What is the coolest thing you have learned at #blend13?… at AnswerGarden.ch.
#blend13, a set on Flickr.
What is the coolest thing you have learned at #blend13?… at AnswerGarden.ch.
#blend13, a set on Flickr.
We are excited to annouce that our Wave 1 pre-proposal submitted to The Next Generation Learning Challenge grant program in the Blended Learning Challenge Area ( http://nextgenlearning.org/ )has been selected to move to the formal proposal stage.
A total of 600 proposals were submitted for consideration, 50 pre-proposals were selected to advance in the process, and 32 of those 50 will be selected for funding.
The grant is for a modest $250,000, and our pre-proposal has the laudable goal of addressing the issue of poverty in NYS with education.
We know that education can disrupt the cycle of poverty and the intergenerational transmission of poverty. We know that 40%-70% of incoming college students need remedial education. We also know that more than half that try, fail and drop out, and that billions are spent on activity that NEVER leads to a credential for the student. To address this “Bermuda Triangle” of developmental education – where most go in and never come out, the State University of New York’s SUNY Learning Network Catch-up and Complete Enhanced Blended Learning Initiative will help students Catch-up, so that they can then Complete their education and get a job. The SUNY Learning Network will work with SUNY campuses to “blend” and enhance selected degree programs for this project specifically targeting young adult single parents from under served populations with educational options that focus on student success to begin to break the cycle of poverty in the state of New York.
The project if funded, would support the development of blended developmental courses and the courses in blended degree programs with:
Project partners would agree to:
Developmental courses in ESL, English, Math, Reading, information fluency, and/or college skills are sought.
Blended/online degree and certificate programs targeting state and regional occupational needs in business, criminal justice, information technology, and allied health, will be considered.
We are very pleased with the potential for impact and the opportunities inherent in this proposal for SUNY in this high visibility grant, and we are eager to demonstrate the “power of SUNY” with the SUNY SLN “Catch-up and Complete” Blended Learning initiative.
Please direct any questions to: Alexandra M. Pickett, Associate Director, SLN – proposal principal investigator.