NSF program IUSE

[kcrisman]

Some are no doubt aware of this, but anyway.  (2) is probably relevant to computer use in the classroom (and open texts, and IBL, and service-learning, and lots of other things) that seem to be good but don't necessarily go beyond early adopters in core ways yet.

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NSF has released a new Program Description 14-588 titled Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE). The IUSE program invites proposals that address immediate challenges and opportunities that are facing undergraduate STEM education, including those that anticipate new structures and new functions of the undergraduate learning and teaching enterprise (e.g. organizational changes, new methods for certification or credentialing, course re-conception, cyberlearning, etc.).

 

Toward these ends the program features two tracks:

 

(1) Engaged Student Learning that focuses on design, development, and research studies that involve the creation, exploration, or implementation of tools, resources, and models that increase student engagement leading to measurable and lasting learning gains; and

 

(2) Institutional and Community Transformation that focuses on innovative approaches to substantially increase the propagation of highly effective methods of STEM teaching and learning. 

 

Two tiers of projects exist within each track: (i) Exploration and (ii) Design and Development. These tracks will entertain research studies in all areas. In addition, IUSE also offers support for a variety of focused innovative projects that seek to identify future opportunities and challenges facing the undergraduate STEM education enterprise.

 

Information about IUSE is located online: http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505082&org=DUE&from=home