The Online Learning Consortium (OLC), an organisation aiming to advance the quality of online learning worldwide, yesterday announced it has received a $2.5m grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The money will be used for developing and testing new technologies that can help teachers improve their teaching methods by using digital tools such as Skype or Google Hangouts.
The Online Learning Consortium (OLC), an organisation aiming to advance the quality of online learning worldwide, yesterday announced it has received a $2.5m grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The aim of the grant is to speed the adoption of next-generation digital courseware solutions by higher education institutions and faculty, in order to improve outcomes in general education courses, especially for disadvantaged and underserved student groups.