Cyberlearning

When I mention my work with the Center for Innovative Research in Cyberlearning (CIRCL), people often ask, “So, what exactly is cyberlearning?” It’s a good question with a broad answer.

The project is creating and assessing an adaptable scale-up model that enables the participation of underserved audiences in intensive, experiential STEM learning, acquisition of 21st century skills, and increased engineering career awareness.

This project will engage middle-school urban girls in learning sophisticated computer programming and electronics within supportive communities where the learning is embedded in meaningful projects.

Involving more students from urban and rural areas in STEM fields and careers has been at the forefront of national STEM education reform efforts for decades. Research shows that engaging these students in STEM activities relevant to their everyday lives is critical to increasing their motivation, interest, learning, and participation in STEM.

The SPARCS project will support 72 teachers of grades 7-9 to integrate computer science into their science and math instruction. Because the world is adopting computational tools quickly, students need to learn about how computational technology can be leveraged to make informed decisions.

STELAR had the opportunity to catch up with Mercedes McKay from the Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education (CIESE) at Stevens Institute of Technology) and Karen Peterson about the Build IT Underwater Robotics Scale Up project (BISU).

This document created by the Center for Research in Cyberlearning (CIRCL) synthesizes the field of learning sciences and how it intersects with cyberlearning.

This document created by the Center for Innovative Research in Cyberlearning (CIRCL) provides background information on cyberlearning, answering what, why, and how. 

This video by the Center for Innovative Research in Cyberlearning (CIRCL) at SRI shares responses to the question of "Why is cyberlearning important?" from those working in the field.

NSF program officers and CIRCL staff hosted an informational webinar on the current NSF Cyberlearning and Future Learning Technologies solicitation.