Welcome to the RWB Community

Researchers Without Borders (RWB) is an initiative of the Center for Elementary Mathematics and Science Education at the University of Chicago. RWB is a home for open research in education. It is a collaborative working environment in which researchers across academic institutions, disciplines, sectors, and levels of organizational structure can direct their efforts to solve shared problems, do collaborative research and development, and build productive working relationships and collaborations.

This community is a key part of RWB. It is the place to raise and discuss emerging issues, questions and ideas about open research and the RWB projects. Browse each of the groups to see what they are about. If you are interested in creating additional groups, click "Create New Group."

Groups

  • Group_stem_small

    78 members

    Facilitated by Sarah Rand

    STEM Education

    This group is a flexible community space to raise and discuss emerging issues in STEM education, as well as to share resources and experiences through collaborative discussion.

  • Group_collaborative_small

    23 members

    Facilitated by Jeanne Century

    Collaborative Research

    This group is for individuals interested in exploring ways to do open, collaborative research. The group will discuss strategies, concerns, and examples (if we can find them) of where cross-field, cross-sector, or even cross-hallway strategies for collaborative, open research are in use.

  • Group_foi_small

    46 members

    Facilitated by Jeanne Century

    Fidelity of Implementation and Implementation Research

    This group is for people who are interested in issues pertaining to defining and measuring FOI and exploring ways to use FOI data in research and to inform practice.

  • Group_sustainability_small

    44 members

    Facilitated by Jeanne Century

    Sustainability

    What makes an innovation last? Join this group as we explore the factors that contribute to or inhibit the lasting of innovations as well as the processes behind innovations moving towards sustainability.

Upcoming Events

STEM School Webinar Series:

Partnerships to Support K–12
STEM Teaching & Learning

January 10 - March 6, 2012

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Partnerships are often identified as a key element of effective STEM education. This webinar series will focus on a range of partnerships that support K–12 STEM teaching and learning. Participants will have an opportunity to interact with each other and with the diverse webinar presenters from K–12 schools, industry, community organizations, and higher education.

Learn more and register for this webinar series

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Data Visualizations

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Our research team at the University of Chicago and Ohio State University has been studying the implementation, spread and sustainability of STEM schools. See the data visualizations on STEM schools that we have created here.

Fidelity of Implementation
User's Guide

The User's Guide presents the products of the Applied Research on Science Materials Implementation: Bringing Measurement of Fidelity of Implementation to Scale project.