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Name of Collaboratory :
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Center for Innovative Learning Technologies (CILT)
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URL :
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http://www.cilt.org |
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Collaboratory Status
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| Operational
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Start Date :
1997
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End Date :
2004
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Primary Collaboratory Function :
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Distributed Research Center |
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Secondary Collaboratory Functions :
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Virtual Community of Practice, Virtual Learning Community |
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Domain(s)
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Education, education technology |
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Brief Description
of the Collaboratory :
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The Center for Innovative Learning Technologies (CILT) is a distributed research center designed to serve as a national resource for stimulating research on innovative, technology-enabled solutions to critical problems in K-14 learning.
The Center is headed by senior researchers at four core institutions (SRI International, the University of California at Berkeley, Vanderbilt University, and the Concord Corsortium), and work is focused on four theme teams (Visualization and Modeling, Ubiquitous Computing, Assessments for Learning, and Community Tools).
CILT provides funding to innovative new work via seed grants ($5-15k). It has also created the CILT Knowledge Network, a database environment that provides access to a broad range of people, projects, pedagogies, and other resources central to the learning technology field.
Much CILT activity centers around a unique conference/ seed grant system. The conferences have no traditional presentations, but rather are a set of ad hoc working groups forming around issues of interest. The ad-hoc groups that garner sustained interest can apply for CILT seed grants of $5-15k, which pay for additional meetings and some research costs over the next 1-2 years. Seed grants are required to be cross-institutional collaborations.
CILT also sponsors a postdoctoral program, allies with partners in industry and school programs, sponsors a design contest for handheld computers, and conducts a series of online NetSeminars offered through the Concord Consortium.
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Access to
Instruments :
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Access to
Information Resources :
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CILT Knowledge Network houses an online bibliography and directory |
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Access to
People as Resources :
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CILT's mission is primarily in connecting human resources within this field. Besides the conference/ seed grant system, CILT also has a postdoctoral fellows program. |
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Funding Agency
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| National Science Foundation (NSF) |
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Notes on Funding Agencies/Sponsors:
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Organizations with Funded Participants:
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Approx # of participants:
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Description of organization's role(s): |
| Concord Consortium |
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1 PI 1 postdoc
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| SRI International (SRI) |
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SRI Center for Technology in Learning (CTL) |
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2 PI's, 2 sub-PI's, 2 administrative people, 2 evaluators, 1 postdoc
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| University of California, Berkeley |
3
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1 PI 2 postdocs
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| Vanderbilt University |
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1 PI 1 postdoc
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Organizations Otherwise Associated:
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Approx # of participants:
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Description of organization's role(s): |
| University of California, Berkeley |
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| Vanderbilt University |
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Notes on Participants/Organizations:
Difficult to characterize-- 9 PI's,3-5 postdocs and 2-3 staff were partially supported at any one time. Conferences were attended by ~200.
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Communications Technology
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CILT website is a public face of the project, Weekly teleconferences, an email list, and an ftp-accessible site are the backbone of internal project communications. |
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Technical
Capabilities :
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Computation
Simulation, modeling, visualization
Support for transition between synch and asynch
Directory of services/experts/resources
Asynchronous object sharing
Vetted knowledge based of multiple authors, Email/attachments
Asynchronous conversation
Email
Synchronous conversation
Audio, Instant messaging/chat
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Key Articles : |
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Pea, R.D., Tinker, R., Linn, M., Means, B., Bransford, J., Roschelle, J., Hsi, S., Brophy, S., & Songer, N. (1999). Toward a learning technologies knowledge network Educational Technology Research and Development, 47(2), 19-38.
Sabelli, N., & Pea, R. (2004). Six years of knowledge networking in learning sciences and technologies. Menlo Park, CA: SRI International.
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