The Navigated Learning Collaborative (NLC) is a global community that taps into the collective intelligence of the learning ecosystem to continuously enhance personalized education. This collaborative brings together diverse stakeholders—schools, researchers, content creators, and tool developers—to aggregate and validate resources for personalized learning worldwide.
Core Principles
Aligned Beliefs and Values
Members share a commitment to personalized learning as a pathway to educational equity and excellence, while respecting diverse approaches to implementation.
Individual Interests
Each participant pursues their specific goals—whether scaling impact (nonprofits, schools), reaching broader audiences (content providers), or reducing development costs (technology providers)—while contributing to the larger mission.
Shared Measurement
Common frameworks for measuring effectiveness enable collaborative learning and continuous improvement across diverse implementations.
Contribute Through Use
Members contribute to the collective knowledge base through their everyday use of the platform, generating valuable insights that benefit the entire ecosystem.
Collective Vigilance
The community maintains high standards for quality, effectiveness, and ethical implementation through collaborative oversight and continuous refinement.
Collaborative Structure
The NLC brings together diverse participants on the MyGooru exchange:
Schools and Districts
Educational institutions like Lammersville Unified, Val Verde Unified, and Antioch Unified validate and evolve teaching practices, contributing insights that enhance MyGooru's effectiveness for varied learning environments.
Researchers
Academic partners from institutions like IIIT-Bangalore, UC Berkeley, and Johns Hopkins University advance AI algorithms and learning sciences, improving how we understand and support diverse learning needs.
Content Providers
Organizations create and validate varied learning resources across topics and assessment types, expanding the resource pool available to all participants.
Tool Developers
Technology partners leverage MyGooru APIs to innovate with AI-based tutoring and assessment tools, enhancing the platform's capabilities.
Membership Benefits
Technical Value
Integration support for implementing innovations within the MyGooru framework
Implementation expertise from experienced practitioners
Data analytics for measuring effectiveness and impact
Privacy-protected research infrastructure for validating and scaling innovations
Business Value
Flexible business models for different participant types
Data ownership rights that respect intellectual property
Grant funding support for qualified projects
Opportunities to monetize validated innovations
Community Value
Access to a global network of education innovators
Shared research insights across diverse implementations
Collaborative opportunities with complementary partners
Platforms for highlighting success stories
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.
Success Stories
Join the Collaborative
Each prospective member begins with a "starter project" designed collaboratively with NLC members. This initial engagement helps organizations understand MyGooru's capabilities while demonstrating the value of collaborative innovation. Based on this experience, organizations are invited to full NLC membership.
The collaborative welcomes diverse participants who share a commitment to personalized learning and collaborative innovation. Whether you're an educational institution seeking to enhance learning outcomes, a research organization exploring new approaches to personalization, a content provider looking to validate and scale resources, or a tool developer building innovative learning technologies, the NLC provides a structured framework for meaningful collaboration.
