Welcome to the National Center for Academic Transformation.

NCAT is an independent non-profit organization dedicated to the effective use of information technology to improve student learning outcomes and reduce the cost of higher education. NCAT provides expertise and support to institutions and organizations seeking proven methods for providing more students with the education they need to prosper in today’s economy. Learn more...

What's New:

• Redesign Seminar: Getting Started on Course Redesign
  Co-sponsored by NCAT and Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA) on October 18, 2013, this event is for those interested in redesigning introductory level courses.
• NCAT Fall 2013 Webinar Series: September, October, November and December 2013
  Each webinar will feature an NCAT Redesign Scholar, the project leader of a highly successful course redesign, who will describe the redesign project with a particular focus on its distinguishing characteristics.
• NCAT Spring 2013 Webinar Recordings: February, March and April 2013
  Recordings of thee hour-long webinars in psychology, computer literacy and developmental math. Each featured the project leader of a highly successful course redesign, who described the redesign project  with a particular focus on its distinguishing characteristics.

NCAT Programs:

• Changing the Equation: a program to engage the nation’s community colleges in a successful redesign of their remedial/developmental math sequences supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
• Redesign Scholars Program: a program to link those new to course redesign with more experienced colleagues to whom they can turn for advice and support.
• State and System Course Redesign: a program for states and higher education systems that want to produce large-scale quality improvements and cost savings, including links to current statewide course redesign efforts.

NCAT Resources:

• New to Course Redesign? a list of recommended reading to get you started.
• Course Redesigns: descriptions of more than 150 large-scale course redesigns sorted by discipline, by model and by degree of success.
• Course Redesign Planning Resources: techniques, models, examples and tools for institutions and systems embarking on course redesign programs.
• Course Redesign in Mathematics: techniques, models, examples and tools for institutions embarking on course redesign in developmental and college-level mathematics.
• The Learning MarketSpace: NCAT’s quarterly newsletter highlighting examples of redesigned learning environments using technology.
• Articles and Monographs: suggested reading about the nexus of higher education and information technology.
• Staff: bios and contact information for NCAT staff.

NCAT Completed Programs:

• 1999 - 2004, Program in Course Redesign (PCR): NCAT's seminal program that demonstrated how to redesign courses using technology to improve quality and reduce costs, including descriptions and data from 30 successful efforts.
• 2003 - 2006, Roadmap to Redesign (R2R): a FIPSE-funded initiative that produced additional course redesigns using a streamlined course redesign methodology, including descriptions and data from 15 successful efforts.
• 2004 - 2005, Increasing Success for Underserved Students: an effort supported by Lumina Foundation for Education to assess the impact of the Program in Course Redesign on the success of traditionally underserved students.
• 2006 - 2010, Colleagues Committed to Redesign (C2R): a FIPSE-funded initiative that engaged new institutions in large-scale course redesign, including descriptions and data from 28 successful efforts.
• 2006 - 2012, The Redesign Alliance: a national member organization of institutions, companies and organizations formed to advance the concept of course redesign throughout higher education.