The Center for Online Innovation in Learning at Penn State has announced it will fund four new projects through its Research Initiation Grant Program. The goal of the COIL grant program is to provide seed money for Penn State researchers to gather preliminary evidence to pursue external funding for larger studies that enhance teaching and learning through online innovation.
Penn State COIL accepting proposals for its Research Initiation Grant program through May 12.
Social media has become an integral part of many of our lives. We open Facebook and Instagram when we wake up in the morning, and we check them one last time before we go to sleep. These services are important to us, because they connect us with others. But what happens when parents post photos of their children? Does it violate their children's privacy?
Penn State’s Center for Online Innovation in Learning (COIL) will fund two new projects through its Research Initiation Grant program.
Penn State researchers are offering prototype versions of immersive Virtual Reality (iVR) lessons in three courses this fall and spring to engage students in the advantages and promises that such learning offers.
Penn State is hosting its first ever Immersive Reality Symposium on Oct. 31 to showcase the broad spectrum of virtual, augmented and mixed reality research that is underway throughout the University.
The Penn State Center for Online Innovation in Learning (COIL) is accepting proposals for its fall 2016 round of research grant funding.
Stephanie Warnock, a 27-year-old adult learner pursuing a bachelor’s degree online in information sciences and technology through Penn State World Campus, lives in Philadelphia. She recently attended IST’s Pro Expo on the University Park campus using a mobile-telepresence robot featuring an iPad attached to a two-wheeled, self-balancing vehicle.
A paper authored by five Penn State engineers, will receive a best paper award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers’ (ASME) 36th Computers and Information in Engineering Conference – Virtual Environments and Systems.
Penn State's COIL will provide funding to three researchers for projects aimed at enhancing teaching and learning through online innovation.
A team of three Penn State students successfully competed in HackPSU with more than 480 innovative students, makers and hackers to win notable opportunities from the Penn State EdTech Network and the Center for Online Innovation in Learning.
Penn State COIL will facilitate the use of a mobile-telepresence robot — an iPad attached to a two-wheeled, self-balancing vehicle — to be used during HackPSU beginning on Saturday, April 9, allowing Penn State World Campus student Chase Kelly to play the role of a virtual hacker.
The Penn State Center for Online Innovation in Learning (COIL) is accepting proposals for its spring 2016 round of research grant funding.
The keynote speakers for the 2016 Penn State Symposium for Teaching and Learning with Technology will be Nicholas Jones, Penn State executive vice president and provost, and Mimi Ito, author and globally recognized expert on how people use mobile technologies and new digital media. Both keynotes will provide insight on transforming education through engaging learning experiences for students. This year’s symposium will be held March 19 at the Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel.
Conrad Tucker, assistant professor of engineering design and industrial engineering and an affiliate faculty member of computer science and engineering, is the principal investigator of one of four proposals selected by Penn State’s Center for Online Innovation in Learning to receive research dollars through its Research Initiation Grant Program.
