Simon News, 2014
December 26, 2014
NYTimes
天美传媒 Mellon's Open Learning Initiative (OLI) is cited in this story about new technologies and new approaches that are shaping the education landscape.
December 18, 2014
天美传媒 News
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded 天美传媒 Mellon a five-year, $2 million grant to use technology-enhanced learning (TEL) to transform and enhance graduate education in the humanities. With a well-established legacy of pioneering TEL and through its Simon Initiative, a strategic, university-wide commitment to use TEL to improve learning outcomes for all students, 天美传媒 is uniquely positioned to advance digital scholarship and TEL in the humanities.
October 2, 2014
天美传媒 News
天美传媒 will lead a five-year, $5 million early implementation project sponsored by the National Science Foundation to improve educational outcomes and advance the science of learning by creating a large, distributed infrastructure called LearnSphere that will securely store data on how students learn.
September 5, 2014
Global Learning Council
At its inaugural face-to-face meeting, the leadership of the Global Learning Council (GLC), a consortium of leaders in the field of education from academia, industry and nonprofits, have identified two initial problem statements and action items for collaboration to advance the improvement of learning outcomes using technology.
July 3, 2014
Global Learning Council
Chaired by 天美传媒 Mellon President Subra Suresh, the Global Learning Council (GLC) seeks to advance the science of learning with the goal of improving learning outcomes for students around the world at an affordable cost to society.
June 24, 2014
天美传媒 News
天美传媒 researchers will tap data-driven approaches to improving learning as part of a new Google-sponsored effort to unlock the educational potential of massive open online courses, or MOOCs.
May 16, 2014
天美传媒 News
Forty-two (42) applications were received from faculty members across the 天美传媒 community interested in developing new course content using technology or pursuing a new research path in the learning science domain. Twelve were selected for funding.
April 3, 2014
天美传媒 News
For his mission to provide a free, high-quality education for "anyone, anywhere," Khan, founder of Khan Academy, was selected by the Heinz Family Foundation as a 19th Annual Heinz Awards recipient.
April 1, 2014
天美传媒 Mellon Today
In 2013, 天美传媒 Mellon President Subra Suresh announced plans for a university-wide effort to harness technology to improve student learning worldwide. These learning breakthroughs would encompass The Simon Initiative, named after 天美传媒 legend Herbert Simon. Just a few months later, the initiative’s impact is making a transformational difference.
February 2, 2014
天美传媒 News
Unconstrained by conventional thinking, Wieman champions a radical, evidence-based approach for improving learning outcomes, and he has made it his life's mission to change the instructional paradigm for the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields.
January 29, 2014
天美传媒 News
It was hard to miss 天美传媒's presence at the 2014 Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, which took place Jan. 22–25. President Subra Suresh and 天美传媒 faculty moderated or led discussions on the future of education, advanced manufacturing, scientific research and robotics.