Youth Experience, Learning, and Digital Practices
Creating new avenues for youth learning, communication, play, and self-expression.
Research Projects
Maryland Sports Data Analytics Camps for Youth
Principal Investigator(s): Tamara Clegg
Funder: National Science Foundation
Research Areas: Accessibility and Inclusive Design > Data Science, Analytics, and Visualization > Youth Experience, Learning, and Digital Practices
Advancing knowledge of informal learning experiences that build adolescents' motivation for participation in STEM courses and careers, with a specific focus on introducing middle school African American and Latinx youth to the world of sports data analytics through events and summer camps.
Principal Investigator(s): Tamara Clegg
Funder: National Science Foundation
Research Areas: Accessibility and Inclusive Design > Data Science, Analytics, and Visualization > Youth Experience, Learning, and Digital Practices
Advancing knowledge of informal learning experiences that build adolescents' motivation for participation in STEM courses and careers, with a specific focus on introducing middle school African American and Latinx youth to the world of sports data analytics through events and summer camps.
ScratchEncore: Equity via a Flexible, Culturally-Relevant Advanced Scratch Curriculum for Upper Elementary Diverse Students and Teachers
Principal Investigator(s): David Weintrop
Funder: National Science Foundation
Research Areas: Library and Information Science > Youth Experience, Learning, and Digital Practices
Principal Investigator(s): David Weintrop
Funder: National Science Foundation
Research Areas: Library and Information Science > Youth Experience, Learning, and Digital Practices
Designing a Computer Science Pre-service Teacher Methods Course for Maryland
Principal Investigator(s): David Weintrop
Funder: University System of Maryland Other
Research Areas: Computational Linguistics, Machine Learning, and Information Retrieval > Youth Experience, Learning, and Digital Practices
Principal Investigator(s): David Weintrop
Funder: University System of Maryland Other
Research Areas: Computational Linguistics, Machine Learning, and Information Retrieval > Youth Experience, Learning, and Digital Practices
Faculty
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