Project Update

On January 13, 2017, Achieving the Dream and the Inspark Teaching Network held an informational webinar with representatives from Miami Dade Community College and the Lone Star College System to discuss their experience using the Inspark courseware.  Here is a video recording of the webinar.

The Inspark Science Network

We know that the prevailing model of higher education, centered on lectures and disciplinary knowledge, dampens a student’s motivation and promotes misconceptions about science and other modes of learning. We also know that siloed learning doesn’t prepare students for the complex, real-world problems they will face during their careers.

It’s time for a more effective and authentic exploration-driven model for science learning, centered on interactive, project-based learning experiences, and motivated by questions that don’t fit in tidy disciplinary bins.

Drawing on the design principles of Habitable Worlds, an innovative online science course at Arizona State University that was built using the Smart Sparrow platform, the Science Network will create next-generation courseware and provide the tools and support to empower teachers to teach the courseware at scale.

As a founding partner, Achieving the Dream is working with Smart Sparrow to increase awareness among colleges in the Achieving the Dream National Reform Network of the opportunity to join the Inspark Teaching Network.

To join the Inspark Teaching Network, please contact Dr. Nichole Thomas at nthomas@achievingthedream.org with any questions.