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Virtual Epidemic opportunity for Middle School Teachers and Students

The University of Pennsylvania is looking for elementary and secondary school science teachers and their students (Grades 6-8) to use a two-week unit on epidemics (i.e., the science of how viruses like COVID-19 spread and how to prevent it) in ...
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Research on Emerging Technologies for Teaching and Learning (RETTL)

The purpose of the Research on Emerging Technologies for Teaching and Learning (RETTL) program is to fund exploratory and synergistic research in emerging technologies (to include, but not limited to, artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, and immersive or augmenting technologies) for ...
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NSF Funding Opportunities: Broadening Participation in STEM Webinar

September 30, 2020, 2:30-4:30 pm ET In this webinar, NSF Program Officers and Staff will highlight current funding opportunities available in EHR focused on diversifying the STEM workforce, supporting broadening participation in STEM research, and promoting equitable STEM practices and opportunities. ...
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Job Opening: Project Manager, AI Institute, ICS Boulder

The AI Institute at ICS Boulder invites applications for a Project Manager to support a newly established National Artificial Intelligence Institute for Student-AI Teaming.
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Cyberinfrastructure for Sustained Scientific Innovation Solicitation – Information Webinar

September 16, 2020, 2pm to 3pm EST Register for this Webinar This NSF webinar will cover the new Cyberinfrastructure for Sustained Scientific Innovation (CSSI) solicitationNSF 592, submission requirements and program updates.
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NSF CISE Announcements on CAREER, CRII, No-Deadlines, and GRFP

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP): CISE-relevant topic areas offer absolutely profound research opportunities with deep potential for sweeping scientific, economic, and societal impact. Therefore, it is deeply important to ensure that CISE research pathways continue to attract a ...
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NSF Webinar: National AI Research Institutes Program

September 21, 2020, 3:30pm to 5:00pm Register for this Webinar This NSF webinar will cover the National Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes solicitation NSF 20-604, submission requirements and program updates.
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CIRCL Update: New NSF AI Institutes and Solicitation

Dear Colleague, NSF is establishing new artificial intelligence institutes to accelerate research, expand the workforce, and transform society in the decades to come. With an investment of over $100 million over the next five years, NSF’s Artificial Intelligence Institutes represent the ...
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Call for Papers: Intelligent Systems for Online Education

Call for Papers: Special Issue on Advances in Intelligent Systems for Online Education. This Special Issue aims to present high-quality, high-impact, original research results reporting the current state of the art of online education systems empowered with artificial intelligence. Learn more. Submissions ...
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Call for Contributions to CSCL in a Time of Crisis

In a series of online events and resources for realizing Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) in a time of crisis, the CSCL Community would like to invite CSCL practitioners and researchers to share practical approaches, practices, and tools for learning collaboratively ...
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Media, Blogs, and Press Releases from Cyberlearning Leaders

CSCL Proceedings Online

Check out the CSCL 2019 Proceedings, now available online. The Best Paper Published in JLS Award for 2018, announced at CSCL, was won by Sarit Barzilai and Clark A. Chinn for their paper, On the goals of epistemic education: Promoting ...
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Congratulations to Katie Headrick Taylor, 2018 NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow

We’re happy to announce Professor Katie Headrick Taylor has been named a 2018 National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow! Taylor studies the digital literacy practices of children, youth, and families from geographically, racially, and socioeconomically diverse communities. Learn more about Katie ...
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AI in Education Webinar Series

May 23 & 24; June 6, 7, & 27 Alelo is launching a webinar series on the Future of AI in Education and Training. If you are interested in how AI might improve education, learn more and register.
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Let CIRCL Share Your Conference News

Are you presenting cyberlearning-related work at AERA, ICLS, or another 2018 Conference? CIRCL can share your news on twitter, facebook, and in our newsletter. Complete this form to let us know where and what you’ll be presenting! View a list ...
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Learning Positioning Systems (LPS) Launch & Webinar

April 25, 2017, 4-5 pm EST In this webinar, Digital Promise will unveil and discuss the new Learning Positioning Systems (LPS) tool that links research to practice to enhance opportunities for personalized learning and addresses learner variability. LPS is intended product ...
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Ready to Learn Report

