HP Catalyst Initiative – 2010 Recipients

HP is pleased to announce our new HP Catalyst Initiative consortia partners for 2010. These 30 organizations from eleven countries join five leading institutions in exploring innovations that will transform STEM+ learning and teaching. Funding in 2010 for the HP Catalyst network totals more than $6M. We thank all the HP Catalyst Initiative applicants for their diverse and thoughtful proposals that truly reflect a strong commitment to enhancing STEM+ learning for all students. For more information about the HP Catalyst Initiative, visit www.hp.com/go/hpcatalyst. The “Multi-Versity” Consortium This consortium investigates and demonstrates new and best practices in online education for STEM students and the professional development of instructional faculty. The long-term goal is to provide students with new learning opportunities from a variety of institutions that can be applied toward certification and degrees. This consortium will be lead by the Sloan Consortium (USA) Consortium Members: Empire State College, State University of New York (Saratoga Springs, New York, USA) “ Empowering STEM Faculty for Teaching the 21st Century Student” National University (La Jolla, California, USA) “ Game Design and Technology for STEM+ Learning Collaborative” Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois, USA) “ Science Lab Server Farms” Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) “Blended On Line Collaboration for Global Engineering Education Excellence” Renmin University of China, School of Information (Beijing, China) “Research and Promotion of Online Collaborative Learning Education” Western Washington University (Bellingham, Washington, USA) “Remote Access to Scientific Instrumentation and Online Labs for STEM Education: Building Laboratory Parity throughout the Curriculum”

	The “Pedagogy 3.0” Consortium

This consortium creates new models of teacher preparation that will better equip teachers to facilitate 21st century learning experiences for students. Projects engage new teachers during their pre-service and induction years, as well as in-service master teachers, teacher education faculty, and engineering/science content experts. The long-term goals are to prepare and retain more STEM+ teachers, enhance the STEM+ expertise of master teachers and faculty, and improve student success in pursuing STEM+ degrees.

This consortium will be led by Futurelab (UK)

Consortium Members:

• California State University, Dominguez Hills (Carson, California, USA) “Virtual Exchange Program: Connecting, Collaborating and Constructing STEM+ Learning”



• Fraunhofer Institute (Stuttgart, Germany) “Future Learning Environments”



• Kenyatta University (Nairobi, Kenya) “Using Technology to Support Teacher and Student Conceptual Learning in Mathematics and Science”



• Learning Games Network (Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA) “Design Corps”



• University of Exeter (Exeter, United Kingdom) “Inter-teaching: Developing dialogic approaches to STEM+ education through digital practitioner networks”



• University of Bristol, Graduate School of Education (Bristol, United Kingdom) “E-Scapes”

	The “Global Collaboratory” Consortium

This consortium enables students to participate in collaborative problem-solving to address urgent social challenges using the power of collaborative grid computing. This theme builds on the HP/UNESCO Brain Gain Initiative.

This consortium will be led by the CSIR Meraka Institute (South Africa)

Consortium Members:

• Cairo University, Faculty of Computers and Information (Giza, Egypt) “Cairo Cloud Computer”



• Coventry University (Coventry, United Kingdom) “Learning to create a better built environment: Activity led learning with information and communication technology for a 21st century collaborative global education”



• Del Mar College (Corpus Christi,Texas, USA) “Thinking Global - Acting Local: Engaging Learners in Geospatial Technology Projects through the HP Collaboratory”



• East Carolina University (Greenville, North Carolina, USA) “Hands-on information technology virtual laboratory powered by cloud computing for global collaboration”



• Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (Kakamega, Kenya) “Development of an East African computational chemistry infrastructure at Masinde Muliro University of Science and technology”



• Stamford Public Schools (Stamford, Connecticut, USA) “The Challenge of Water Quality: China and United States ‘Sister Schools’ Seek Solutions Together”

	The “New Learner” Consortium

This consortium engages formal and informal education institutions as they explore how to build a network of learning opportunities for students. The goal is to create new, engaging models of student-driven STEM+ learning that lead to higher school completion rates and promote “learning how to learn.”

This consortium will be led by the Agastya International Foundation (India)

Consortium Members:

• India Council for Integral Education (Pondicherry, India) “The Ringtones Student-Designed Learning Content for Mobile Devices Project”



• Longwood Institute for Teaching through Technology & Innovative Practices – ITTIP of Longwood University (South Boston, Virginia, USA) “Global Innovation in Science and Technology (GIST)”



• Sheffield City Council (Sheffield, United Kingdom) “BLADE - Building learning as a distributed experience”



• Reach the World, in partnership with P.S. 218 / the Rafael Hernandez Dual Language Magnet School (Bronx, New York, USA) “Reaching the World, Mapping the Mind: Global STEM+ Collaborations between College Study-Abroad Students, At-Risk Youth, Pre-Service Educators and Career Teachers”



• University of Fort Hare (Alice, South Africa) “ STEM+ Innovations for under-represented rural-based schools”



• Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA) “ Virtual Laboratory for Engineering and Applied Sciences Education (EASE)”

	The “Measuring Learning” Consortium

This consortium develops and demonstrates new approaches for using technology to measure STEM+ competencies that are often not assessed in school.

This consortium will be led by Carnegie Mellon University (USA)

Consortium Members:

• Colorado School of Mines (Golden, Colorado, USA) “ Measuring Learning in STEM+ Classrooms Using Tablet PCs for Real-Time Formative Assessment at an Engineering University: Diverse Explorations to A.) Establish Best Practices for Enhancing Learning, and B.) Nurture and Assess Creativity and Innovation”



• Ecole Centrale de Lyon (Écully, France) “Centrale EAT innovation framework: to adapt training to companies’ needs”



• Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Hong Kong, China) “A Quality-Aware Evaluation System for STEM+ Education”



• National Research Irkutsk State Technical University (Irkutsk, Russia) “Mobile grid platform for STEM subjects social learning and knowledge measurement (MoPS)”



• North-west University (Gauteng, South Africa) “ Using machine learning to measure student learning”



• Rancocas Valley Regional High School (Mount Holly, New Jersey, USA) “Real-Time Assessment of Standards-Based Declarative & Procedural Knowledge of Students”