
STEM Cyberlearning
Our team designs and evaluates the innovative use of cyberlearning technologies in STEM instructional settings, with the goal of developing and identifying tools and strategies that lead to highly resourced students and teachers. We are a highly collaborative team that works across disciplines and institutions to partner with research institutions and places of learning. A particular focus is helping North Carolina K-12 schools develop the next generation of STEM workers and learners.
Updates
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Computer Science for All
Why computer science for all? Computer science opens more doors for students than any other discipline in today’s world. Learning even the basics will help students in virtually any career...
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New $1 Million Grant Will Support Broadening Participation in Computer Science and Computational Thinking
A team of faculty and researchers at NC State University were recently awarded a three-year $1 million National Science Foundation grant in collaboration with Wake County Schools, UNC-Charlotte and Charlotte-Mecklenburg...
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Friday Institute Selects 2018 Graduate Student Fellows
This year’s Friday Institute Graduate Student Fellows are researching topics that will make a difference for North Carolinians. Whether dedicating time to providing access to education for all students, protecting...
Selected Projects
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AAiM: Adapting to Affect in Multimodal Dialogue-Rich InteractionThis project will design, develop and iteratively refine an integrated affect and dialogue management model that adaptively responds to students’ affective states in the course of their learning interactions.
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ENGAGE: Immersive Game-Based Learning for Middle Grade Computational FluencyBuilding upon science standards, emerging computer science curricula and leveraging significant advances in game-based learning, the ENGAGE project will deeply infuse computational thinking into middle school science education.
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FLECKS: Fostering Collaborative Computer Science Learning with Intelligent Virtual Companions for Upper Elementary StudentsA design-based research project that is guided by the input of teachers and students with the ultimate objective of developing a digital learning environment that fosters student collaboration in programming activities with virtual learning companions.
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GUIDE: Guiding Understanding via Information from Digital EnvironmentsThe overall goal of the GUIDE project is to improve student learning of genetic concepts and scientific practices at the high school level.
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Game-Changing Research Incentive Program (GRIP): Computer Science for All K-12 StudentsThis project will establish NC State as a national center addressing the critical need to provide pre-college students with foundational knowledge and skills in computational thinking.
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PRIME: Engaging STEM Undergraduate Students in Computer Science with Intelligent Tutoring SystemsThe PRIME project has the overarching objective of transforming introductory computing for STEM majors by creating an intelligent tutoring system that provides individualized problem-solving and motivational support.
People
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Dr Eric N WiebeProfessorTeam Lead
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Bita AkramGraduate Research Asst
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Danielle Cadieux BouldenProject Manager/Researcher
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Jennifer HouchinsGraduate Research Asst
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Arif RachmatullahGraduate Research Asst
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Cody SmithGraduate Research Asst
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Jessica VandenbergGraduate Research Asst
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Zarifa ZakariaGraduate Research Asst