Category: Research

Muhsin Menekse

NSF awards Menekse team $300K funding for STEM learning project

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a Purdue University College of Education and College of Engineering faculty member $300,000 in funding to enhance student learning and engagement in large lecture STEM courses. Muhsin Menekse (PI), associate professor in the...
Victoria Lowell

Lowell to receive AECT Best Practices Award for prospective instructor mentorship program

Strategic mentoring of new teaching faculty could allow online educational programs to grow and expand capacity, save money, and ensure that students receive high-quality instruction, according to Victoria Lowell, clinical professor of Learning Design and Technology (LDT) in the Purdue...
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Emerging Technologies in Learning Design & Technology and Envision Center to hold extended reality workshops

Faculty from the Purdue University College of Education will lead a new, collaborative, three-part workshop series this fall on using emerging technologies in learning design and technology. Victoria Lowell, clinical professor of Learning Design and Technology in the College of...
Jennifer Barce and Stephanie Oudghiri

Purdue launches rural education center to help address teacher shortage

In support of Purdue University’s land grant mission which promotes equitable access for all students, the College of Education, in partnership with relevant stakeholders, has received approval for what is believed to be Indiana’s first comprehensive rural education center Co-founded...
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NSF awards $2M to Purdue’s College of Ed, Downtown Boxing Gym for STEM-based research

The 5-year collaborative grant will study DBG’s innovative and impactful STEM-focused youth programming to better understand, measure, and magnify its long-term impact The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $2 million grant to Purdue University’s College of Education and the...
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Masta receives Sloan Foundation grant to study Indigenous scholar involvement

Stephanie Masta, associate professor of Curriculum Studies, received a $125,000 grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to study the history of Indigenous scholar involvement in two national education associations. The one-year project is titled, “The Role of Indigenous Scholars...