What we learned at the Wave IIIb Convening
Ten innovative postsecondary institutions and organizations received funding in NGLC’s most recent wave of investments. Along with the announcement of their status as winners, NGLC sent an invitation...
View ArticleContinued Conversations…Data is a Tool, Action is the Key
For the Iowa Community Colleges Online Consortium it’s critical to have data on how online students are doing … but not as important as using that data to improve outcomes.
View ArticleCollaborative Course Design with OER in the Kaleidoscope Open Course Initiative
By: Kim Thanos is the program manager for the Kaleidoscope Open Course Initiative, and the founder and CEO of Lumen Learning.It’s been almost two years since the Kaleidoscope Open Course Initiative...
View ArticleBlazing the Trail in Texas: Work in Progress on the Texas Affordable...
“What we’re talking about is a different satisfactory academic progress model than most of you are used to,” said project leader Van Davis to a large group of faculty from the two Texas campuses...
View ArticleTrending Now: Postsecondary
MOOCs dominate recent news and reports in next generation learning, while Southern New Hampshire makes history with competency-based learning.
View ArticleThe North American Network of Science Labs Online: The Role of the Discipline...
By Pat Shea, Project Director, Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education and Rhonda Epper, Assistant Provost, Colorado Community College System
View ArticleFollow-ups with Follow-ons: Ongoing Wave I Projects Host Workshops for New...
IUPUI’s cyber-Peer Led Team Learning and Cerritos Community College’s Kaleidoscope Project, with Wave I follow-on funding support, held recent workshops to bring new participants on board.
View ArticleSolving the NGLC Puzzle (Part 1 of 2)
Ohio’s Scaffold to the Stars, an NGLC open core courseware project among the Building Blocks for College completion, reports on the valuable lessons from their endeavors innovating at scale over a...
View ArticleSolving the NGLC Puzzle (Part 2 of 2)
Yesterday we considered the first three parts of the NGLC challenge: we begin today with the fourth.
View ArticleWhat We Learned at the Sloan C Blended Learning Conference
By invitation, NGLC staff presented our synthesis paper on blended learning at the 10th Annual Sloan Blended Learning Conference and learned about scaling, theory, and assessment from other presentations.
View ArticleWhat We Learned at the Inaugural Breakthrough Models Academy
The first Breakthrough Models Academy cohort convened in Cambridge for a week to hear challenging presentations from thought leaders and work in teams on their own breakthrough designs.
View ArticleBreakthrough Models Academy: Focusing on Innovation that Transforms Higher...
A coach at the Breakthrough Models Academy shares her perspective that the program generated fresh thinking and a new understanding of leadership among the participants.
View ArticleConsidering a Hybrid Model: CSUN Workshop Convenes Faculty from Across the...
The colloquial phrase “do the math” can mean more than “figure out what’s obvious.” When it comes to college students’ choices, it often means “increase your chances of finishing a college degree.”...
View ArticleSupporting Online Students with an Online Student Commons and Text Chat
The NGLC Wave I project of the SUNY Learning Network (SLN) incorporated a dedicated social network and an interactive text chat into the supports available for online students.
View ArticleNGLC’s Breakthrough Models Academy: a Recap and an Invitation
ln summer 2013, NGLC launched a new program, the Breakthrough Models Academy, to help extend what we and the field are learning from the bold, out-there developers of new, affordable degree programs -...
View ArticleGetting Engaged: Faculty Collaboration as an Innovation Strategy
Latest “Next Gen Tools” brief shows how Texas engages faculty from two campuses in designing their breakthrough degree program.
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Launching a New Innovation? Don’t Go it Alone.
Connecting with existing communities—whether virtual, institution-based, or consortia—is a promising strategy to effectively adopt technology-based student success initiatives.Tweet0 Share
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NGLC’s “Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me"
Borrowing from the games of NPR’s radio quiz show, “Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me,” four school leaders from the NGLC network share the hard-won lessons of launching, running, and evolving their blended,...
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Student Success Innovations to Watch
In our Building Blocks to College Completion infographic, we've highlighted five ‘Innovations to Watch' - these projects are changing higher ed because of their success in improved student outcomes,...
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