Project DIRECT II:Distance Innovations for Rural Educators using Communication Technologies Project DIRECT II is a collaborative effort between (a) two professional development units in the University of Oregon’s College of Education (the Center for Advanced Technology in Education and the Oregon Writing Project); (b) two academic departments in Arts and Sciences (English and Journalism); and (c) six high need/high-poverty rural school districts. Teacher and administrator participants will engage in a high quality,… Read More

Project SAIL is a three-year development and evaluation effort of the Center for Advanced Technology in Education at the University of Oregon, the New Literacies Research Lab at the University of Connecticut, and four partnering school districts. The goal of Project SAIL is to develop, revise and pilot-test technology-based reading and learning strategies designed to improve online reading and studying by secondary students with learning disabilities. Project SAIL also proposes to develop,… Read More

In 2009, the Center for Global Teaching and Learning (CGT&L) was instrumental in the formation of the first organizational affiliate of ISTE (The International Society for Technology in Education) in India, named ICIE (the India Council for Integral Education). One CGT&L staff member works on the board of ICIE, which is located in Puducherry, India. In 2010, ICIE purchased 30 acres of land where it plans to create a teacher and pre-service… Read More