Round 3 TAACCCT grants were announced in April 2013, providing federal funding to educational institutions - primarily community colleges - for innovative projects aimed at workforce development for individuals whose jobs have shifted overseas. To complement the resources community colleges bring to the table, MIT and Lumen Learning are collaborating to further support TAACCCT grant proposals by providing applied domain expertise in technology-enabled learning, open education, and workforce development in growing, high-skill industries: advance manufacturing, energy, entrepreneurship, life sciences, and STEM fields. This presentation provides an overview of the types of support and expertise MIT and Lumen Learning can offer as collaborative support for educational institutions seeking Round 3 TAACCCT grants.

1. TAACCCT Proposal Support from
MIT and Lumen Learning
M.S. Vijay Kumar, MIT
Kim Thanos, Lumen Learning
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2. Overview
 Welcome and Introductions
 About MIT + Lumen
 Building on partnerships and success
 Round 3 Opportunities
 Key Aspects of Round 3
 Collaborative Opportunities
 Next Steps
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3. MIT + Lumen
Build upon success to collaborate with you
 Experience collaborating with community colleges
through Gates-funded Next Generation Learning
Challenges grants
 Effective outcomes in developmental math, STEM
areas, business
 Strong focus and support for open education
 Strength in developing and managing multi-
institution national collaborations
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4. MIT
 World leading domain expertise in relevant, industry-
specific areas;
 Tradition of practical, project-based, small group
learning;
 Growing expertise in use of MITx for large-scale,
distributed learning;
 A rich history of educational and educational
technology innovation; and
 Learning experiences that infuse innovation and
entrepreneurship throughout
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5. Lumen Learning
 Serve open access institutions
 Support innovation in teaching and learning
 Technology-enabled learning experiences
 Open education models
 Cross-institutional collaborations
 Efficacy research
 Connect funded projects for greater impact
 Approach
 Institutional and direct faculty support
 Bridging, buffering and scaffolding
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6. Key Aspects of Round 3
 Education landscape continues to change
 Evidence-based design
 Stacked and latticed credentials
 Transferability and articulation of credit
 Advanced online and technology-enabled learning
 Strategic alignment
 Alignment with previously-funded TAACCCT projects
 All rounds require open licensing; round 3 rewards
reuse of open materials
 Round 1 leads can be a lead or a partner, Round 2
schools can be partners in national consortia
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7. Core Elements of the Solicitation
 Core Element 1: Evidence Based Design
 MIT + Lumen bring learning science connection into design
 Core Element 4: Advanced Online and Technology
Enabled Learning:
 MIT + Lumen bring effective technology-enabled pedagogy with
scaling opportunities
 Core Element 5: Strategic Alignment
 MIT + Lumen bring experience tailoring innovations to local
goals with effective and realistic approach
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8. Focus for MIT and Lumen Support
 Direct domain expertise
 That blends online and hands-on in effective
technology-enabled learning experiences
 Coupled with scale through edX
 Along with faculty and program support
 That are extended through network effects from
complementary projects
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9. Domain Expertise
 Discussions focusing on:
 Advanced manufacturing
 Entrepreneurship
 Healthcare
 Also interested in:
 Energy (including Clean and Renewable Energy)
 Life sciences and biotechnology
 Authentic STEM learning
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10. Scale through edX
 Open source platform for online courses at scale
 For large massive classes…or small focused
experiences
 Innovation in embedding assessments and content,
with a nearly infinite question bank for students to
test their understanding
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11. Technology-enabled Learning
Our approach
 Blends online and practical learning
 Through tested strategies with community college
learners
 That can include simulations and game-based
learning experiences
 And with support and training for faculty
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12. Project Support
 Traditional project management
 Finding and using existing open resources
 Including round 1 and 2 grantees
 Copyright and open licensing
 Collaboration and partnership
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13. Supporting Existing Capabilities
 Focus on learning outcomes
 Focus college completion and using labor market
outcomes
 Faculty participation in curriculum development
 Grant management infrastructure and experience
 Alignment with one of our interest areas
 Or, another project under development where we
might add value
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14. Next Steps
 We’re open to collaborate on any proposals where
we can help you.
 Our costs will be written in to grant
 Contact us through taaccct-inquiries@mit.edu so
we can speak directly about next steps.
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