Collaborative Research: Shaping the Future of Science through the Science of Learning

拟议中的研讨会将汇集美国国家科学基金会学习科学计划的获奖者。它寻求利用NSF在学习科学方面的投资，在研究学习的不同跨学科研究人员之间建立社区，并建设能力，以便研究人员能够随时重新配置和动员合作，以捕捉NSF优先领域提供的新机会。例如，技术如何影响我们的学习和工作方式，以及我们如何利用大数据来更好地了解现实世界的学习，这些都是与美国国家科学基金会的十大想法(https://www.nsf.gov/about/congress/reports/nsf_big_ideas.pdf).相关的领域这次会议将包括来自多个学科的研究人员，包括神经科学、认知、行为和社会科学、计算机和信息科学、工程和教育。拟议的努力是必要的，因为目前没有专业协会会议来支持这一由调查人员及其受训人员组成的跨学科学习科学社区。这次会议旨在促进信息交流和资源共享，并在社区成员之间建立信任，以取得成功的跨学科研究。研讨会的形式将包括小组讨论的主题，包括新的洞察力和方法，提供机会在关于终身学习的基础知识方面取得变革性的进展，以及跨学科研究的交叉，提供机会融合研究，以支持NSF的大想法。通过这种方式，研讨会将利用该小组的集体跨学科智能来解决“大创意”问题，并利用独特的机会解决比单个实验室所处理的任何问题都更大的问题。将对学习科学社区的研究和其他需求进行调查。参与者的不同学科代表以及在广大受众中交流和讨论科学的要求，将在建立一个能够通过合作努力解决复杂社会问题的积极和充满活力的社区方面产生更广泛的影响。此外，作为研讨会的一部分，将制定计划，以促进向教育从业者、政策制定者和公众更好地交流研究成果。这将有助于弥合基础研究成果与其与社会挑战的相关性之间的理解差距。

The proposed workshop will bring together awardees of the NSF Science of Learning Program. It seeks to capitalize on NSF investments in the Science of Learning to build community among diverse interdisciplinary researchers studying learning, and to build capacity so that investigators can readily reconfigure and mobilize collaborations to capture new opportunities offered by NSF priority areas. As examples, how technology impacts the way we learn and work, as well as how we might harness Big Data to gain greater insight into real-world learning are areas of relevance to the NSF's 10 Big Ideas (https://www.nsf.gov/about/congress/reports/nsf_big_ideas.pdf). This gathering will include researchers from several disciplines under one large umbrella, including neuroscience, cognitive, behavioral and social sciences, computer and information sciences, engineering and education. The proposed effort is needed as there is currently no professional society meeting to support this interdisciplinary Science of Learning community of investigators and their trainees. The gathering seeks to foster information exchange and resource sharing, and to build trust among community members for successful interdisciplinary research. The workshop format will include small group discussions on topics that include new insights and methodologies that offer opportunities to make transformative advances in fundamental knowledge about learning over the lifespan, and intersections in interdisciplinary research that offer opportunities for convergence research in support of NSF's Big Ideas. In this way, the workshop will leverage the group's collective interdisciplinary intelligence for "Big Idea" problem-solving and the unique opportunity to work on problems that are larger than any taken on by individual laboratories. A survey of the research and other needs of the Science of Learning community will be conducted. The diverse disciplinary representation of the participants and the requirement to communicate and discuss science across a broad audience will have broader impacts in building an active and vibrant community capable of addressing complex societal problems through collaborative efforts. In addition, and as part of the workshop, plans will be developed to promote better communication of research findings to educational practitioners, policy makers, and the public. This will help to bridge the gap in understanding between basic research findings and their relevance to social challenges.