Projects By Faculty Lead

Bailenson, Jeremy
Assistant Professor of Communication

LIFE Center: A collaboration among Stanford University, SRI International and the University of Washington, the LIFE Center seeks to understand and advance formal and informal learning through the exploration of interdisciplinary theories and collaborative research. Web link: http://life-slc.org/

Barron, Brigid
Associate Professor of Education

LIFE Center: A collaboration among Stanford University, SRI International and the University of Washington, the LIFE Center seeks to understand and advance formal and informal learning through the exploration of interdisciplinary theories and collaborative research. Web link: http://life-slc.org/
Think Quest and Oracle Academy: An evaluation of three programs underway at the Boys and Girls Club of the Peninsula, this study will measure the effectiveness of the Oracle Academy and Think Quest, two technology programs that teach research, design and technical skills to low-income youth. Web link: http://www.stanford.edu/~barronbj/

Goldman, Shelley
Associate Professor of Education

LIFE Center: A collaboration among Stanford University, SRI International and the University of Washington, the LIFE Center seeks to understand and advance formal and informal learning through the exploration of interdisciplinary theories and collaborative research. Web link: http://life-slc.org/

Hagstrom, Stig
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Emeritus

Can a Stanford University Political Science Course Be Taught in Russia? A collaborative research project to evaluate the effectiveness of a Stanford political science course offered online to Russian college students, this is a joint program of SCIL and the Stanford Institute for International Studies. In collaboration with the Freman Spogli Institute for International Studies. Web link: http://idl.stanford.edu/

Leifer, Larry
Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Director, Center for Design Research

ePortfolios, Idealogs, and Folio Thinking: Since 1998, this ongoing research effort has focused on the use of ePortfolio pedagogy and practices to support reflective thinking and student learning in higher education. Current projects focus on the use of wikis, idealogs, and other social software to support portfolio-related activities in engineering education. Web link: http://scil.stanford.edu/research/projects/folio.html

Nasir, Na'ilah
Assistant Professor of Education

LIFE Center: A collaboration among Stanford University, SRI International and the University of Washington, the LIFE Center seeks to understand and advance formal and informal learning through the exploration of interdisciplinary theories and collaborative research. Web link: http://life-slc.org/

Pea, Roy
Professor of Education

LIFE Center: A collaboration among Stanford University, SRI International and the University of Washington, the LIFE Center seeks to understand and advance formal and informal learning through the exploration of interdisciplinary theories and collaborative research. Web link: http://life-slc.org/
Video Tools for e-Learning: DIVER (Digital Interactive Video Exploration and Reflection) is SCIL-developed software that allows users to “make movies within movies” by creating virtual pathways through existing video content. In using DIVER as a new form of information technology researchers on this project are helping to increase access to high-quality academic content. Web link: http://diver.stanford.edu/what.html

Reeves, Byron
Paul C. Edwards Professor of Communication

LIFE Center: A collaboration among Stanford University, SRI International and the University of Washington, the LIFE Center seeks to understand and advance formal and informal learning through the exploration of interdisciplinary theories and collaborative research. Web link: http://life-slc.org/

Schwartz, Dan
Associate Professor of Education

LIFE Center: A collaboration among Stanford University, SRI International and the University of Washington, the LIFE Center seeks to understand and advance formal and informal learning through the exploration of interdisciplinary theories and collaborative research. Web link: http://life-slc.org/
Collaborative Research: Exploring the Value of Learning by Teaching: This work explores how to capitalize on the adage that people learn quite well by teaching others with a twist. Students teach computer software programs called, Teachable Agents. Web link: http://aaalab.stanford.edu
Effects of Action and Knowledge on Spatial Inference: There are many competing claims about the use of hands-on activities in education. Researchers on this project seek to develop relevant evidence while addressing fundamental questions about the role of the physical body in problem solving and learning. Web link: http://aaalab.stanford.edu
How External Representations Propel Development and Future Learning: Written symbols and representations have a profound influence on scientific discoveries. This study is exploring the question of whether symbols and representations also have a profound influence on children's abilities to acquire higher-order thinking skills. Web link: http://aaalab.stanford.edu
Biological Bases of Alphanumeric Learning Interventions: This work explores how the brain learns (and how to help the brain learn) to associate written symbols with their meaning in foundational educational domains. Web link: http://aaalab.stanford.edu

Valdes, Guadalupe
Professor of Education, Spanish, and Portuguese

English Language Acquisition; National Professional Development: By developing online multimedia curriculum for teachers of English Language Learners this project aims to broaden the availability of such training, and to improve the quality of it by offering video classroom case studies. Web link: http://ellib.stanford.edu/

Wineburg, Sam
Professor of Education

Teaching History with Online Resources: This three-year project to create resources for teachers and students in basic U.S. history survey courses taught in public high schools and community colleges is working to develop web-based resources to promote academic literacy in history. Web link: http://ed.stanford.edu/suse/contents/sam_wineburg.html

Winograd, Terry
Professor of Computer Science

MobileMedia: A community-based data collection service for "invisible" populations in developing countries. MobileMedia collects data from people in order to connect them to currently inaccessible services while generating local employment. Web link: http://mobilemedia.stanford.edu