researchers, and curriculum developers to meet one another in Seattle. The ink was barely dry on...
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NGLC Blended Learning Projects
Blended learning, with its tantalizing potential to combine the benefits of face-to-face learning with the benefits of online learning, represents both aspiration and challenge for many postsecondary institutions as they consider issues of access, affordability, and...
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