Global Resources for Online Education (GROE)
Computing technology plays an increasingly important role in the advancement of education through computational models, reasoning, experimentation and implementation of mobile and ubiquitous pedagogical software. Computation is also growing as a basis for education in core ideas as well as simulations and data management. GROE will influence computing research funding strategies in all these areas, with the intention of accelerating improvement in education at all levels.
Immediate topics of interest include: partnerships, services and tools for learning based on improved understanding of human cognition; improved human-computer interaction for individual productivity (e.g. incorporating human speech and gesture); networking, mobile and ubiquitous computing to support collaboration and create seamless social learning; predictable and robust repositories of learning services and assessment tools; and enhanced software and hardware for personal computer literacy. This process will also address such issues as the business case for education, strategies for distributed intelligence that can be coordinated into common learning activities, means for blending real and virtual worlds, and open questions about how people learn.
A core team will conduct one three-day workshop for 30 people and two, two-day workshops of 10 people. The results of these workshops will be two documents: one will articulate the broad vision, and the will articulate the research areas, issues and promising directions to reach that vision. These workshops are being planned and details will be posted soon.
CCC Council liaison for this effort:
John L. King (University of Michigan)
Leads for effort:
Beverly Park Woolf (University of Massachusetts, Amherst), Kurt Van Lehn (University of Pittsburg), Elliot Soloway (University of Michigan), Daniel Suthers (University of Hawaii at Manoa), Valerie Shute (Florida State University), Ivon Arroyo (University of Massachusetts)
Workshop: GROE Forum on the Future of Educational Technology
Location and Dates
July 4-5, 2009; Thistle Brighton Hotel; Brighton, England
Lead for effort
Dr. Beverly Park Woolf, University of Massachusetts Amherst (GROE Principal Investigator)
CCC Council liaison for this Effort
Dr. John L. King, University of Michigan
CCC Council liaison for this workshop
Dr. John L. King, University of Michigan
Vision for this workshop
[VISION - Brighton GROE July 2009 Forum.pdf]
Local Arrangements
All meetings, breaks and meals took place at Thistle Brighton Hotel (this forum was convened just prior to AIED meetings which were held in the same hotel). See [HOTEL ARRANGEMENTS - Brighton GROE Forum July 2009.pdf]
Agenda/speakers
[AGENDA - GROE July 2009 Forum.pdf]
Participants
[ATTENDEES - GROE July 2009 Workshop.pdf]
Meeting Materials
[ANNOUNCEMENT Brighton GROE July 2009 Forum.pdf]
[Executive Summary and Charge - GROE Project.pdf]
[LOGISTICS Brighton GROE July 2009 Forum.pdf]
One Pager of Highlights
avaiable soon
Blog post of Highlights
available soon
Workshop Output (from topical working groups)
[Intelligent Environments - Bredeweg et al - Brighton GROE July 2009 Forum.pdf]
[Social Learning and Gaming - Luckin et al - Brighton GROE July 2009 Forum.pdf]
Workshop Report
See updated Project Report (in progress)
Final Project Report (in progress)
We are updating our GROE project report as each workshop is completed. It is thus a work in progress. See [GROE Project Report Release 2 – Aug 27 2009.pdf]
Workshop: Future of Educational Technology
Local Arrangements (location, dates, etc.)
April 23-26, 2009; Tempe, Arizona (Arizona State University)
All activities within walking distance in downtown Tempe, AZ. Meetings held at the ASU School of Engineering and Informatics; three working lunches served in the meeting rooms; two group dinners arranged at nearby local restaurants; participants stayed at the nearby Mission Palms Hotel. [see VENUE MAP - GROE April 2009 Workshop.pdf]
Lead for effort
Dr. Beverly Park Woolf, University of Massachusetts Amherst (GROE Principal Investigator)
CCC Council liaison for this effort
Dr. John L. King, University of Michigan
CCC Council liaison for this workshop
Dr. John L. King, University of Michigan
Vision for this workshop (one-pager)
[VISION - GROE April 2009 Workshop.pdf]
Agenda/speakers
[AGENDA - GROE April 2009 Workshop.pdf]
Participants
[ATTENDEES - GROE April 2009 Workshop.pdf]
Meeting Materials
[Executive Summary and Charge - GROE Project.pdf]
[LOGISTICS GROE April 2009 Workshop.pdf]
One Pager of Highlights
avaiable soon
Blog post of Highlights
available soon
Workshop Output (from topical working groups)
[Assessment - Shute et al - GROE April 2009 Workshop.pdf]
[Intelligent Environments - Van Lehn et al - GROE April 19 Workshop.pdf]
[Preamble on Policy - King et al - GROE April 2009 Workshop.pdf]
[Rich Interfaces - Burleson et al - from GROE April 2009 Workshop.pdf]
Workshop Report
See updated Project Report (in progress)
Final Project Report (in progress)
We are updating our GROE project report as each workshop is completed. It is thus a work in progress. See [GROE Project Report Release 2 – Aug 27 2009.pdf]
