Collaborative Research: The Future of Innovative Learning Environments in STEM Education

为了促进新技术的使用以提高学生的学习成果，教育技术必须与对学生如何学习和保留信息的深刻理解相结合。因此，技术和学习环境必须共同努力，使教学方法能够促进以学生为中心的学习。这项合作计划将举办一系列活动，探讨创新学习环境的未来，为科技提升的未来学习环境制定研究议程。这些活动将包括一系列互动的在线讨论，然后是面对面的研讨会。研讨会参与者将包括来自学术界、工业界和非营利组织的29名专家。该项目旨在为STEM高等教育的未来学习环境提供信息。该项目将考虑与创新学习环境的开发和实施相关的近期和长期影响、机遇、挑战以及未来的研究计划。该项目将包括三个组成部分：1)研讨会前的互动在线讨论（微实验室）将向参与者介绍不同的创新学习环境，并征求一系列利益相关者的反馈；2)参加为期两天的面对面研讨会的参与者将参与创造性活动，帮助他们设想创新的学习环境如何改变STEM高等教育；3) pi和受邀参与者将综合讨论并生成一份可以指导未来的报告。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

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.