Research
For my tenure review in Fall of 2007, I compiled documentation of my activities at Drexel for internal and external review. Based on this, I was awarded tenure in Spring 2008.
The VMT Project. This was the focus of my research at Drexel. My first year there, I met with people at the Math Forum and we submitted three proposals to NSF, two of which were funded. The second year, PhD students joined the project and we started to study collaborative learning of mathematics. That year concluded with a workshop with invited CSCL researchers from many countries. The project continues to provide data for many dissertations and analyses. Researchers at other universities are carrying out their own versions of the project in collaboration with the Drexel team. The project is documented at VMT. The co-PIs on the VMT project are Steve Weimar (Director, The Math Forum) and Wesley Shumar (Anthropologist at the College of Arts & Sciences, Drexel). Post-Doc was Alan Zemel (now College of Arts & Sciences, Drexel). Research Assistants are Johann Sarmiento, Murat Cakir, Nan Zhou, Ramon Toledo (College of Information Science, Drexel). Software developers were Martin Wessner and Martin Muehlpfordt (Germany). Visiting researchers also included Jan-Willem Strijbos, Fatos Xfar, Stefan Trausan-Matu, Elizabeth Charles,
Weiqin Chen, Henrry Rodriguez and Fei-Ching Chen.
ELOC. This was a collaborative effort to plan an NSF Science of Learning Center focused on CSCL. Although there was no opportunity to propose such a center, the project succeeded in holding a number of workshops and building a network of researchers, leading to several ideas and projects. The PIs for the project were Gerry Stahl (Drexel), Dan Suthers (Hawaii), Sharon Derry (Wisconsin), K. Ann Renninger (Swarthmore) and Mary Marlino (UCAR). Other central participants were Steve Weimar (Math Forum), Wes Shumar (Drexel), Cindy Hmelo-Silver (Rutgers), Gerhard Fischer (Colorado), Tammy Sumner (Colorado).
Grants Funded
“Exploring Adaptive Support for Virtual Math Teams.” Award DRL0723580. Funded by the National Science Foundation Research and Evaluation on Education in Science and Engineering (REESE) Program for $50,000 over 1 year on August 1, 2007. PI: Carolyn Rosé (CMU); consultant: Gerry Stahl. GerryStahl.net/publications/proposals/reese2007c.pdf.
"Engaged Learning in Online Communities." Award SBE-0518477. Funded by the National Science Foundation Science of Learning Center Catalyst Program for $180,762 over 3 years on October 1, 2005. PI: Gerry Stahl; co-PIs: Sharon J Derry (Wisconsin); K. Ann Renninger (Swarthmore); Mary R Marlino (UCAR); Daniel D Suthers (Hawaii). Project description: GerryStahl.net/publications/proposals/slc2005.
"IERI: Catalyzing & Nurturing Online Workgroups to Power Virtual Learning Communities." Award IERI 0325447. Funded by the National Science Foundation IERI Program for $2,300,00 over 5 years on September 1, 2003. PI: Gerry Stahl; co-PIs: Stephen Weimar and Wesley Shumar. Project description: GerryStahl.net/publications/proposals/itr2003
"Collaboration Services for the Math Forum Digital Library." Award DUE 0333493. Funded by the National Science Foundation NSDL Services Program for $450,000 over 3 years on August 15, 2003. PI: Gerry Stahl; co-PIs: Stephen Weimar and Wesley Shumar. Project description and proposal reviews: GerryStahl.net/publications/proposals/nsdl2003
Other Proposals Submitted
“Dynamic Support for Virtual Math Teams.” Proposal 0835426 to the National Science Foundation Advanced Learning Technologies (ALT) Program for $50,000 over 3 years on April 25, 2008. PI: Gerry Stahl; co-PI: Stephen Weimar; Collaborative proposal with Carolyn Rosé (CMU). GerryStahl.net/publications/proposals/alt2008.pdf.
"CDI-Type II: Social Computing and Data Mining in Support of Inquiry-based STEM Learning." Preliminary proposal to the National Science Foundation Cyber-Enabled Discovery and Innovation (CDI) Program. Submitted for $2,500,931 for 4 years on Jan. 1, 2008. PI: Xiaohua Hu; co-PIs: Gerry Stahl, Eileen Abels, Yuan An, Stephen Weimar.
"CDI-Type I: Building a world of math discourse using a mix of platforms." Preliminary proposal to the National Science Foundation Cyber-Enabled Discovery and Innovation (CDI) Program. Submitted for $797,303 over 3 years on Jan.8, 2008. PI: Werner Krandick (Department of Computer Science, Drexel University); co-PI: Gerry Stahl (IST, Drexel).
" DR-K12 R&D: STEM Inquiry Learning in the Internet Public Library and the Math Forum Model." Proposal to the National Science Foundation Discovery Research K-12 (DR K12) Program. Submitted for $2,160,260 for 5 years on Jan. 28, 2008. PI: Deliah Neuman; co-PIs: Gerry Stahl, Tony Hu, Michael Khoo, Yuan An.
"Increasing Helping Behavior in Collaborative Problem Solving in the Virtual Math Teams Environment." Proposal 735571 to the National Science Foundation Advanced Learning Technologies (ALT) Program. Submitted for $606,669 over 3 years on April 23, 2007. PI: Carolyn Rosé (CMU); co-PI: Gerry Stahl (Drexel) and co-PI: Stephen Weimar (Math Forum). GerryStahl.net/publications/proposals/alt2007.pdf.
