1. Technology’s Role in the College Completion Agenda December 3 – EDUCAUSE Live! Ira Fuchs, Executive Director Next Generation Learning Challenges 1

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4. Undergraduates Not Up To Mark Central Chronicle| November 4, 2010 More Employers Seek High-Teach Skills Everest Herald | November 5, 2010 Biz-man: We have jobs; workers lack skills Mansfield News Journal| October 27, 2010 Lack of education holding area workers back South Coast Today| November 2010 Skills Gap: Wider Range of Expertise Needed Financial Times | November 4, 2010 Searching for Skilled High-Tech Workers National Public Radio| September 2007 4

5. “Employers indicate that, just as the challenges facing their employees are more complex today than in the past, their expectations of employees have increased. The vast majority… are looking for employees to use a broader set of skills and have higher levels of learning and knowledge than in the past.” - Hart Research Associates, “Raising the Bar: Employer’s Views on College Learning in the Wake of the Economic Downturn,” January 2010.Raising the Bar: Employer’s Views on College Learning in the Wake of the Economic Downturn 5

6. Top Skills 1)Effective communication (written and oral) 89 percent 2)Critical thinking 81 percent 3) The ability to analyze and solve complex problems 75 percent 4) Teamwork 71 percent 5)Innovation and creativity 70 percent 6) The ability to locate, organize, and evaluate information from a variety of sources 68 percent 6

7. It’s about creating the right workforce. 7

8. By 2018, it is estimated that jobs requiring some type of postsecondary education will make up 64 percent of the workforce. -- Lumina Foundation for Education By The Numbers 8

9. Less than half of first-time, full-time students complete their four year degrees within six years. Or two-year degrees within three years. -- National Center for Education Statistics, 2010 By The Numbers 9

10. In four-year schools, 45 percent of students work more than 20 hours per week. -- “With Their Whole Lives Ahead of Them,” Public Agenda By The Numbers 10

11. It’s about ensuring students make it to the finish line. 11

12. More than one-third of full-time college and university students need remedial classes. -- Strong American Schools, 2008 By The Numbers 12

13. It’s about our nation’s vitality and security. 13

14. It’s about Next Generation Learning Challenges. 14

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16. About NGLC Our Goal: Dramatically improve college readiness and completion in the United States, especially among low-income adults, through the applied use of technology. 16

17. NGLC’s Role John E. Lester Shimgray Technology focused Collaboration Bridging secondary and postsecondary Emphasis on scale and adoption 17

18. Program Components Investment Capital Evidence Building Community Engagement 18

19. Focus on Proven Solutions Breaking down silos Moving past “not invented here” Bringing innovation to more students, more campuses 19

20. “New media and technology have a critical role to play in the future of education. But regardless of the potential they may show in their audition, new media and technology will get to act only those parts in which we cast them. From my perspective, the only legitimate role for new media and technology in education is to increase our capacity to be generous with one another.” - David Wiley, “Openness as Catalyst for an Educational Reformation,” EDUCAUSE ReviewOpenness as Catalyst for an Educational Reformation 20

21. Blended Learning Why blended learning? Diverse learning styles Flexibility Student-centered design Learning outcomes 21

22. Blended Learning Charles Dziuban, Joel Hartman, and Patsy Moskal, “Blended Learning,” ECAR Research Bulletin, 2004, http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/p df/ERB0407.pdf. http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/p df/ERB0407.pdf 22

23. Learner Analytics Why analytics? Access to data Ability to predict Potential for intervention and mentoring 23

24. Learner Analytics Kimberly E. Arnold, “Signals: Applying Academic Analytics,” EDUCAUSE Quarterly 33, no. 1, 2010. http://www.educause.edu/EDUCAUSE+Quar terly/EDUCAUSEQuarterlyMagazineVolum/Si gnalsApplyingAc ademicAnalyti/199385. 24

25. Deeper Learning and Engagement John E. Lester Shimgray Why engagement? Content retention 21 st century skills Student persistence Breaking down the technological silos 25

26. Deeper Learning and Engagement Ina Hzzzzotshot Chris Dede, “Immersive Interfaces for Engagement and Learning,” Science 323, no. 5910 (January 2009), 66–69, http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi /content/full/323/5910/66. http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi /content/full/323/5910/66 26

27. Open Core Courseware Why OER? Reducing redundancy Empowering faculty Sharing best practices Anytime, anywhere 27

28. Open Core Courseware Marsha Lovett, Oded Meyer, and Candace Thille, “The Open Learning Initiative: Measuring the Effectiveness of the OLI Statistics Course in Accelerating Student Learning,” Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2008, http://oli.web.cmu.edu/openlearning/publications/71. http://oli.web.cmu.edu/openlearning/publications/71 28

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30. Overall Considerations Gatekeeper Courses Emphasis on scale and adoption Target outcomes: Course completion Persistence Mastery of subject matter Mastery of learning outcomes 30

31. Wave One Funding $250,000 for blended learning, deeper learning and engagement, and learner analytics $750,000 for open core courseware 32 total awards More than 600 pre-proposals 31

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33. Additional Waves Late January: Grades 6-12 Watch the NGLC site or sign up for updates Ideas for future waves? Tell us in the forums! www.nextgenlearning.org/the-community/discuss 33

34. Fostering Adoption Proposals must include: How the model will be shared Plans for sharing resources and developed technology with CC-BY license Ideas for “scaffolding materials 34

35. Building Evidence Sharing Knowledge: Research from grantees Innovations across campuses Key resources and studies Case studies 35

36. Cultivating Community Webinars WorkshopsDiscussion Sessions 36

37. Get Engaged www.educause.edu/nglc www.nextgenlearning.org 37

38. Questions? Ira Fuchs (ifuchs@educause.edu)ifuchs@educause.edu www.nextgenlearning.org 38