I-Corps for Learning (I-Corps-L): Propagating and Scaling Educational Innovations

I-Corps for Learning项目通过为广泛实施有效的教学实践和教育进步奠定基础，解决了培养一支对国家健康和经济至关重要的准备充分的STEM劳动力的问题。I-Corps for Learning为教育创新团队提供支持，以可持续的方式加速和扩大新颖有效的实践。对团队的帮助采取研讨会、指导和参与一群志同道合的教育创新者的形式。I-Corps-L方法试图利用从将产品发现推向市场中获得的见解，创造一种创业方法，将学习创新带入能够造福社会的情况。在这种情况下，教育创新适用于解决K-12，本科，研究生和博士后研究的发展，以及在非正式科学教育环境中的学习。在提供组织和后勤支持方面，美国工程教育学会（ASEE）与卡尔·史密斯博士领导的I-Corps-L教学团队合作。该项目有潜力通过教育创新的传播和扩大，帮助实现教育转型的目标。I-Corps for Learning模式以参与三人团队为中心。团队成员包括一位在美国国家科学基金会（National Science Foundation）的支持下开发了一项教育创新的首席研究员，一位致力于带领团队完成调查的企业家领导，以及一位了解成功教育创新本质的导师。培训包括一个为期三天的入门培训课程，五个在线课程和一个为期两天的结束培训课程。该项目旨在填补在促进学生学习方面已被证明有效的教育创新与此类实践的广泛使用之间的差距。I-Corps L是基于假设测试和调查的过程，同时澄清用户需求。这种方法可以使教育研究人员受益，帮助他们找到扩大科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）教学创新影响的方法。在后勤和组织服务的配合下，ASEE正在进行一项评估，以评估面对面会议中的个别会议、多日培训讲习班的总体内容以及会议后勤处理。此外，参与者将在整个努力过程中回答形成性问题，以确保成功实现研讨会目标，并适当适应与虚拟会议相关的所有方面。

The I-Corps for Learning project addresses the problem of developing a well-prepared STEM workforce that is crucial to the Nation's health and economy, by laying the foundation for broad implementation of effective instructional practices and advances in education. I-Corps for Learning provides support for teams of educational innovators to accelerate and scale-up novel effective practices in a sustainable manner. Help for teams takes the form of workshops, mentoring, and participation in a cohort of like-minded educational innovators. The I-Corps-L approach attempts to utilize insights gained from bringing product discoveries to market to create an entrepreneurial approach to bringing learning innovations into situations where they can benefit society. Educational innovations in this case applies to developments that address K-12, undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral research, as well as learning in informal science education environments. In providing organizational and logistical support, the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) is collaborating with the I-Corps-L Instructional Team led by Dr. Karl Smith. This project has the potential of helping to achieve the goal of educational transformation through propagation and scale-up of educational innovations.The I-Corps for Learning model is centered around participating three-person teams. Team composition includes a principal investigator who has developed an education innovation through prior support from the National Science Foundation, an entrepreneurial lead who is committed to leading the team through the investigation, and a mentor who understands the nature of successful education-focused innovations. Training includes an introductory three-day training session, five online sessions, and a closing two-day training session. This project is designed to fill the gap between educational innovations of proven effectiveness in enhancing student learning and the widespread use of such practices. I-Corps L, is based on a process of hypothesis testing and investigation along with clarification of user needs. This approach can benefit education researchers by helping them to develop ways to broaden the impact of innovations in teaching and learning science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). In tandem with its logistical and organizational services ASEE is conducting an evaluation to assess individual sessions within the face-to-face meetings, overall elements of the multi-day training workshops, and handling of meeting logistics. In addition, the participants will answer formative questions throughout the effort to ensure success in meeting workshop objectives, and properly accommodate all aspects associated with the virtual sessions.