Girl Scouts of USA Hires TLC

Girl Scouts hires The Learning Collective to conceive an online experience to help girls internationally reduce their carbon footprint.

College Board Hires TLC

Each year, the College Board serves seven million students and their parents, 23,000 high schools, and 3,800 colleges through major programs and services in college readiness, college admission, guidance, assessment, financial aid, enrollment, and teaching and learning. The College Board has hired The Learning Collective to help develop College Board’s new online professional development model

TLC Announces Three New Clients

The Learning Collective announces three new clients.Ā Ā  We are acting as the “in-house” online educational experts for Ketchum and their account with a leading provider of online classes to middle and high school students.Ā  We’re advising UCLA on the potential development of an online emergency preparedness tool for developmentally disabled adults.Ā  And we’re overseeing Mojo […]

The Emotional Web

Online communities and resources focused on peoplesā€™ emotional health have been around for a while.Ā  This includes the youth space through efforts like icouldbe.orgā€™s online mentoring community which has been around for the past 10 years.Ā  And other resources tailored to help youth deal with particular issues, such as thesafespace.org to help prevent and cope […]

Cloud-Based, Open-Source For Teachers?

A computing device for every teacher and student so they can access the Internet at school or at home? That, along with an embrace of cloud computing, Creative Commons, and open-source technologies is part of a new set of recommendations from the U.S. Department of Education.

Google Labs + News = Living Stories

Google Labs always has something interesting for me to explore in online media. This time the guys at Google in conjunction with the Washington Post and The New York Times are tackling online news. I think this tool has allot of value, and if it is adopted widely it could change the way we discover, read and research news topics, using online news outlets.

Connectivism And Modern Literacy

In the 20th century literacy was the “ability to read and write”. The subset of skills necessary to be called literate has changed greatly and the definitions has expanded…

Develop Idea for A Mobile Learning App

Applications for the first Startl Design Boost are now open for budding entrepreneurs and designers interested in developing cutting edge mobile applications for learning.Ā  Developed in conjunction with IDEO, the first Startl Boost, a five day building, hacking, business and human centered design immersion will be held at the Pratt Institute in New York City, […]

Harvard Professor: Learn 3 Minutes a Day

Some educators are turning to short online learning activities as a preferred approach to engage students. Take SpacedEd. It offers students the chance to ā€œlearn most anything in 3 minutes a day.ā€ Originally developed by Dr B. Price Kerfoot, a Harvard Medical School professor, for medical school students, the method has been proven through 10 rigorous studies to increase knowledge by up to 50% and strengthen retention of concepts up to two years.