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 more senior program faculty and participate in the evaluation and iterative refinement of the program. […]
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JLS Special Issue Call for Abstracts
Due: April 15 JLS is excited to solicit abstracts for consideration for a special issue of The Journal of the Learning Sciences titled “Learning in and through the arts.” The goal of this special issue is to develop and explore synergistic links between arts education and the learning sciences. All arts disciplines are welcomed: visual, […]
NSF DRL seeks candidates for multiple Program Director positions
The Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings (DRL) at the US National Science Foundation is seeking qualified candidate(s) for multiple Program Director positions. Please see more details in the following ads: Visiting program officers in multiple areas of STEM education research Review of applications begins March 2, 2020 Permanent program officer […]
IJAIED Special Issue: Creating and Improving Adaptive Learning: Smart Authoring Tools and Processes
Deadline extended to April 1 Creating and Improving Adaptive Learning: Smart Authoring Tools and Processes Motivation and Scope Cyberlearning technologies increasingly seek to offer personalized learning experiences via adaptive systems that customize pedagogy, content, feedback, pace, and tone according to the just-in-time needs of a learner. However, it is historically difficult to 1) create these […]
International Learning Sciences Student Association
The International Learning Sciences Student Association (ILSSA) is a formal committee of the International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS) that aims to serve as an international community for all students of the learning sciences. ILSSA’s mission is to support and develop the intellectual, social, and professional development of graduate and undergraduate students in the […]
LRDC Summer Undergraduate Research Institute – Apply by March 9
The Learning Research and Development Center (LRDC) Summer Undergraduate Research Institute at the University of Pittsburgh seeks summer undergraduate interns to promote broader participation in training in the .earning sciences. The 2020 program will run from June 1-July 31, 2020 and all participants are expected to be in residence for the entire program. Housing and […]
How K-8 Teachers Are Using Virtual and Augmented Reality in Classrooms Today
Kiley Sobel and Catherine Jhee at the Joan Ganz Cooney Center summarize the results of their interviews and surveys of 15 pre-K to grade 8 teachers to learn more about how they use virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) in their classrooms, and general lessons learned from this work.
Call for proposals to host future ISLS Annual Meetings
The International Society for the Learning Sciences (ISLS) invites proposals from organizations interested in hosting future ISLS Annual Meetings. These meetings will feature concurrent Learning Sciences and CSCL programs in a joint, annual event. Proposals to host the meeting in 2023 and onwards are solicited from current ISLS members from organizations around the world. Interested […]
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 formal or informal environments? If so, we encourage you to be a presenter […]
Neural Network Models for Natural Language Processing
Over the past few years, neural networks have re-emerged as powerful machine-learning models, yielding state-of-the-art results in fields such as image recognition and speech processing.