Acknowledgements and Citation
Suggested Citation
Prado, Y.; Ouyang, S.; Risha, Z.; Ferguson, C.; Gardner, S.; Mallavarapu A.; Kelley, C.; Martin, W.; Glazer, K.; Hampton, S.; Fusco, J.; Pillai, S.; Walker, E.; Roschelle, J. (2024). Unveiling the Value of Exploration: Insights from NSF-Funded Research on Emerging Technologies for Teaching and Learning [Report]. Digital Promise. LINK
Authors
Camille Ferguson, Judi Fusco, Shari Gardner, Kip Glazer, Sarah Hampton, Cassandra Kelley, Aditi Mallavarapu, Wendy Martin, Sophia Ouyang, Sarita Pillai, Yenda Prado, Zak Risha, Jeremy Roschelle, Erin Walker.
Interviewees
We would like to thank all of the researchers who shared their experiences doing exploratory research with us.
Zachary Alstad, Sheryl Burgstahler, Chad Dorsey, Brett Fiedler, Bill Finzer, Ross Higashi, Nikolas Martelaro, Colleen Megowan-Romanowicz, Roxanne Moore, Lorna Quant, Alina Reznitskaya, Rebecca Vieyra, Erin Walker, Wei Wang, Charles Xie, Ying Xu, Marjorie Zielke.
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Acknowledgements
We would like to thank Alina von Davier, Ishrat Ahmed, Sana Karim, and KellyAnn Tsai for their valuable contributions to this report.
We would like to thank our advisors Kevin Brown, Cindy Hmelo-Silver, Diane Litman, Craig Watkins, Marcelo Worsley, and Alina Von Davier.
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under grant 2021159. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
