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The NASA Langley Center for Distance Learning (CDL) was created in 1996 as a “learning laboratory” with the purpose of developing technology-based, educational programs that are research-, inquiry- and standards-based and “use NASA content to enhance and enrich the teaching and learning of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) in the elementary, middle, high schools; college and universities; and among adult learners.” The six existing programs detailed below were created in response to identifiable “learning needs.” They are used in both formal and informal education settings; in rural, suburban and urban learning environments; and are designed to accommodate a variety of learning styles. The six programs are continually “upgraded,” based on input from educational theorists, experimentalists, and practitioners, to increase their effectiveness as programs designed to “increase student (especially females and minorities) interest, engagement, and understanding of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.”
Starting August 1, 2005, NIA has become a partner with CDL and Virginia Tech. The scope of the work to be performed involves the effective application of (1) pedagogy; (2) instructional design; and (3) educational technology to operate, manage, develop, maintain, modify, field-test, evaluate, and diffuse, within the formal and informal education communities, a series of six existing, STEM-related distance learning programs. These six award-winning programs are:
• NASA’s Kids Science News Network™
• Noticiencias NASA™
• The NASA SCI Files™
• NASA CONNECT™
• NASA LIVE™
• NASA’s Destination Tomorrow™
These six programs “span the education horizon” from grades K-12, through 13-18, to adult (lifelong) learners and have won more than 60 awards including 9 Emmys. Additional information may be found by going to the NASA CDL website, or by selecting any of the individual programs above.
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