College Promise Opportunities: Leveraging Virtual, Blended and Traditional Learning Pathways to Increase Student Success in the 21st Century (archive)

This keynote session will showcase the dramatic expansion of the College Promise movement and underscore strategies to increase student achievement in the knowledge economy of the 21st century. What is the right combination of virtual, blended and traditional learning opportunities to produce pathways that accelerate degree completion, success in the workforce, and the rewards of leading full and productive lives? How can we apply research about online learning to help more students reach their educational goals? How can education leaders partner with business, government, technology and nonprofit experts to take advantage of the full range of technologies, their applications, learning sciences research, and quality teaching for students to realize their full potential? Increasing student success gives us the greatest opportunity to leverage high quality online teaching to propel America’s future!