The Wired Humanities Projects
Director: Stephanie Wood, Ph.D., Senior Research Associate Website: http://whp.uoregon.edu
QC Teach Project
Title of project: The QCTeach Project: Quality Content Teaching for Successful Rural Schools Director: Dr. Marilyn R. Olson, PI Funding agency: U. S. Dept. of Education, Title II, Part A. Teacher and Principal Training and Recruiting Fund [CFDA 84.367B], University / School Partnerships Beginning – Ending Dates: July 1, 2008 – June 30, 2010 Description: The QCTeach Project provides opportunity for middle and high school teachers of core subjects (math, science, language… Read More
Into the Loop: Broadening the Participation in Computing Science
Title of Project: Into the Loop: University K-12 Alliance for Computer Science Education for African American, Latino/a, and Female Students in the Second Largest School District in the Country Director/s: Joanna Goode, Ph.D. Funding agency: National Science Foundation, Broadening Participation in Computing program Beginning – Ending Dates: October 1, 2007 – September 30, 2010 Description: The purpose of this project is to improve the participation and success of African-American, Latino/a, and Female… Read More
Strategic Integration of Science and Math
Strategic Integration of Mathematics and Science Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (eMAST) Project Directors: Principal Investigator, Juliet A. Baxter, PhD Co-Principal Investigator, Dean Livelybrooks, PhD Co-Principal Investigator, Dave Moursund, PhD Funding agency: National Science Foundation Beginning – Ending Dates: September 30, 2005 – October 31, 2010 Description: Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, or eMAST, is a five-year project funded by the National Science Foundation to study and implement professional development… Read More
Virtual Teams in 3D Virtual Environments
Title of project: Virtual Teams in 3D Virtual Environments Director/s: Alan Meyer (PI), Jonathon Richter (co-PI), Katryn Aten (co-PI), Taryn Stanko (co-PI) Funding agency: National Science Foundation’s Virtual Organizations as SocioTechnical Systems (VOSS) Beginning – Ending Dates: August 2008 – July 2011 Paragraph description: We are investigating the conditions and contexts under which three-dimensional virtual environments (3DVEs) best support innovation by global virtual project teams. 3DVEs are applications that permit interaction with… Read More
Project SOAR
Title of project: Project SOAR: Strategies for Online Academic Reading Directors:Dr. Lynne Anderson-Inman, PI and DirectorDr. Carolyn Knox, Co-PI and Co-Director Funding agency: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) Beginning – Ending Dates: April 1, 2009- March 31, 2011 Description: Project SOAR is a two-year Phase 1 development and evaluation effort, funded under the Steppingstones of Technology Innovation for Children with Disabilities program. Project SOAR is a collaborative… Read More
Project ESTRELLAS
Title of project: Project ESTRELLAS: Electronic Supported Text Research for English Language Learner Academic Success Director/s: Lynne Anderson-Inman, Ph.D. Funding agency: Institute for Education Sciences (IES) Beginning – Ending Dates: April 1, 2009- March 31, 2012 Description: Project ESTRELLAS is a three-year design-based research project to develop and test three types of eText supports for improving text comprehension and content learning of ELL adolescents struggling to read traditional content-area texts in Science… Read More
MeTRC: Mathematics eText Research Center
Title of Project: MeTRC: Mathematics eText Research Center Directors: Mark Horney, Ph.D., Principal Investigator Lynne Anderson-Inman, Co-Principal Investigator Funding agency: Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP at the U.S. Department of Education under the Technology and Media Services for Individuals with Disabilities: Center on Accessible and Supported Electronic Text to Improve Mathematics Achievement for Students with Disabilities (CFDA No. 84.327H) Beginning – Ending Dates: October 1, 2009 – September 30, 2014 Description:… Read More
NCSeT: National Center for Supported eText
Title of project: National Center for Supported eText (NCSeT) Director/s: Dr. Lynne Anderson-Inman, PI and Director Dr. Mark Horney, Co-Director Funding agencies: Institute of Education Sciences (IES) at the National Center for Education Research (Award # R305A090227) Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) in the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (Award # H327 R050005) Beginning – Ending Dates: October 1, 2005 – September 30, 2010 Description: The National Center for… Read More
UfoliO: Formative assessment portfolio development for undergraduate programs at the University of Oregon
Director/s: Jonathon Richter, Lori Hager, Ron Bramhall, & Nancy Cheng Funding agency: University of Oregon’s Office of the Provost Beginning – Ending Dates: September 2008 – present Description: In support of the University of Oregon’s overall effort to enhance and improve formative assessment practices, this project seeks to actively explore the efficacy of eportfolio processes in several academic disciplines at the University of Oregon: LCB Honors Program, the Arts and Administration Program,… Read More