Impact & Outreach

Mobile Learning Initiative

The vision for a Mobile Learning Initiative (MLI) at the College of Education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign focuses on the belief that one of the guiding principles for 21st Century learning is to provide learning opportunities for students in which they acquire the skills necessary for living and working in a society where the proliferation and role of technology is evident. As a leader in technology and 21st Century learning, the College's vision for supporting a Mobile Learning Initiative empowers the students to gain lifelong learning skills including higher order thinking and problem-solving. Our future teachers will then impart these skills onto the students they teach, preparing them to be lifelong learners in a society where the rapid change of technology is fostering new ways of looking at the world and daily living.

I-LLINI Partnerships: Lifelong Learning IN Illinois for 21st Century Teachers

Learning Technology staff have partnered with faculty in C&I, Special Education, and LAS to provide innovative, needs-based professional development programs to create enhanced learning environments in high-needs schools. The ultimate goal of I-LLINI Partnerships is to increase student performance in mathematics, science, and information literacy through the evolution of the 21st Century classroom, and to strengthen partnerships among all stakeholders in teacher preparation to transform teacher education through the use of information and learning technologies. This three-year project, funded by the Illinois Board of Higher Education, provides relevant, standards-aligned professional development with a focus on the effective and creative use of new media and digital technologies to inform and evaluate instruction and student learning.

I-LLINI Partnerships faculty work with teachers and administrators from Danville District 118 Schools, Champaign Unit 4, Bloomington School District 87, Normal Unit 5 School District, and Urbana School District 116.

Ubiquitous Learning Institute Studying the 'Anytime, Anywhere' Nature of Learning

April 7, 2010
The University of Illinois College of Education has created the Ubiquitous Learning Institute to study the phenomenon, measure its impact on learning, and sort out what works and what doesn't. "Learning doesn't just happen in the schools. It happens in the workplace, it happens in coffeehouses. Especially with the Internet, it's an anytime, anywhere opportunity," said Burbules, director of the new institute.

 

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