Award Abstract # 1848612
Collaborative Research: The Future of Innovative Learning Environments in STEM Education

NSF Org: DUE
Division Of Undergraduate Education
Recipient: FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INC
Initial Amendment Date: August 16, 2018
Latest Amendment Date: July 27, 2019
Award Number: 1848612
Award Instrument: Standard Grant
Program Manager: Alexandra Medina-Borja
amedinab@nsf.gov
 (703)292-7557
DUE
 Division Of Undergraduate Education
EDU
 Directorate for STEM Education
Start Date: August 15, 2018
End Date: December 31, 2020 (Estimated)
Total Intended Award Amount: $77,053.00
Total Awarded Amount to Date: $92,457.00
Funds Obligated to Date: FY 2018 = $77,053.00
FY 2019 = $5,291.00
History of Investigator:
  • Kurt Winkelmann (Principal Investigator)
    kwinkelmann@valdosta.edu
Recipient Sponsored Research Office: Florida Institute of Technology
150 W UNIVERSITY BLVD
MELBOURNE
FL  US  32901-8995
(321)674-8000
Sponsor Congressional District: 08
Primary Place of Performance: Florida Institute of Technology
150 West University Blvd
Melbourne
FL  US  32901-6975
Primary Place of Performance
Congressional District:
08
Unique Entity Identifier (UEI): WNN6VH618X58
Parent UEI:
NSF Program(s): IUSE
Primary Program Source: 04001819DB NSF Education & Human Resource
04001920DB NSF Education & Human Resource
Program Reference Code(s): 7556, 8045, 9178
Program Element Code(s): 199800
Award Agency Code: 4900
Fund Agency Code: 4900
Assistance Listing Number(s): 47.076

ABSTRACT

To advance the use of novel technologies to increase student learning outcomes, educational technology must be coupled with a deep understanding of how students learn and retain information. Thus, technology and the learning environment must work together to enable pedagogical approaches that promote student-centered learning. To set a research agenda for the technology-enhanced learning environment of the future, this collaborative project will conduct a series of events that explore the Future of Innovative Learning Environments. These events will include a series of interactive, online discussions followed by an in-person workshop. Workshop participants will include twenty-nine expert participants from academia, industry, and nonprofits.

This project aims to inform the future of learning environments in STEM higher education. The project will consider the near-term and longer-term impacts, opportunities, challenges, and future research initiatives related to the development and implementation of innovative learning environments. This project will include three components: 1) Interactive, online discussions (microlabs) prior to the workshop will introduce participants to different innovative learning environments and solicit feedback from a range of stakeholders; 2) Participants at a two-day in-person workshop will engage in creative activities that help them envision how innovative learning environments might transform STEM higher education; and 3) the PIs and invited participants will synthesize the discussions and produce a report that can guide future.

This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

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