This $104,607 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports Motlow State Community College in creating an innovative ecosystem to accelerate the integration of extended reality (XR) technologies, including 360-degree photography, augmented reality, mixed reality, and virtual reality, into technical education programs. The key goals are to: 1) assess XR technology adoption and attitudes in NSF ATE program domains and create implementation...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant, awarded under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program, will create an innovative ecosystem to support the integration of extended reality (XR) technologies into technician education programs. The $169,947 award to Cast Inc., a nonprofit research and development organization, has the following key goals: Assess XR technology adoption and attitudes in the NSF Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program domains, and create implementation and...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program will fund the development of the KonnectXR platform, an enterprise-level system that integrates augmented and virtual reality (XR) technologies into technician education programs. The $127,090 award to Motlow State Community College, effective October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2027, aims to bridge traditional learning management systems with immersive XR environments. Key project goals...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $170,000 Project Grant under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to Cast Inc., a nonprofit educational technology research organization, to develop an enterprise-level platform that integrates immersive extended reality (XR) technologies with traditional learning management systems. The 3-year project, titled "IMMERSIVE LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES: EXPANDING ACCESS THROUGH OPEN-SOURCE INNOVATION," aims to enhance technician education by...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant, awarded under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program, provides $249,565 to Trident Technical College to develop an enterprise-level platform that integrates augmented and virtual reality (XR) technologies into technician education programs. The key goals of the project are to: 1) Integrate single sign-on and FERPA-compliant encryption capabilities to enable seamless integration with learning management systems; 2) Develop a multi-user...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program provides $542,881 to Minnesota State Colleges & Universities (operating as Northland Community & Technical College) to develop an enterprise-level platform that integrates learning management systems with immersive augmented and virtual reality (XR) technologies for technician education. The key goals of the project, titled "KONNECTXR," are to: 1) integrate single sign-on...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $1,454,932 Project Grant under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to Clemson University. The grant, titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: RESOURCE COLLABORATIVE FOR IMMERSIVE TECHNOLOGIES (RECITE)", aims to accelerate the integration of extended reality (XR) technologies, including 360° photography/videography, augmented reality, mixed reality, and virtual reality, into technician education programs. The key objectives are to: 1) Assess...
This $1,886,515 National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will support the development of "KonnectXR", an enterprise-level platform that integrates immersive extended reality (XR) technologies into technician education programs. The project aims to: Integrate single sign-on and FERPA-compliant encryption capabilities to enable seamless interoperability between XR environments and existing Learning Management Systems (LMS)...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded Bellevue College a $749,543 Project Grant under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program. The grant funds will be used to create a regional training and resource network for implementing virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (XR) modules for teaching and learning at community and technical colleges in the Pacific Northwest. Key project objectives include: Establishing an XR educational exchange network among regional community and technical colleges;...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program provided $575,546 to the Kentucky Community & Technical College System (KCTCS) from May 2021 through April 2024 to improve technician skills in advanced manufacturing through a low-cost virtual reality platform. KCTCS will develop and demonstrate a low-cost process for virtual reality model development, enhance existing proof of concept models, assess new virtual reality modules, and conduct studio-style...