GK12 Fellowship Program

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GK12 Fellowship Program

• The first 8 months

2
The Data Gathered

• Situated evaluation rich context
• Observation
• Video recording
• Conversational interviewing methods
• Online evaluations of fellows, teachers, students

3
Rich Data Yields New Knowledge

• Complexities in Development of Educational
  Collaboratoreis as a Socio-Technical System A
  Situated Study of the GK12 EdGrid Graduate
  Teaching Fellowship Mehra, Bruce, Harnisch,
  Comstock, Takahashi. World Multi-Conference on
  SYSTEMICS, CYBERNETICS, AND INFORMATITICS, SCI
  2002
• Whos Teaching Whom? Scientist-Teacher Teams and
  Administrative Strategies Comstock, Harnisch,
  Mehra.
• Fostering Inquiry-based Learning in
  Technology-rich Learning Environments The
  Inquiry Page in the GK12 Fellowship Program
  Comstock, Bruce, Harnisch, Mehra.
• ED-MEDIA 2002, Conference on Educational
  Multimedia, Hypermdedia Telecommunications.

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What?

• Examination of how information ecologies and
  collaboratories develop and contribute to the
  success of the GK12 Program.
• Analysis of the GK12 Program and its implications
  for successful teacher development,
  administrative planning for technology and
  curriculum, and the professional growth of young
  scientists.
• Identification of how the Inquiry Page
  facilitates inquiry-based learning real-world
  application.

5
The future

• End-of-year evaluations of fellows and teachers
• Refinement of evaluation design based on earlier
  data gathered
• Meeting in July with others participating in the
  NSF-funded GK12 program.