I-Corps: Sustainabilty of Peer-Led Learning Programs Through a Commercialization Model

大学有支付管理人员、工作人员、教职员工和研究生工资的筹资机制。 然而，资助机制支付本科生的学生辅助学习基本上是不存在的，在预算限制下，新的资金是很难获得的。 除了继续重复赠款建议周期之外，还需要一种战略，以避免资金缺口，从而避免方案继续存在的缺口。 这个I-CORPS L项目的目标是开发一个可行的非营利商业战略，可以由教育机构实施，以创建STEM教育中自我维持的有效学习计划。拟议的产品是一个资助和促进同伴辅助学习计划领域的卓越学习的系统。 该系统生产和销售定制书籍和其他学习材料。 材料中包含的创新和知识产权（IP）被捐赠给非营利组织，在那里它们被优化以分发给客户。 该综合方案的捐助者包括对支持优质教育感兴趣的各种个人。 Lead for America Corporation（LFAC）已经证明了本I-CORPS L提案提交中提出的模型的原理证明，即生产和出版定制的工作簿，供大学书店销售。 这些学习材料的销售产生资金，用于支持学习计划，并在使用这些材料的校园和教室中加强STEM教育。 采用这种策略的校园对材料的定制以及对所使用的知识产权的投入有相当大的控制权。 通过这一创新，可以解决经常阻碍采用有效学习战略的资金问题。 自我生成的支持，通过这一拟议的系统提供了长期稳定的同行领导和同行协助有效的教学和学习策略。

Universities have funding mechanisms to pay administrators, staff, faculty members and graduate students. However, funding mechanisms to pay undergraduates for student-assisted learning are largely absent, and under budget constraints new funding is very difficult to obtain. A strategy other than continuing to repeat the grant proposal cycle is needed, in order to avoid gaps in funding and, therefore, gaps in the program's continuation. The goal of this I-CORPS L project is to develop a viable non-profit business strategy that can be implemented by educational institutions for the purpose of creating self-sustaining effective learning programs in STEM education.The proposed product is a system for funding and promoting learning excellence in the realm of peer-assisted learning programs. The system produces and sells customized books and other learning materials. The innovation and intellectual property (IP) contained in the materials is donated to non-profit organizations, where they are optimized for distribution to customers. Donors of the IP include a variety of individuals interested in supporting quality education. Lead for America Corporation (LFAC), has demonstrated proof of principle for the model proposed in this I-CORPS L proposal submission, producing and publishing customized workbooks for sale in university bookstores. The sale of these learning materials generates funds, which are used to support the learning programs and enhance STEM education on the campuses and classrooms where they are used. Campuses which adopt this strategy have considerable control over the customization of their materials as well as control over the input of the intellectual property that is used. By this innovation, funding issues that often impede the adoption of effective learning strategies can be resolved. Self-generated support through this proposed system offers long-term stability to peer-led and peer-assisted effective teaching and learning strategies.