Work + School + Fail?
Strivers.LA is an application designed to help students succeed.  The current product is a free digital exam and study optimization tool.  When students sign up at Strivers.LA and enter an exam date, the application generates suggested study times and sends messages to keep the student’s studying on track.  Strivers.LA exam calendars are designed to be […]
Data Management & Analysis
The Learning Collective recently worked with Citizen of the World Charter Schools to improve its data management systems. Â Citizen of the Worlds Charter Schools (CWC) is a network of charter schools growing from two schools in California to five schools in New York. Â CWC needed to enhance its approach to data storage and use of […]
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 […]
Insights from Conference Presentations
The Learning Collective has presented at a couple conferences this spring. Specifically, we’ve presented about blended learning at the inaugural, national Online Education Symposium for Independent Schools (OESIS) and at the California Charter Schools Association’s (CCSA) 20th Annual Conference.
Blended Learning Evaluation Tool
The Learning Collective has begun working with E.L. Haynes Charter School in Washington DC to develop a blended learning planning process AND an evaluation tool to rapidly assess the effectiveness of the school’s blended learning programs. Specifically, we’ll be evaluating the effectiveness of 9 different blended learning vendors/programs implemented at the school.
iPads & Personalized Learning in So. Africa
The Learning Collective has begun working with Kingsmead College, a K-12 school for girls in Johannesburg, South Africa. As Kingsmead’s iPad program grows, the school has turned to The Learning Collective to help teachers further incorporate iPads into daily classroom activities and facilitate personalized learning. Also, we’re helping the school better leverage their MacBooks for […]
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 […]
TLC Advising 1st Parent Trigger in Country
Parent Revolution, the organization behind the cutting edge Parent Trigger work, has hired The Learning Collective. TLC is serving as one of the education experts advising the parents at the first school in the country, Desert Trails Elementary School in Adelanto CA, to enact a trigger school “takeover.”
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.