Welcome

The Allen Institute for Research on Learning, Information & Technology, named in honor of Dr. Bryce L. Allen, provides a unifying and dynamic umbrella for the research and development activities of faculty, staff, and students in the School of Information Science & Learning Technologies (SISLT). The Allen Institute offers an infrastructure of support and a collaborative space wherein the vital inquiry of SISLT can be enhanced. Bryce Allen represented the best of collaboration and creative research; the goal of The Allen Institute is to continue in this noble tradition.

The Allen Institute houses numerous, on-going R&D projects including the following:

KidTools Support System (KTSS): URL: http://kidtools.missouri.edu
Point of Contact: Gail Fitzgerald
Computer-based performance support tools for children and youth with learning disabilities and/or emotional/behavioral disorders
Strategy Coach: URL: http://strategytools.org
Point of Contact: Gail Fitzgerald
Computer-based performance support tools for adolescents with learning disabilities and/or emotional/behavioral disorders to help them prepare for transition to post-school settings
Virtual Resource Center for Behavioral Disorders: URL: http://vrcbd.missouri.edu
Point of Contact: Gail Fitzgerald
Provides free resources for teaching children with emotional & behavioral disorders
Facilitating Case Reuse During Problem Solving: Point of Contact: David Jonassen
Creation of problem solving tools for instruction in STEM disciplines
Radiation Protection Curriculum Project: Point of Contact: David Jonassen
Developing six courses for community college program in radiation safety (partnering with MU Nuclear Engineering)
CANS: Context Awareness Notification System: URL: http://cansaware.com/
Point of Contact: Jim Laffey
Developing tools for use in the SAKAI course management system
iSocial: URL: http://isocial.missouri.edu/
Point of Contact: Jim Laffey
Developing virtual environments for individuals with autism (partnering with Thompson Center)
Project Whistlestop: URL: http://www.trumanlibrary.org
Point of Contact: Tom Kochtanek
The digital library for the Truman Presidential Library
eThemes (a service of eMINTs): URL: http://www.emints.org/ethemes
Point of Contact: Laura Wedman
An online database of content-rich, age-appropriate resources for teaching and learning
NASBLA: URL: http://www.nasbla.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=1
Point of Contact: Joi Moore
Evaluate and improve online learning for a professional organization
Assessing Women in Student Environments: URL: http://www.engr.psu.edu/awe/
Point of Contact: Rose Marra
AWE offers exportable assessment instruments, literature resources and capacity building tools
National Girls Collaborative Project: URL: http://www.ngcproject.org/
Point of Contact: Rose Marra
Design, develop and test performance tools and assess the effectiveness of activities designed to recruit and retain women in engineering and science
Prototyping the Engineer of 2020: URL: http://www.nae.edu/nae/engeducom.nsf/weblinks/MCAA-5L3MNK?OpenDocument
Point of Contact: Rose Marra
Data-mining to examine six institutions of higher education that appear to be successful in developing the “Engineer of 2020”
SWE-AWE Project: Increasing Assessment Capacity in Engineering Outreach: Point of Contact: Rose Marra
Building capacity in the engineering outreach community by updating and transitioning the previously NSF funded award “Assessing Women in Engineering” (AWE) to the Society of Women Engineers to more broadly disseminate a comprehensive set of assessment tools and recreate a platform for sustainability and maintenance of this valuable resource
Information Experience Laboratory: URL: http://ielab.missouri.edu
Point of Contact: Neeley Current
Usability laboratory for research, teaching and service

The Allen Institute also provides professional development support for SISLT PhD students and also has close ties to other R&D enterprises across the University of Missouri, including the eMINTS National Center.