2: Research and Development
Support the research and development of new models and prototypes of educational content, taking full advantage of the Internet
and other new digital distribution technologies.
Other Information:
For example, the Trust will commission pre-competitive research and fund the development of prototypes to: Demonstrate computer
simulations that let learners tinker with chemical reactions in living cells, practice operating and repairing expensive equipment,
or practice marketing techniques, thus making it easier to grasp complex concepts and transfer this understanding quickly
to practical problems. Demonstrate sophisticated help systems that provide accurate answers to questions using a combination
of artificial intelligence and live operators. Demonstrate new communication tools that could enable learners to collaborate
in real-time on complex projects and ask for help from teachers and experts from around the world. Demonstrate learning systems
that could adapt to differences in student’s personal interests, backgrounds, learning styles, and aptitudes. Demonstrate
tools that provide successively more difficult challenges with appropriate levels of scaffolding that motivate the learner
while avoiding frustration or boredom. Explore learning opportunities present in persistent, online learning environments.
Provide continuous measures of competence—integral to the learning process—that can help teachers work more effectively with
individuals and leave a record of achievement that is compelling to students and to employers. Demonstrate new tools that
could allow continuous evaluation and improvement of the learning systems themselves. Digitize America’s collected memory
stored in our nation’s universities, libraries, museums and public television archives to make these materials available anytime
and anywhere.
Indicator(s):
|
