SIUE’s “Digital East St. Louis” Spotlighted in National STEM Learning and Research Center Blog
SIUE’s “Digital East St. Louis” project was featured in the National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded STEM Learning and Research Center blog, STELAR, on Friday, April 14. Read more here.
The three-year project is using digital humanities to generate interest in computing and information technologies among minority middle school-aged students. It is supported by an $846,000 Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) grant awarded to SIUE from the NSF.
The multidisciplinary effort is led by Sharon Locke, director of the SIUE Center for STEM Research, Education and Outreach; Jessica DeSpain, associate professor in the Department of English Language and Literature and co-director of the Interdisciplinary Research and Informatics Scholarship (IRIS) Center at SIUE, and Liza Cummings, assistant professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning.
