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Ethel
Virtual learning assistant for tasks such as office hours, grading, and making STEM content accessible for learners with disabilities. The system will be based on a learning content management system for retrieval augmentation, as well as strong assessment components for individualized learning assistance.
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Open Learning Content Management System
Platform for the creation and sharing of online educational resources, including both content and functionality: dynamic metadata, educational data mining, learning analytics, recommender system, systems integration.
Previous projects: LON-CAPA - used by more than 160 other institutions, sharing content pool of over 600,000 learning objects (about half of them assessment problems).
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Computational Competencies in STEM education
Initiative to embed computational competencies into STEM courses: data acquisition, data preparation, data analysis, scripting, visualization, simulation. Integration of Jupyter notebooks into course management systems as sharable and gradeable activities.
Previous projects: Collaborations on programming assignments in physics courses
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Formative assessment in STEM education
Extensible engine (openAssess) for advanced online assessment capabilities for STEM courses: randomization, symbolic algebra, learning analytics, adaptivity, systems integration. Using AI for grading purposes.
Previous projects: test-theoretical treatment of formative assessment for homework and classroom response systems
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Accessible learning resources
Campaign to foster creation of accessible, barrier-free learning content (web pages, apps, PDFs, videos, etc.): awareness raising, professional development, services. Using AI to make STEM learning resources accessible.
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Games for physics education
Computer games and interactive visualizations to teach basic physics concepts: Unity 3D, Virtual Reality, planetarium show.
Previous projects: Open Relativity: A Slower Speed of Light, Einstein's Playground, Kirchhoff's Revenge