Politics
By Press release submission |
Apr 19, 2022
recently issued the following announcement.Auburn University has been awarded a $589,889, three-year grant for the first National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Teachers project at Auburn, titled, “Project-Based Learning for Rural Alabama STEM Middle School Teachers in Machine Learning and Robotics.”This project will provide hands-on research experiences in robotics and machine learning/artificial intelligence, or ML/AI, for 30 STEM middle school teachers—10 each year—and expand their knowledge of teaching these concepts through project-based learning as part of a six-week summer program.Part of a collaborative effort between the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, the College of Education and teacher participants who will engage with project team members in developing curriculum modules using the contents in ML/AI, the program is expected to reach approximately 1,200 students across several school districts in rural and underserved areas of Alabama.