Erin Pollard, Institute for Education Sciences

ERIC released a new API that allows developers to take ERIC data and integrate it into other apps and websites. It also allows researchers to conduct a systematic literature review much more efficiently than previous search methods. This video will highlight both applications and plans for future enhancements.

Laura Wentworth (California Education Partners)

Samantha Shewchuk (University of Delaware)

Carrie Conaway (Harvard University)

Brokering is a key mechanism for starting, supporting, and maintaining effective research-practice partnerships (RPPs) in education. Brokers integrate members of research and practice organizations by cultivating and maintaining the relationships and infrastructure needed for research production and use. Equipping individuals who serve in brokering positions with the skills and knowledge needed to do so, is hence an important task. As such, a group of three authors is producing a brokering and educational resource aimed at supporting any educator, researcher, or stakeholder involved in an educational RPP who either currently acts as a RPP broker or is aspiring to become a RPP broker.

Dr. Brandon Olszewski, International Society for Technology in Education

Districts are plagued with dilemmas around edtech purchasing. Which digital tools will work best for which students in which schools? Many variables influence decision-making regarding edtech selection, and it can be difficult to evaluate the “evidence” available around edtech efficacy and (more importantly in most cases) effectiveness. What are district technology decision makers to do? Launched in 2018, ISTE’s Course of Mind initiative unpacked implications of the learning sciences for teaching and learning for teachers and education leaders. In doing so, the initiative targeted instructional practice and how to make it more effective, efficient, and inclusive. Launching in 2021, the next phase of Course of Mind will develop, pilot, and deploy resources that help instructional technology decision makers choose the right edtech for them by looking “under the hood” at digital products using the learning sciences, thus empowering educators and leaders with the knowledge they need to determine, for themselves, what edtech is right for their schools and students.