Tips for Learning & Teaching Through AI

The Learning Collective attended this year’s SXSW EDU conference. We focused much of our time there on learning about the latest in AI. Though we left the conference with more questions than answers, we definitely feel more knowledgeable about AI and where it may lead us. Here are some of our takeaways from the conference […]

University Supported Guide for 2022-23 School Planning

The Center for Charter Schools at Central Michigan University (CMU) teamed with The Learning Collective and Venn Education (Venn) to examine the impacts, changes and innovations schools have experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Blended & Remote Learning Since 2000

The founder of The Learning Collective is also the founder of ICouldBe, which has been providing blended and remote learning services to schools nationally for over 20 years. Since 2000, ICouldBe’s virtual mentoring program has provided 25,000 high school students with an online community of professional mentors, empowering teens to stay in school, plan for future […]

2020 TLC Highlights

Despite, and in some respects because of, the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 was a very busy year for The Learning Collective. Our diverse clients and projects spanned ten states. We:

Private School Blended Learning Planning

The Learning Collective is working with Berkeley Hall School to determine whether blended learning and/or enhanced online learning is an instructional direction the school should pursue.  This represents a potential new direction for one of the most venerable independent schools in Southern California.   Based on The Learning Collective’s experience presenting at the Online Education […]

E-Portfolios for UCLA Teacher Ed Program

The Learning Collective has built an online portfolio platform for UCLA’s Teacher Education Program.  Teachers in training will use the platform to save, document and share their UCLA projects and experiences.  The Learning Collective will also provide related professional development. This is The Learning Collective’s second engagement with UCLA.  See what we did with the […]

Indiana & Nevada Hire TLC

The Indiana Charter School Board and the Nevada Public Charter School Authority have hired The Learning Collective to evaluate applications for prospective blended learning charter schools.  We anticipate an increasing move to blended learning at charter schools, facilitated by initiatives like the US Department of Education’s Personalized Learning Race to the Top fund and companies […]

TLC Welcomes The Digital Diva

Joquetta Lynn Johnson, aka The Digital Diva, is the newest Member of The Learning Collective.  Joquetta brings many years of experience and success utilizing, and training others how to leverage, educational technologies.

Conference Insights: Charters & Tech

The Learning Collective just returned from two conferences: the National Charter Schools Conference and ISTE.  In fact, we may have been the only folks at both.  Here are some takeaways: 2.1 million of the 55 million K-12 students nationally are in charter schools Lots of discussions on BYOD (bring your own devices) were happening at […]