A new report from EDC and SRI International, explores parental involvement in children’s early science experiences. The report, What Parents Talk About When They Talk About Learning: A National Survey About Young Children and Science includes rich descriptions of parent ...
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Innovating Pedagogy 2017

The sixth in a series of annual reports on innovations in teaching, learning and assessment, Innovating Pedagogy 2017 includes some pedagogies that have an urgency about them. They are addressing problems of today’s world, where learners are faced with fake ...
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3-Star Learning Experiences

Paul Kirschner and Mirjam Neelen co-author a blog called 3-Star Learning Experiences that aims to present learning professionals with evidence-informed ideas on how to make both the instructional and the learning experience more effective, efficient, and enjoyable. Check out ...
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Handbook of Learning Analytics

The Handbook of Learning Analytics is a snapshot of the field in 2017 and features a range of prominent authors from the learning analytics and educational data mining research communities. The printed Handbook is now available for $20. Online access always ...
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Big Data in Education Report

The National Academy of Education (NAEd) released a new report on Big Data in Education: Balancing the Benefits of Educational Research and Student Privacy. The report addresses a fundamental tension of how to reap the educational benefits that access to ...
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Job Opportunities

Job Opening: Project Manager, AI Institute, ICS Boulder

The AI Institute at ICS Boulder invites applications for a Project Manager to support a newly established National Artificial Intelligence Institute for Student-AI Teaming.
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Two Postdoc Openings for CIRCLS

CIRCL will be transforming into the Center for Integrative Research in Computer and Learning Sciences (CIRCLS) – our three-year NSF proposal was just recently awarded! CIRCLS will have two postdoc positions, and these will be awesome opportunities for leadership, scholarship, ...
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Visiting Assistant Professor in Learning Engineering

The Lynch School of Education (LSOE) at Boston College seeks a Visiting Assistant Professor to be affiliated with its new MA Program in Learning Engineering. The Visiting Assistant Professor will teach and mentor in the program under the guidance of ...
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Call for JLS Editor(s)

ISLS is searching for new Editor(s) of Journal of the Learning Sciences (JLS) for 2021–2024. Letters of intent are due February 2, 2020. Full proposals are due March 15, 2020.
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Postdoc postition at NC State University

The Innovative Educational Computing laboratory in the Department of Computer Science at North Carolina State University (NCSU) is looking for a postdoctoral research fellow with a primary focus on the SimStudent project (www.SimStudent.org) funded by the Institute of Education Sciences ...
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Faculty Positions at Utah State University

Utah State University invites applications for two tenure track positions at the Assistant or Associate Professor level to join the Department of Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences (ITLS). All relevant areas of specialization are welcome. Individuals who bring scholarly and ...
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Faculty Position in Educational Data Science at Stanford

(This position is now filled) The Stanford University Graduate School of Education invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in educational data science. Application review began on September 30, 2019.
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Visiting researcher position in STEM education at Indiana University – Bloomington

Please consider applying for our visiting researcher position in STEM education at Indiana University – Bloomington. The position requires work across two NSF-funded projects related to the study of making and engineering education. Work on these projects primarily includes ...
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Postdoc position – child-robot interaction and embodied learning

The CREATE center at Northern Illinois University seeks a full-time, 2-year post-doctoral researcher to contribute to research on child-robot interaction and embodied learning, design and analysis of learning with cutting-edge digital technology, and multi-modal data analysis. Experience in video analysis ...
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Stanford seeks faculty member for new educational data science program

The Stanford University Graduate School of Education seeks an open-rank, tenure-track faculty member to contribute to a new program in educational data science. We seek candidates from a variety of academic disciplines whose research embodies the growing field of educational ...
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Call and Other Opportunities

Research on Emerging Technologies for Teaching and Learning (RETTL)

The purpose of the Research on Emerging Technologies for Teaching and Learning (RETTL) program is to fund exploratory and synergistic research in emerging technologies (to include, but not limited to, artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, and immersive or augmenting technologies) for ...
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Call for Papers: Intelligent Systems for Online Education

Call for Papers: Special Issue on Advances in Intelligent Systems for Online Education. This Special Issue aims to present high-quality, high-impact, original research results reporting the current state of the art of online education systems empowered with artificial intelligence. Learn more. Submissions ...
Read more

