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 from 143 countries, with more than 6,000 discussion posts exchanged. All videos are also […]
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NSF Program on Fairness in AI in Collaboration with Amazon
NSF announced the 2020 continuation of its Program on Fairness in Artificial Intelligence in Collaboration with Amazon (FAI) on April 16 through solicitation NSF 20-566. Proposals are due on July 13, 2020 by 5 p.m. submitter’s local time. (Letters of intent are not required this year.) The program will support computational research focused on fairness […]
Cyberlearning accepting CAREER proposals
The NSF Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR) encourages eligible members of the STEM education research community to submit proposals to the NSF CAREER program. Note that while these are listed as EHR programs, technically CAREER proposals to Cyberlearning are submitted to CISE/IIS (select Cyberlearning program).
Spencer COVID-19 Related Research Grants
The Spencer Foundation is accepting applications on a rolling basis with budgets up to $50,000 for projects ranging from one to three years to support education research projects that will contribute to understanding the rapid shifts in education in this time of crisis and change. Learn more Full proposal deadline: May 18, 2020 and June […]
Webinar: Small business funding for learning technologies during and beyond COVID-19
Tuesday, May 5, from 11 am-12 pm PT / 2-3 pm ET NSF invites you to attend this webinar to learn more about small business funding from NSF to support research and development of technologies to enhance cyberlearning, learning engineering, and applications of learning modalities. Register for this Webinar The current coronavirus crisis has dramatically […]
Call for Nominations: ISLS Early Career Award
Deadline extended to: May 1, 2020 The International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS) Early Career Award recognizes learning scientists who have made exciting and innovative contributions to the field during the early years following their Ph.D. Each year ISLS will select up to two awardees. Nominations can only be made by an ISLS member. […]
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 successful virtual advisory boards, and would love for the community to submit new Primers […]
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 more senior program faculty and participate in the evaluation and iterative refinement of the program. […]
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 […]