Gates Foundation gives UT-Arlington $1.6M for higher ed digital learning studies

A University of Texas-Arlington lab has won a $1.6 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to coordinate higher education digital-learning studies by 10 institutions. The areas to be researched include competency-based learning, learning analytics, global higher education growth, scaled learning and massive open online courses, personalization and adaptation, and digital credentialing and accreditation. The goal of the grant is to connect digital learning research to practical applications, and to increase the amount of research and its depth.