Call for Contributions to CSCL in a Time of Crisis

In a series of online events and resources for realizing Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) in a time of crisis, the CSCL Community would like to invite CSCL practitioners and researchers to share practical approaches, practices, and tools for learning collaboratively ...
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Call for Papers for ISLS 2021

Papers, Posters, Symposia are due November 6, 2020. Preconference Workshops and Tutorials are due December 11, 2020. Visit the ISLS 2021 Website for more information. The International Society of the Learning Sciences Annual Meeting 2021 will be held at Ruhr-Universität Bochum, ...
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Call for Papers: AI for K-12 – due August 20

Call for Papers: AI for K-12. This special issue of IJAIED seeks contributions that address core challenges in how to envision, design, develop, and implement AI K-12 education. Extended Abstracts (1,000 words) due August 20, 2020.
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Call for Papers on Makerspaces – due August 15

Call for Papers: Designing, Evaluating and Assessing Learning and Engagement in School, Library, Museum and Community Makerspaces. This special issue will bring together articles from projects that have explored conceptualizing and designing assessment of learning and engagement in Makerspaces from ...
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ISLS 2021 – Papers due November 6

ISLS 2021 will be held June 7-11, 2020 at Ruhr-Universität Bochum in Bochum, Germany. This Annual Meeting will bring together the international community of the learning sciences in a new format building on the past two programs: Learning Sciences (LS) ...
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Special Issue: Learning Analytics of Embodied Design

The International Journal of Child–Computer Interaction: Learning Analytics of Embodied Design — Enhancing Synergy invites submissions of manuscripts to the IJCCI Editorial Manger by November 1, 2020. Kindly forward all inquiries to Dor Abrahamson (dor@berkeley.edu)
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Living with AI: The Human Impacts of AI

AAAS Virtual Symposium, June 11, 2020, 9:00-4:30 (EDT) Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly changing how we think about every aspect of our daily lives, impacting our food, health, work, and society. Public discourse often focuses on AI as‌ ‌a‌ ‌social‌ ‌good‌ ...
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CIRCL Update: New NSF Opportunities & Share your #NSFStories

Dear Colleague, First, congratulations to all of you who presented your stories in the Video Showcase! Check out the 14 cyberlearning-related videos and 33 winners of Facilitator’s Choice, Public Choice, and Presenter’s Choice awards. The event drew more than 58,000 visitors ...
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News from NSF and the U.S. Government

Virtual Epidemic opportunity for Middle School Teachers and Students

The University of Pennsylvania is looking for elementary and secondary school science teachers and their students (Grades 6-8) to use a two-week unit on epidemics (i.e., the science of how viruses like COVID-19 spread and how to prevent it) in ...
Read more

Research on Emerging Technologies for Teaching and Learning (RETTL)

The purpose of the Research on Emerging Technologies for Teaching and Learning (RETTL) program is to fund exploratory and synergistic research in emerging technologies (to include, but not limited to, artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, and immersive or augmenting technologies) for ...
Read more

NSF Funding Opportunities: Broadening Participation in STEM Webinar

September 30, 2020, 2:30-4:30 pm ET In this webinar, NSF Program Officers and Staff will highlight current funding opportunities available in EHR focused on diversifying the STEM workforce, supporting broadening participation in STEM research, and promoting equitable STEM practices and opportunities. ...
Read more

Cyberinfrastructure for Sustained Scientific Innovation Solicitation – Information Webinar

September 16, 2020, 2pm to 3pm EST Register for this Webinar This NSF webinar will cover the new Cyberinfrastructure for Sustained Scientific Innovation (CSSI) solicitationNSF 592, submission requirements and program updates.
Read more

NSF CISE Announcements on CAREER, CRII, No-Deadlines, and GRFP

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP): CISE-relevant topic areas offer absolutely profound research opportunities with deep potential for sweeping scientific, economic, and societal impact. Therefore, it is deeply important to ensure that CISE research pathways continue to attract a ...
Read more

NSF Webinar: National AI Research Institutes Program

September 21, 2020, 3:30pm to 5:00pm Register for this Webinar This NSF webinar will cover the National Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes solicitation NSF 20-604, submission requirements and program updates.
Read more

