Youth Experience, Learning, and Digital Practices
Creating new avenues for youth learning, communication, play, and self-expression.
Research Projects
Campus Computation Center: Support, Enrichment & Computing Identity Development to Boost STEM Success
Principal Investigator(s): Katherine Izsak Ron Padrón Vedat G. Diker Bill Kules beth bonsignore
Funder: DoD-Navy
Research Areas: Accessibility and Inclusive Design > Human-Computer Interaction > Youth Experience, Learning, and Digital Practices
Principal Investigator(s): Katherine Izsak Ron Padrón Vedat G. Diker Bill Kules beth bonsignore
Funder: DoD-Navy
Research Areas: Accessibility and Inclusive Design > Human-Computer Interaction > Youth Experience, Learning, and Digital Practices
UMD INFO College Fellows Program at the National Agricultural Library
Principal Investigator(s): Katrina Fenlon
Funder: US Department of Agriculture
Research Areas: Archival Science > Digital Humanities > Library and Information Science > Youth Experience, Learning, and Digital Practices
Principal Investigator(s): Katrina Fenlon
Funder: US Department of Agriculture
Research Areas: Archival Science > Digital Humanities > Library and Information Science > Youth Experience, Learning, and Digital Practices
CAREER: API Can Code: Situating Computational Learning Opportunities in the Digital Lives of Students
Principal Investigator(s): David Weintrop
Funder: National Science Foundation
Research Areas: Data Science, Analytics, and Visualization > Human-Computer Interaction > Youth Experience, Learning, and Digital Practices
Principal Investigator(s): David Weintrop
Funder: National Science Foundation
Research Areas: Data Science, Analytics, and Visualization > Human-Computer Interaction > Youth Experience, Learning, and Digital Practices
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