I joined my Silver Lining for Learning (SLL) co-hosts - Chris Dede, Curt Bonk, and Lydia Cao (with Yong Zhao unable to attend due to travel) - to deliver a keynote at the Global Learning for an Open World Conference. SLL has been a labor of love over the past five... Building ...
Arizona State University and edX are launching the Global Freshman Academy, a first-of-its-kind program that offers a unique entry point to an undergraduate degree. The Global Freshman Academy will give learners anywhere in the world the opportunity to earn freshman-level university credit after su...
Making news: ASU ScaleU, Harkins, Wilde Wealth Management ASU ScaleU makes new investments in start-ups ASU ScaleU, a leading global higher education technology accelerator at Arizona State University, has recently invested in five startup companies that focus on supporting the New American Universi...
Redesigning Principal Preparation: A Case Study of the ASU Educational Leadership Tier II ProgramCarthon, Janis E.Aladjem, DanDaniels, Deborah V.Fletcher, KathleenEducation Leadership Review
The ASU / edX Global Freshman Academy (GFA) is not trying to replace courses built around faculty / student interaction. Rather, GFA is trying to get more students into a firm pipeline to have the opportunity to experience just these sorts of classes. What the ASU / edX partnership is doin...
which opened in 2004. Shortly after arriving at ASU, Curtiss received the largest grant of his career, a $14.8 million grant from the Grand Challenges in Global Health initiative, funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. (The project was supplemented the following year with another $631...