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Welcome to LESTER!

LESTER (Learning Science and Technology Repository), an online community and database focused on innovations in learning science and technology (LST), profiles innovative research projects and researchers. Registered users can add, update, or modify records about their projects and organization, thereby keeping the information accurate and up-to-date. Registration is not required to search or browse the database.

Developed by Rice University's ETRAC with the support of Microsoft Research, LESTER supports the development and application of innovative learning methods and technologies. Users can search or browse the database of over 800 records, participate in online discussions, contribute new information, or read more about LESTER.

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News and Features

 
Technology helps boost students' writing skills
"Results from the latest writing test administered as part of the National Assessment of Educational Progress, also known as the Nation's Report Card, show that average writing scores were slightly higher in 2007 than in previous writing assessments in 1998 and 2002. Though the percentage of students performing at or above the basic achievement level also increased since 2002, the percentage of students who met the "proficient" level did not."   read more...
Students want more use of gaming technology
Educators are largely missing out on what could be a huge opportunity to capitalize on their students’ appetite for electronic games and simulations to teach them about core curriculum topics, results from a new national survey suggest.   read more...
University of Houston Study: Hybrid Courses More Effective for Students
"A technical report from a University of Houston Department of Health and Human Performance researcher finds that students in a hybrid class that incorporated instructional technology with in-class lectures scored a letter grade higher on average than their counterparts who took the same class in a more traditional format."   read more...

Latest Projects

 
Admin Test Project - Do Not Use - 1
Summary:  No Description Currently Exists
Created Date:  7/1/2008
 
Drupal
Summary:  "An open source content management platform equipped with a powerful blend of features, Drupal suppor" (...)
Created Date:  5/2/2008
 
JASON
Summary:  "A nonprofit subsidiary of the National Geographic Society, JASON connects young students with great " (...)
Created Date:  5/2/2008
 
PHYSICS 2000
Summary:  "The goal of the project is to make physics more accessible to students and people of all ages and to" (...)
Created Date:  5/2/2008
 
Collaborative Approaches to the Management of E-Learning
Summary:  "The CAMEL project was a pilot to explore the development of a Community of Practice amongst e-learni" (...)
Created Date:  5/2/2008
 
Technical Advisory Service for Images
Summary:  "The Technical Advisory Service for Images (TASI) is a service to advise and support the academic com" (...)
Created Date:  5/2/2008
 
Semantic Web and Repurposing Applications
Summary:  "The project investigates how to design large multimedia database systems so that they are as useful " (...)
Created Date:  5/2/2008
 
Intute Virtual Training Suite
Summary:  "The Intute: Virtual Training Suite provides free Internet tutorials to help you learn how to get the" (...)
Created Date:  5/2/2008
 
Students' Online Learning Experiences (SOLE)
Summary:  "The SOLE project investigated students' online learning experiences across five subject areas in Hi" (...)
Created Date:  5/2/2008
 
iLearn technology
Summary:  "iLearn technology is an edublog dedicated to giving teachers practical tips for integrating technolo" (...)
Created Date:  5/2/2008
 
The Little Shop of Physics
Summary:  "The Little Shop of Physics is a collection of hands-on science experiments that are designed to be " (...)
Created Date:  5/2/2008
 
The ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and Educational Technology
Summary:  "A longitudinal extension of the 2004 and 2005 ECAR studies of students and information technology, " (...)
Created Date:  5/2/2008
 
WCC Online Math Center
Summary:  "Here you will find applications to math from A to Z. Use LiveMath resources to visualize vectors, i" (...)
Created Date:  5/2/2008
 
myschoolog.com
Summary:  "mySchoolog is a educational project which let students organize their school life online. mySchoolog" (...)
Created Date:  3/14/2008
 
Free-Reading
Summary:  "Free-Reading is an ongoing, collaborative, teacher-based, curriculum-sharing project. We're looking " (...)
Created Date:  3/14/2008
 
e-learning for kids
Summary:  "This repository offers free courseware in math, science, reading, typing, English and health & life " (...)
Created Date:  3/14/2008
 

Funding Opportunities

 
NSF Computational Science Training for Undergraduates in the Mathematical Sciences (CSUMS)   
Summary:  "The goal of Computational Science Training for Undergraduates in the Mathematical Sciences (CSUMS) "(More Info)
NSF Discovery Research K-12 (DR-K12)   
Summary:  "The Discovery Research K-12 (DR-K12) program seeks to enable significant advances in K-12 student a"(More Info)
Science of Learning Centers (SLC)   
Summary:  "The Science of Learning Centers program (SLC) offers awards for large-scale, long-term Centers that"(More Info)
NSF Cyber-Enabled Discovery and Innovation (CDI)   
Summary:  "Cyber-Enabled Discovery and Innovation (CDI) is NSF’s bold five-year initiative to create revolutio"(More Info)
NSF Community-based Data Interoperability Networks (INTEROP)   
Summary:  "Digital data are increasingly both the products of research and the starting point for new research "(More Info)

Conferences

 
15th Annual Campus Technology Conference   
Summary:  "Your poster presentation offers you the opportunity to address higher education peers in a dedicate"(More Info)
Campus Technology 2008   
Summary:  "Campus Technology 2008 welcomes attendees to its 15th annual summer conference, where leading innova"(More Info)
2008 NCTE Annual Convention   
Summary:  "Join thousands of K-12 teachers, college faculty, administrators, and other educational professional"(More Info)