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)