Research Projects
Filtered by: Youth Experience, Learning, and Digital Practices
An AI-Enhanced Colleague for Teachers: Developing and Studying an Innovative Platform for Efficient, Inclusive Middle-Grade Mathematics Lesson Planning
Funders: National Science Foundation
Research Areas: Machine Learning, AI, Computational Linguistics, and Information Retrieval Youth Experience, Learning, and Digital Practices
This project supports middle school math teachers by developing an AI-powered lesson planning tool that enhances efficiency, quality, and inclusivity. Integrating generative AI with research-based practices, it offers personalized guidance for creating effective lessons. The project also examines impacts on teacher stress, instructional effectiveness, and student learning outcomes.
Funders: National Science Foundation
Research Areas: Machine Learning, AI, Computational Linguistics, and Information Retrieval Youth Experience, Learning, and Digital Practices
This project supports middle school math teachers by developing an AI-powered lesson planning tool that enhances efficiency, quality, and inclusivity. Integrating generative AI with research-based practices, it offers personalized guidance for creating effective lessons. The project also examines impacts on teacher stress, instructional effectiveness, and student learning outcomes.
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
Funders: 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
Funders: DoD-Navy
Research Areas: Accessibility and Inclusive Design Human-Computer Interaction 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
Funders: National Science Foundation
Research Areas: Data Science, Analytics, and Visualization Human-Computer Interaction Youth Experience, Learning, and Digital Practices
Principal Investigator(s): David Weintrop
Funders: National Science Foundation
Research Areas: Data Science, Analytics, and Visualization Human-Computer Interaction Youth Experience, Learning, and Digital Practices
Collaborative Research: Harmonizing Scratch Encore: Empowering Educators to Create Customized Culturally-Responsive Computing Materials
Principal Investigator(s): David Weintrop
Funders: National Science Foundation
Research Areas: Youth Experience, Learning, and Digital Practices
This project explores ways to support middle school computer science teachers in drawing on their students' cultural resources and prior knowledge to situate introductory computer science learning experiences.
Principal Investigator(s): David Weintrop
Funders: National Science Foundation
Research Areas: Youth Experience, Learning, and Digital Practices
This project explores ways to support middle school computer science teachers in drawing on their students' cultural resources and prior knowledge to situate introductory computer science learning experiences.
Designing a Computer Science Pre-service Teacher Methods Course for Maryland
Principal Investigator(s): David Weintrop
Funders: Maryland Center for Computing Education (MCCE) State of MD UMD Funded
Research Areas: Machine Learning, AI, Computational Linguistics, and Information Retrieval Youth Experience, Learning, and Digital Practices
Principal Investigator(s): David Weintrop
Funders: Maryland Center for Computing Education (MCCE) State of MD UMD Funded
Research Areas: Machine Learning, AI, Computational Linguistics, and Information Retrieval Youth Experience, Learning, and Digital Practices
Read, Watch, Play: Development of a Pedagogical Approach and Technical Infrastructure to Build Gamification, Game-Based Learning, and Other Hands-On Projects into Courses across Campus
Principal Investigator(s): Caro Williams-Pierce Andrew Fellows Katherine Izsak Pamela Duffy
Funders: State of MD
Research Areas: Youth Experience, Learning, and Digital Practices
Principal Investigator(s): Caro Williams-Pierce Andrew Fellows Katherine Izsak Pamela Duffy
Funders: State of MD
Research Areas: Youth Experience, Learning, and Digital Practices
TechBridge: Fostering Digital Literacy and Intergenerational Connection in Montgomery County
Principal Investigator(s): Galina Madjaroff Reitz
Funders: State of MD
Research Areas: Accessibility and Inclusive Design Human-Computer Interaction Youth Experience, Learning, and Digital Practices
Principal Investigator(s): Galina Madjaroff Reitz
Funders: State of MD
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
Funders: 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
Funders: US Department of Agriculture
Research Areas: Archival Science Digital Humanities Library and Information Science Youth Experience, Learning, and Digital Practices