Next Generation Learning Challenges: Report from the Front Lines of Transformational Grant-Making

Wednesday, October 19, 2011 | 3:30PM–4:20PM | Meeting Room 105A/B
Session Type: E11
In 2010, EDUCAUSE, in collaboration with the League for Innovation in the Community College, the International Association for K-12 Online Learning, and the Council for Chief State School Officers, launched Next Generation Learning Challenges (NGLC), an initiative aimed at dramatically increasing college readiness and completion through the use of innovative learning technologies. Join NGLC staff and grantees at this informal update session to hear lessons learned from the first waves of funding, including an overview of funded projects and future funding and engagement opportunities for the community.

Presenters

  • Kristin Bennett

    Assistant Professor, In Mind Consulting

  • Andy Calkins

    Director, Next Generation Learning Challenges (NGLC)

  • Ira Fuchs

  • David Gibson

    Founder & Chief Scientist, simSchool

  • Dan Johnson

    Senior Lecturer in Biology, Wake Forest University

  • Tim McKay

    Arthur Thurnau Professor of Physics, Astronomy, and Education, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

  • Kim Thanos

    CEO, Lumen Learning

Resources & Downloads

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