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NSF ECR Webinars in August

In these EHR Core Research (ECR) Proposal Preparation Outreach Webinars in August, the program will provide an overview of the funding opportunities in the latest ECR solicitation (NSF 19-508) and answer questions from participants. ECR is a great place ...
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NSF Seeks Science Education Administrator (Program Director)

NSF seeks qualified candidates for a Science Education Administrator (Program Director) position for the Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings (DRL) within the Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR), Alexandria, VA. The incumbent will work across ...
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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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Download AIED Proceedings – free until July 21

The Proceedings of the 20th International Conference Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED) are open access until July 21, 2019. Download the AIED Proceedings for free by July 21!
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Call for Papers: LAK 2020

LAK 2020 will be March 23-27 in Frankfurt, Germany with the theme “Celebrating 10 years of LAK: Shaping the future of the field.” See the call for papers.The first submission deadline is October 1, 2019.
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AI Fairness for People with Disabilities

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly being used in decision-making that directly impacts people’s lives. The AI Fairness for People with Disabilities Workshop at ASSETS 2019 will examine AI fairness, accountability, transparency, and ethics (FATE) for the specific situations of people ...
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AIED 2019 – June 25-29 in Chicago

The AIED 2019 conference theme is “Education for All in the XXI Century”. Inequity within and between countries continues to grow in the industrial age. Intelligent information technologies have been proposed to reduce this difference, but may instead increase the ...
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STEM Video Showcase – Award Winners

The STEM Video Showcase: Innovations in Education featured 242 3-minute videos from federally-funded projects in formal and informal settings. Check out the cyberlearning-related videos and 36 overall winners of Presenter, Facilitator, and Public Choice awards.
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NSF RFI on Future Topics for the NSF Convergence Accelerator

NSF seeks input on future NSF Convergence Accelerator tracks within the Big Ideas of Harnessing the Data Revolution and Future of Work at the Human-Technology Frontier, within other Big Ideas, or on other topics that may not relate directly to ...
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NSF Geoinformatics Solicitation – Due August 15

NSF Division of Earth Sciences invites proposals for the development of cyberinfrastructure for the Earth Sciences (Geoinformatics). The solicitation supports efforts to develop data resources, software tools, and computational infrastructure needed to facilitate studies of the structure, dynamics, and evolution ...
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Call for Nominations: Division C 2018 Graduate Student Research Excellence Award

Deadline: January 20, 2018 Division C of AERA invites current and recent graduate students to submit papers (a journal length empirical study) for the 2017 Division C Graduate Student Research Excellence Award. This award represents Division C’s continuing efforts to promote ...
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Call for Nominations: 2018 Division C Early Career Award

Steve Graham and Kay Wijekumar, Chairs Nominations are open for the 2018 competition for the Division C Early Career Award. The award will recognize emerging scholars in the area of learning and instruction. One award will be given each year, if ...
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Call for Nominations: 2018 Sylvia Scribner Award

Call for Nominations Gale M. Sinatra, Chair Deadline: January 20, 2018 Nominations are open for the 2018 Sylvia Scribner Award of Division C, Learning and Instruction, of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). The award recognizes a program of work that has significantly ...
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Call for Nominations: 2018 Jan Hawkins Award

Nominations are now open for the 2018 Jan Hawkins Award for Early Career Contributions to Humanistic Research and Scholarship in Learning Technologies, AERA Division C. SUBMISSION DEADLINE IS JANUARY 19, 2018 Dr. Jan Hawkins (1952-1999) was a developmental psychologist with a cognitive, ...
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Special Issue on Games for Learning

The International Journal of Designs for Learning is soliciting manuscripts of design cases of learning games for a Special Issue on Games for Learning. Submission deadline: October 3, 2017.
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Community Report Update

CIRCL staff and cyberlearning community members have been working together to finalize the Cyberlearning Community Report organized by CIRCL and co-authored by 19 members of the community. See the Cyberlearning Community Report page for a list of authors and key ...
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CFP: Mind Brain Education Journal Cyberlearning & Learning Technologies Special Issue

The aim of this special issue is to highlight how learning (including social emotional, and cognitive aspects of learning) with innovative technologies can be informed by cognitive science or educational neuroscience. The deadline to submit extended abstracts is September 15. Abstract ...
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Data Consortium Fellowships Applications due May 31

The goal of the NSF-funded Data Consortium Fellows (DCF) project is to support learning sciences researchers across the United States in developing the capacity to apply best practices in learning analytics and play. To that end, through the Data Consortium Fellows ...
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RPP Workshop & Newsletter

If you are a scientist wanting to connect your broader impacts public engagement work with a longer-term learning research agenda, a learning scientist seeking to develop a collaborative study in an informal STEM learning context, or a science communicator or ...
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Sustainability Strategies – Spring Webinar Series

ATE Central Sustainability Services offers sustainability services including training opportunities (webinars and workshops) and resources, videos, and other materials to address long-term success and sustainability of projects and centers. Sign up for one or all of the webinars in their ...
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News from NSF and the U.S. Government

NSF CRII (Research Independence) Call

NSF Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Research Initiation Initiative (CRII) seeks to support independent research upon obtaining one’s first academic position after receipt of the PhD. Funds will be used to support untenured faculty or research scientists in ...
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NSF DCL: Growing Convergence Research

The NSF Dear Colleague Letter: Growing Convergence Research seeks to identify potential future research areas that go beyond NSF’s Big Ideas, require a convergence approach, cross internal and/or external organizational and disciplinary boundaries, and advance the progress of science as ...
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NSF S&CC Solicitation

The Smart and Connected Communities (S&CC) program solicitation has been revised for the FY 2018 competition. We hope researchers in the cyberlearning community will respond! See the Smart and Connected Communities (S&CC) Solicitation The goal of the NSF Smart and Connected Communities ...
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NSF Smart and Connected Communities Solicitation

The Smart and Connected Communities (S&CC) program invites proposals to accelerate the creation of the scientific and engineering foundations that will enable smart and connected communities to bring about new levels of economic opportunity and growth, safety and security, health ...
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NSF Accepting Recommendations to the STEM Education Advisory Panel

NSF, the Department of Education, NASA, and NOAA have jointly established a STEM Education Advisory Panel to guide our nation’s Federal STEM education efforts. The Panel (Committee) membership will consist of 11 individuals from academic institutions, nonprofit organizations, and industry, ...
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NSF DCL: Synthesis & Design Workshops – STEM Learning Environments

NSF wishes to notify the community of their intention to fund research to support the design of the next generation of digital learning environments for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) content, and in support of STEM education research more ...
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NSF Program Officer Search

The Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings (DRL), in the Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR) announces a nationwide search for temporary Program Directors at the National Science Foundation. Formal consideration of applications will begin ...
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NSF Cyberlearning Solicitation

The NSF Cyberlearning solicitation is out! Note that it has been substantially revised. For example, there is a new added focus for cyberlearning within the context of work at the human-technology frontier, and the Exploratory (EXP) category is no longer ...
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AISL Webinars

CAISE and NSF are conducting a series of webinars for AISL applicants to learn more about the program and the proposal development process. The webinars will take place on September 14, 19, and 22. Learn more and register
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NSF CCF Division Director Opening

The National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) has formed a search committee for the next Division Director for its Division of Computing and Communication Foundations (CCF). Apply by September 28.
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