Project Grant 2209821

This five-year, $400,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) will fund the development of the Experiments as a Service Infrastructure (EASI). EASI aims to lower barriers for conducting randomized experiments comparing alternative digital learning experiences and analyzing resulting data to improve future student outcomes. Specifically, the University of Alabama will develop an infrastructure supporting three types of collaborative research: design of randomized field experiments testing learning theories; sophisticated analysis of experiment and student profile data to identify effective interventions for subgroups; and adaptive experimentation algorithms using data to dynamically optimize learning. By bringing together multidisciplinary researchers and providing extensive collaboration resources, EASI intends to advance the science of learning and data-driven methods for enhancing and personalizing digital education at scale.