The Research-Practice Exchange (RPE) creates a transformative bridge between educational research and implementation. For universities, this framework overcomes the traditional barriers between scholarly investigation and practical application, enabling researchers to validate innovations with authentic users while providing practitioners with immediate access to evidence-based approaches.
How It Works
The RPE transforms how universities develop, validate, and implement learning innovations through a systematic process:
Configure Innovations
Researchers configure their innovations (content, tools, practices, or algorithms) within the MyGooru technical framework, defining integration requirements and implementation parameters.
Implement in Authentic Environments:
These innovations are deployed in real learning environments with appropriate consent, generating rich implementation data across multiple dimensions.
Gather Comprehensive Data
Researchers collect detailed data about how interventions influence outcomes across knowledge, mindsets, interests, abilities, and community engagement.
Refine Based on Results
Innovations are continuously refined based on implementation insights, creating a rapid cycle of improvement.
Scale Validated Approaches
Successful innovations can be submitted to MyGooru's resource library, making them available to all users with appropriate metadata about effectiveness and implementation requirements.
This integrated approach eliminates the traditional multi-year delay between research and practice, enabling continuous refinement and immediate impact.
Benefits for Universities
Enhanced Research Capabilities
Access to authentic learning environments for validating innovations
Rich, multi-dimensional data about intervention impacts
Sophisticated tools for analyzing complex learning patterns
Implementation infrastructure that reduces technical barriers
Streamlined Pathway to Impact
Direct connection between research and implementation
Immediate application of research insights to practical challenges
Scalable deployment of validated approaches
Continuous feedback loop for refinement
Support for Research Funding
Infrastructure for rigorous study design and implementation
Enhanced competitiveness for external funding
Support for multi-institutional research collaborations
Track record of successful grant-funded projects ($35M across 110 projects)
University Research Partners
Grant Opportunities and Research Funding
The RPE actively supports researchers in securing external funding to advance their work. Over 14 years, the platform has supported over 110 research projects with more than $35M in external funding, demonstrating its effectiveness as an infrastructure for rigorous scientific investigations across diverse domains.
Our collaborative grant development process leverages multidisciplinary expertise and implementation infrastructure. Researchers receive support in designing studies that leverage the platform's unique capabilities, developing methodologies that capture complex dynamics, and articulating how the infrastructure enhances project feasibility and impact.
Featured Research Case Studies
Get Involved
Forward-thinking universities can establish an RPE beginning with 2-3 high-impact programs where enhanced personalization would generate substantial value. The MyGooru platform connects researchers with practitioners, provides sophisticated research tools for faculty, implements personalized learning in selected programs, and maintains appropriate data governance throughout.
Each RPE implementation begins with a collaborative planning process to identify high-impact opportunities and establish the infrastructure for successful implementation. Our team works closely with university partners to ensure alignment with institutional priorities, research goals, and implementation capabilities.
