• $550,000Active Strategy

  2012 (Duration 2 years)

  Digital Media & Learning

  CHICAGO, ILLINOIS — DePaul University's College of Computing and Digital Media is the home of the Chicago Hive Learning Network and the Digital Youth Network, two key projects of MacArthur's Digital Media and Learning initiative. This grant supports the development of new activities that meet the recently-released common core standards for language arts in secondary education, to be implemented in existing programs in YOUmedia and the Hive Learning Network. Successfully piloted tasks will inform the development of a set of tools, templates, and assessments (in the form of digital badges) that can be used in both traditional classrooms and out-of-school settings.

• $350,000Active Strategy

  2012 (Inactive Grant)

  Digital Media & Learning

  CHICAGO, ILLINOIS — DePaul University's College of Computing and Digital Media is the home of the Chicago Hive Learning Network and the Digital Youth Network, two key projects of MacArthur's digital media and learning initiative. Under the direction of Professor Nichole Pinkard, founder of the Digital Youth Network, this grant will be used to develop and deploy digital badges for skills and competencies acquired in the Hive Learning Network, including literacy badges that acknowledge the writing skills; fashion badges that recognize skills in creativity, collaboration, graphic design, technology, presentation, etc.; and mentor badges for the adults working with youth in these areas.

• $1,000,000Active Strategy

  2010 (Inactive Grant)

  Housing

  CHICAGO, ILLINOIS — To support research, a data clearinghouse, and coordination of public agencies that participate in The Preservation Compact.

The MacArthur Foundation awarded DePaul University $1,900,000 between 2010 and 2013.