POST DOCTORAL SCHOLARS
Center for Innovative Learning Technologies
We plan to select four post-doctoral Scholars to participate in the
National Science Foundation funded Center for Innovative Learning
Technologies. The Center is directed by Roy Pea, SRI, and co- directed by
John Bransford at Vanderbilt University, Marcia C. Linn at the University
of California, Berkeley, Barbara Means and SRI International, and Bob
Tinker at the Concord Consortium. Successful applicants will be located at
one or more of these institutions.
Post-doctoral Scholars will join a multidisciplinary team of researchers
dedicated to improving the effectiveness of technology in education.
Participants will work in interdicsiplinary teams with leaders in
education, technology, cognition, and the science disciplines.
Each post-doctoral Scholar will conduct a research program in a supportive,
exciting environment with input from leaders in the field. Post-doctoral
Scholars will learn about advances on all fronts of technology and
education. They will jointly contribute to standards, guidelines, and a
theory of design for innovations.
QUALIFICATIONS: Candidates should have a background in mathematics, the
natural sciences, engineering, or computer science and a Ph. D. in
mathematics, the natural sciences, engineering, computer science, education
or related disciplines. Applicants should demonstrate ability to work on a
team, interest in using collaborative technologies, and interest in
developing a multidisciplinary research program.
Applicants should be available to start between November 1997 and September
1998. Positions are for two years with possible renewal for a third year.
BACKGROUND: The Center for Innovative Learning Technologies (CILT)
stimulates the development and implementation of important, technology-
enabled solutions to critical problems in K-14 science, mathematics,
engineering, and technology learning. CILT is a distributed organization
located at SRI International, the University of California at Berkeley,
Vanderbilt University, and the Concord Consortium in Massachusetts. The
primary funding for CILT is a new five-year grant from the National Science
Foundation.
"Theme teams" conduct the Center's research, development, and
implementation activities. Participants drawn from both from the founding
organizations and other leading organizations will provide the best
possible mix of expertise. The Center's initial themes are: Virtual
Learning Communities, Visualization and Modeling, Low-Cost, Ubiquitous
Computing, and Assessment. Theme teams will include experts in technology
from natural science, computer science, engineering, education, policy, as
well as industry leaders.
Participants will work together in national workshops and online
discussions to review their research results, identify critical challenges
and potential breakthroughs in their theme area, and select prototype
collaborative projects for CILT sponsorship. These prototype projects will
serve as "seed" efforts that, with external funding, can transform the use
of learning technologies in education.
CILT provides the infrastructure for:
* synthesizing learning technology R&D and implementation lessons
across projects,
* stimulating multidisciplinary collaboration and rapid innovation, and
* fostering communication between technology developers, educational
and cognitive researchers, and schools to increase the impacts of
research-based technology supports on mathematics and science learning.
CILT will train post-doctoral Scholars from multiple disciplines to lead
the field of learning technologies in the future.
FOR MORE INFORMATION: www. cilt. vanderbilt. edu
TO APPLY
Send CV, statement of purpose, and one or more academic papers to Marcia C.
Linn <mclinn who-is-at socrates.berkeley.edu>.