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Center for Innovative Learning Technologies (CILT)

Nora Sabelli, Melissa Koch, Barbara Means, Jeremy Roschelle, Linda Shear, Phil Vahey

The Center for Innovative Learning Technologies (CILT) was founded in October 1997 with a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to stimulate the development and study of important, technology-enabled solutions to critical problems in K-14 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) learning. CILT has engaged the collaborative efforts of a wide range of people, institutions, and organizations including cognitive scientists, computer scientists, natural scientists, engineers, classroom teachers, educational researchers, learning technology industry leaders, and policy analysts. CILT was designed as an inclusive national effort led by senior researchers at five institutions-SRI International, Stanford University, University of California at Berkeley, Vanderbilt University, and the Concord Consortium. This distributed structure brought together substantial experience in foundational research on learning, technology innovation, and school improvement.

Four "theme teams" focused the efforts in areas of highest promise: Visualization, Modeling, and Design; Ubiquitous Computing; Assessments for Learning; and Community Tools. CILT also conducts synergy projects that synthesize important ideas and tools from all themes.
CILT workshops: a collaborative forum in which the community met to assess the progress of the field, define research agendas, and initiate new partnerships.
CILT seed grants: a unique mechanism to provide rapid funding within each theme to initiate promising collaborations in critical directions.
The CILT Knowledge Network: a growing network of people and resources in the learning technology field.
A postdoctoral program trained scholars to work at the intersection of the sciences of learning, technology innovation, and technology appropriation.
The Industry Alliance Program (IAP) encouraged companies to collaborate with the CILT community.

During its final year in 2003, funded by NSF as an Accomplishment Based Renewal award, CILT will institutionalize its effective components as noted in the above list and efforts such as:

CILT Design Database
The Digital Video Inquiry Collaboratory
Causal Mapping Tool (hosted on Intel's website and renamed Seeing Reason)

10/1997 - 4/2003 (past)

Funders & Clients

National Science Foundation
Intel Corporation
Palm, Inc.
PASCO Scientific
Sun Microsystems

Partners

Richard Beckwith
Intel, Inc.

Publications

Sabelli, N. H., & Pea, R. (2004). Six years of knowledge networking in learning sciences and technologies. Center for Innovative Learning Technologies (CILT) final report. Menlo Park, CA: SRI International.
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Penuel, B., & Cohen, A. (2002). Coming to the crossroads of knowledge, learning, and technology: Integrating knowledge management and workplace learning. In M. Ackerman, V. Pipek, & V. Wulf (Ed.), Sharing expertise: Beyond knowledge management (pp. 57-76). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
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Shear, L. (2002). CILT2000: Technology, equity, and K-12 learning. Journal of Science Education and Technology, 11(3), 291-2.
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Tinker, R. & Vahey, P. (2002). CILT2000: Ubiquitous Computing—Spanning the Digital Divide. Journal of Science Education and Technology, v11 #3, pp. 301-304. Plenum Publishing, NY.
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Roschelle, J., Pea, R., Hoadley, C., Gordin, D., & Means, B. (2000). Changing how and what children learn in school with computer-based technologies. The Future of Children, 10(2), 76-101.
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Linn, M.C., Shear, L., Bell, P. & Slotta, J.D. (1999). Organizing principles for science education partnerships: Case studies of students’ learning about ‘Rats in Space’ and ‘Deformed Frogs’. Educational Technology Research and Development, 47(2), 61-85.
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Pea, R. D. (1999). New media communication forums for improving education research and practice. In E. C. Lagemann & L. S. Shulman (Eds.), Issues in Education Research: Problems and possibilities (pp. 336-370). San Francisco, CA: Jossey Bass.
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Pea, R.D., Tinker, R., Linn, M., Means, B., Bransford, J., Roschelle, J., Hsi, S., Brophy, S., & Songer, N. (1999). Toward a learning technologies knowledge network. Educational Technology Research and Development, 47, 19-38.
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Roschelle, J. & Pea, R. (1999). Trajectories from today’s WWW to a powerful educational infrastructure. Educational Researcher, 8(5), 22-25.
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Roschelle, J., Mills, M., & Stillman, P. (1998). DataGotchi Deep Dive. Menlo Park: SRI International.
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