Extended Deadline for Receipt of Materials: February 7, 2020 ISLS has announced a call for nominations for the 2020 International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS) fellows. The ISLS Fellows program has three main goals: Honor those who have made major research accomplishments in advancing the field of the Learning Sciences. Identify people who continue […]
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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.
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 (IES) entitled “Developing an Online Learning Environment for Learning Algebra by Teaching a Synthetic Peer”. […]
FAQs about National AI Research Institutes
Have questions about proposals for the National AI Research Institutes? Check out NSF FAQs about the institutes.
Cyberlearning Workshop Reports: Principles for the Design of Digital STEM Learning Environments
NSF challenged interdisciplinary science and engineering teams to produce plans for developing forward-looking, highly adaptable, distributed digital environments that can personalize learning for individual, diverse learners in collaborative settings with potential applications across multiple and varying: (a) domains of knowledge, (b) learning contexts (including formal and informal education), and (c) time spans.
NSF Webinar: National AI Research Institutes Program
Thursday November 7 from 12:30-1:30 PT / 3:30-4:30 ET This NSF webinar introduced the new National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research Institutes program, which aims to enable multidisciplinary, multi-stakeholder research on large-scale, long-time-horizon challenges in areas of national importance, through a set of new AI Research Institutes. The webinar covered the solicitation, submission requirements and program […]
ISLS 2020 Doctoral Consortium
The ICLS 2020 Doctoral Consortium, designed to support the development of doctoral students working in the area of learning sciences, provides an opportunity for participants to share their dissertation research with their peers and a panel of mentors. Participants will engage in conversations and activities designed to help them consider approaches and consequences of their […]
ICLS 2020 Early Career Workshop: Interdisciplinarity in the Learning Sciences
This ICLS Early Career Workshop (ECW) will provide a high quality learning and networking opportunity for early career researchers doing work related to computer-supported collaborative learning and the learning sciences. Within the workshop, participants will share their research with peers and experienced ICLS researchers serving as mentors. Participants will engage in collaborative inquiry and scholarly […]
NSF Institute in AI-Augmented Learning
This program targets funding for a specific ~$20M institute in AI-Augmented Learning. Amy Baylor is the primary contact person for inquiries. See the solicitation and NSF press release. Proposals deadlines are January 28, 2020 for Institute proposals in one of the six specified themes, and January 30, 2020 for Planning proposals. The primary focus of […]
NSF seeks Program Officer K-12 for science and math education research
NSF seeks program officers with research and development expertise for the Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings (DRL) in the Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR). Expertise in one or more of the following areas at the pre-K-12 level is desired: science education research (e.g., the learning and teaching of […]