August 17, 2007
$250,000 Digital-Learning Grants Available
Explore strange new worlds. Boldly go where no educator has gone before.
Jim Vanides of Hewlett-Packard, in his Teaching, Learning, & Technology in Higher Education blog, takes note of an enticing new opportunity for research on learning.
The MacArthur Foundation, in its Digital Media and Learning Competition, is offering as many as eight “Innovation Awards” of $100,000 to $250,000 each. According to Digital Media’s Web site, they are “intended to appeal to pioneers, builders of new digital learning environments. These might include, for example, a major adaptation of gaming, world building, or social networking environments (such as MySpace or Facebook) designed for educational contexts; or entirely new programs.”
The projects should “explore new digital models of learning that build upon and enhance the informal, networked, and collaborative learning styles of youth today, extending them more broadly,” the site explains.
The learning environments involved in these projects can be physical environments, learning tools like textbooks, networks of peers and adults, and new curricula.
The deadline for applications is October 15. —Josh Fischman
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The MacArthur Foundation has a long history of providing financial incentives to worthwhile digital learning projects. The MacArthur Foundation’s support of pioneering efforts needs to be continually applauded. Educational and instructional technology, online education, distance learning, and many other innovative efforts have helped students to become productive individuals.
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