PBL paid collaboration opportunity

[Selim Tezel]

Posting this paid collaboration opportunity for one of our MIT graduate students:

Calling ALL Teachers interested in Project-based Learning in K-12 

Hi! My name is Prerna Ravi and I am a PhD student at MIT CSAIL. I work on designing AI literacy curriculum for K12 students and educators under MIT RAISE. 

I am launching a study to explore teachers’ experiences and challenges in implementing project-based learning (PBL) curriculum in their classrooms. The goal of this study is to first unpack strategies employed by educators to assess student learning outcomes in PBL classrooms. Educators will then engage in co-design sessions to formulate new AI-powered assessment tools/frameworks to augment PBL evaluations and address its current gaps. We envision the use of Large Language Models (LLMs) within these tools to aid educators in providing personalized iterative feedback to their students’ projects. 

You will be compensated $200 if you complete all sessions/interviews/surveys. If you drop out early on your own, you will be offered a prorated amount depending on the number of hours you have completed (at $20/hour).

• Time commitment: roughly 10 hours 

• Interviews: 1-2 hours 

• Co-design sessions: 4-5 hours 

• Follow-up discussions and tool testing: 2-3 hours 

Time frame: Feb 2024 - July 2024 [dates for every stage of this study are very flexible depending on educator’s availability within this time period]

Are you an educator who has experience or interest in implementing project-based learning pedagogy in K-12 classrooms? If yes, consider signing up below! 

https://forms.gle/4ML2t6qWJoTy6B2T7

[Kerri Murphy]

From: Selim Tezel <ste...@mit.edu>
Date: Thu, Feb 15, 2024 at 10:44 AM
Subject: PBL paid collaboration opportunity
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[Selim Tezel]

Posting for our MIT PhD student Prerna Ravi CC'ed here.  Kindly forward any questions to her at: pre...@mit.edu 

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Hello, 

 

Hope you are doing well. Thank you so much for your interest in the Project-based Learning (PBL) MIT study from earlier this year. Over the last few months, we have brainstormed design ideas for new AI powered assessment tools that could be used to augment and promote the use of project-based learning in classrooms.

 

We are now hoping to talk to teachers who don’t use PBL as often in classrooms or who have tried using it in the past and found it very challenging to integrate.

 

If you have had such an experience, we would love to talk with you (for 1-2 hours) in June to understand what your exact classroom needs are for integrating PBL in the future (if possible). We will have discussions on your past experiences with PBL and any challenges you have encountered with assessments/grading. We will also brainstorm design ideas for how generative AI tools could help address some of your concerns. 

 

Please let me know if you would be interested in being a part of this conversation! We will compensate you for your time ($20/hour).

 

Here is the NEW SIGN-UP form if you are interested. Please fill this out by EOD Wednesday, 06/12.

https://forms.gle/awKMbXWsYEtQS7hp9

 

 

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Prerna Ravi

PhD Student, MIT CSAIL

She/her/hers

https://prernaravi.com/

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From: Selim Tezel
Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2024 10:44 AM
Cc: Prerna Ravi <pre...@mit.edu>

Subject: PBL paid collaboration opportunity