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How to Get involved

ExplainIt offers the opportunity to fundamentally improve classroom dynamics by supporting both students and instructors. Students and instructors in undergraduate STEM courses will benefit from ExplainIt's support for analyzing and providing feedback on students’ explanations through an integrated explanation feedback loop. These rich explanation-based activities will synergistically lead to improved student learning and promote greater student engagement in undergraduate STEM classrooms.

Involvement in the ExplainIt project will afford participating instructors in various disciplines, including Computer Science, Biology, and Physics, the opportunity to work with an interdisciplinary project team that is researching advanced educational technologies. Students and educators at partner locations will assist in the co-design of ExplainIt activities as well as experiencing the learning technology. 

Further, higher education instructors have the opportunity to participate in professional development sessions (at no charge) to help educators develop knowledge of best practices to leverage this technology in classrooms.

Requirements

• Instructors of undergraduate-level Computer Science, Biology, and Physics courses

• Access to computers/tablets/smart phones and internet

• Instructors' availability to attend a series of synchronous and asynchronous online training sessions

Participating Collaborators

• Brian Selgrade (Westfield State University; Kinesiology)

• Caesar Jackson (North Carolina Central University; Physics)

• Donkuan Xu (North Carolina State University; Computer Science)

• Madhuri Siddula (North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University; Computer Science) 

• Suchetana Mukhopadhyay (Indiana University; Biology)

Contact Us

For more information or to get involved, please visit our Team page to reach out to the Principal Investigators directly.