Strengthening The Learner

PROJECT: 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.

Principal Investigator: Dan Schwartz, Associate Professor of Education
Funding: National Science Foundation
Web link: http://aaalab.stanford.edu

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PROJECT: 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.

Principal Investigator: Brigid Barron, Associate Professor of Education
Funding: Oracle
Web link: http://www.stanford.edu/~barronbj/

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PROJECT: 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.

Principal Investigator: Larry Leifer, Professor Mechanical Engineering, Director, Center for Design Research
Funding: National Science Foundation, Wallenberg Global Learning Network and Adobe Systems
Web link: http://scil.stanford.edu/research/projects/folio.html

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PROJECT: 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.

Principal Investigator: Terry Winograd, Professor of Computer Science
Funding: Kellogg Foundation
Web link: http://mobilemedia.stanford.edu