Academic: includes lectures by international leaders in the different fields of science diplomacy (energy, environment, climate, water, global health, nuclear nonproliferation,
space, etc.), exclusive
online learning tools, interactive case
studies, and experiential
learning through role - playing exercises and simulations.
In the postsecondary
space, the Gates Foundation made a number of grants — both directly and through NGLC — to intriguing ventures with the potential to improve education dramatically, including some of my disruptive favorites: start - up MyCollege Foundation, which will establish a non-profit college that blends adaptive
online learning solutions with other services at a low cost; University of the People, the world's first tuition - free, non-profit,
online academic institution dedicated to opening access to higher education globally; New Charter University, a competency - based university that charges only $ 199 per month for students seeking a degree and for which NGLC will fund a research
study of its
online students and a comparative one of students enrolled in a blended -
learning environment delivered through a partnership with the Community College of the District of Columbia; Southern New Hampshire University, which under its President Paul LeBlanc has already created an autonomous
online division and will now pioneer the «Pathways Project,» which will offer a self - paced and student - centric associates degree; and MIT, which will use the funds to create a free prototype computer science
online course for edX.
Learning is almost exclusively
online, mostly on a campus in a large
study / collaborate
space, where face - to - face support is flexible and adaptive, on an as - needed basis in smaller breakout rooms.