CIRCL Update: New NSF AI Institutes and Solicitation

Dear Colleague, NSF is establishing new artificial intelligence institutes to accelerate research, expand the workforce, and transform society in the decades to come. With an investment of over $100 million over the next five years, NSF’s Artificial Intelligence Institutes represent the ...
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NSF EAGER Opportunity: Cyberlearning & AI

The interplay between AI, machine learning, and cybersecurity will continue to introduce new opportunities and challenges in the security of AI as well as AI for cybersecurity. NSF DCL: Cybersecurity Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence seeks to fund ...
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NSF Convergence Accelerator Expo 2020

NSF Convergence Accelerator program is hosting CA Expo 2020 on July 1-2, 2020 – a virtual meeting that provides an opportunity for all of the funded Convergence Accelerator projects in the Open Knowledge Network and AI & Future of Work/National ...
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NSF ECR Webinar Series

Thursdays from June 11 to July 30, 2020, 3-4 pm ET / 12-1 pm PT NSF EHR Core Research (ECR) program officers will provide an overview of the funding opportunities available in the EHR Core Research Solicitation (NSF 19-508) and answer ...
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News from CIRCL

Research on Emerging Technologies for Teaching and Learning (RETTL)

The purpose of the Research on Emerging Technologies for Teaching and Learning (RETTL) program is to fund exploratory and synergistic research in emerging technologies (to include, but not limited to, artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, and immersive or augmenting technologies) for ...
Read more

CIRCL Update: New NSF AI Institutes and Solicitation

Dear Colleague, NSF is establishing new artificial intelligence institutes to accelerate research, expand the workforce, and transform society in the decades to come. With an investment of over $100 million over the next five years, NSF’s Artificial Intelligence Institutes represent the ...
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Two Postdoc Openings for CIRCLS

CIRCL will be transforming into the Center for Integrative Research in Computer and Learning Sciences (CIRCLS) – our three-year NSF proposal was just recently awarded! CIRCLS will have two postdoc positions, and these will be awesome opportunities for leadership, scholarship, ...
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CIRCL Update: New NSF Opportunities & Share your #NSFStories

Dear Colleague, First, congratulations to all of you who presented your stories in the Video Showcase! Check out the 14 cyberlearning-related videos and 33 winners of Facilitator’s Choice, Public Choice, and Presenter’s Choice awards. The event drew more than 58,000 visitors ...
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CIRCL Update: NSF Coronavirus Information and Impact on Grants & Deadlines

Dear Colleague, All of us at CIRCL want to be as supportive and helpful as we can during these challenging times. Below we have a list of recent and highly relevant NSF news. We’ve also posted tips on how to host ...
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CIRCL Update: Register Now to be a Presenter in the STEM for All Video Showcase

Dear Colleague, We wanted to give you a quick heads up on several opportunities that have rapidly approaching deadlines. 2020 STEM for All Video Showcase. Do you have a federally funded project aimed at improving STEM or CS learning and teaching in ...
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Join us virtually for Cyberlearning 2019

As CIRCL Co-PI Sarita Pillai explains so well in her blog post about Cyberlearning 2019, please join us virtually and explore resources on this site to learn more about cyberlearning. In-person registration is closed, but all are welcome to ...
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CIRCL Update: Cyberlearning 2019 – Apply by April 30 (deadline extended), Cyberlearning at TMS, Video Showcase May 13-20

Dear Colleague, We hope you can join us for the following events. Cyberlearning 2019. Apply to attend by April 30 (deadline extended). Join us October 3-4 in Alexandria, VA, to share your work, explore tensions that arise as research teams expand ...
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Call for Participation: Cyberlearning 2019

See the full Call for Participation and apply to attend by April 30 (deadline extended). Cyberlearning 2019 will provide opportunities to join colleagues with diverse expertise and perspectives to explore the tensions that arise as research teams expand the boundaries of ...
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CIRCL Update: Ideas Lab deadline extended, S&D Workshop Call for Participants, Neuroscience & Learning Webinar, Video Showcase, & More

Dear Colleague, We wanted to give you a quick heads up on several opportunities that have rapidly approaching deadlines; see below for details on each opportunity: NSF Ideas Lab preliminary proposals – deadline extended to March 4 Synthesis & Design workshop – call ...
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