Prompted by challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, Bethune-Cookman University will conduct planning activities to increase HBCU faculty authorship of online STEM instruction that supports robust learning of STEM content. The aim of this project is to enable the conceptualization, planning and consensus/collaboration building activities regarding robust online learning opportunities in STEM. This planning project aligns with the goals of the NSF's Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP) in its efforts to bolster institutional capacity building for the purpose of enhancing STEM undergraduate education and research endeavors. 

     The project was proposed in response to the HBCU-OPEN Solicitation: Dear Colleague Letter: Supporting Impactful Research, Undergraduate Education and Capacity Building at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)  The project is led by Dr. Albert G. Hayward II (PI), Associate Professor of Biology, and Dr. Shirma Ramroop Butts (co-PI), Assistant Professor of Biology at Bethune-Cookman University.  The project will leverage expertise of researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, including Ben MacLaren and Dr. Kenneth R. Koedinger of the LearnLab at CMU (https://learnlab.org/), to allow faculty the opportunity to collaborate with other participants to define the activities of an HBCU Science of Learning Network as well as receive professional development on learning science and learning engineering.

2024-25 Cohort of HBCU Faculty