“Collaborative Research: Representations for Analyzing Collaborative Knowledge Construction in Technology-mediated Learning Environments.” Proposal 723505 to the National Science Foundation Research and Evaluation on Education in Science and Engineering (REESE) Program. Submitted for $249,062 over 3 years on January 29, 2007. PI: Gerry Stahl; co-PI: Stephen Weimar (Math Forum) and Alan Zemel (Culture & Communication). Collaborative proposal with Daniel Suthers (Hawaii) for $450,999 and Cindy Hmelo-Silver (Rutgers New Brunswick). GerryStahl.net/publications/proposals/reese2007a.pdf.
“eMath: Diverse High School Students Developing Mathematical Reasoning through Online Collaboration.” Proposal 723605 to the National Science Foundation Research and Evaluation on Education in Science and Engineering (REESE) Program. Submitted for $995,145 over 3 years on January 29, 2007. PI: Arthur Powell (Rutgers, Newark); co-PI: Gerry Stahl (Drexel) and Carolyn Maher (Rutgers). GerryStahl.net/publications/proposals/reese2007b.pdf.
“Exploring Adaptive Support for Virtual Math Teams.” SGER Proposal to the National Science Foundation Research and Evaluation on Education in Science and Engineering (REESE) Program. Submitted for $50,000 over 1 year on January 29, 2007. PI: Carolyn Rosé (CMU); consultants: Gerry Stahl and the Math Forum. GerryStahl.net/publications/proposals/reese2007c.pdf.
"Optimizing Feedback for Eliciting Pedagogically Valuable Explanation in Collaborative Problem Solving." Proposal to the National Science Foundation Advanced Learning Technologies Program. Submitted for 2 years on May 15, 2006. PI: Carolyn Rosé (CMU); co-PIs: Stephen Weimar and Gerry Stahl. GerryStahl.net/publications/proposals/alt2006.pdf.
"Engaged Learning in Online Communities." Proposal to the National Science Foundation Science of Learning Center Catalyst Program. Submitted for $180,762 over 1.5 years on January 14, 2005. Proposal 0518477: GerryStahl.net/publications/proposals/engaged/description.pdf.
"Interaction Math: An Informal Online Learning Collaboratory Led by the Math Forum @ Drexel." Proposal to the National Science Foundation Informal Science Education Program. Submitted for $2,933,126 over 5 years on January 6, 2005. PI: Gene Klotz (Math Forum); co-PIs: Gerry Stahl and Stephen Weimar. Proposal 0515544: GerryStahl.net/publications/proposals/informal/description.pdf.
"Studying Online Collaborative Learning at the Math Forum." Proposal 337162 to the National Science Foundation ROLE Program. PI: Gerry Stahl; co-PIs: Scott Robertson and Wesley Shumar. Submitted for $1,790,931 over 3 years on June 1, 2003. Proposal: GerryStahl.net/publications/proposals/role2003
"Collaboration Services for the Math Forum Digital Library." Proposal 333493 to the National Science Foundation NSDL Services Program. PI: Gerry Stahl; co-PIs: Stephen Weimar and Wesley Shumar. Submitted for $494,953 over 2 years on April 21, 2003. Proposal: GerryStahl.net/publications/proposals/nsdl2003
"Group Knowledge Construction in Digital Library Communities." Proposal to the National Science Foundation NSDL Targeted Research Program. Submitted for $498,748 over 2 years on April 21, 2003. PI: Scott Robertson; co-PIs: Gerry Stahl and Susan Weidenbeck. Proposal 0333471: GerryStahl.net/publications/proposals/nsdl2003b
"ITR: Catalyzing & Nurturing Online Workgroups to Power Virtual Learning Communities." Proposal to the National Science Foundation ITR Program. PI: Gerry Stahl; co-PIs: Stephen Weimar and Wesley Shumar. Submitted for $3,374,472 over 5 years on February 12, 2003. Proposal 0325447: GerryStahl.net/publications/proposals/itr2003
"Educational Online Communities for At-Risk Youth." Proposal to foundations. Written for $88,000 over 1 year in December 2002. Proposal: GerryStahl.net/publications/proposals/nursing2003/nursing.doc
Although most of my research during the past several years has been related to the VMT project, I worked on a variety of projects earlier. Since the development of the Web I have documented my research on my website:
Research at Drexel. grant proposals at Drexel and the Math Forum
Research in Europe ITCOLE project, BSCL, Synergia
Research in Colorado WebGuide, State the Essence, Organizational Memory, Articulate Learners, Gamble Gulch, L3D Lab, Communications Theory
Research previously Hermes, OMOL, WebNet, CIE, TCA, CREW, OptoNet, consulting and programming
My curriculum vitae (in HTML Web and PDF printing formats) contains exhaustive listings of my academic activities, with links to the original source documents. .
Grants Funded
Following are my grants as a post-doc and Research Professor from 1997-2001. Prior to that, I was involved with proposing, implementing and managing many city, state, federal & foundation grants from 1978-1984, and industry, state & federal grants from 1990-1996.
2001-2002: “Enhancing collaborative learning among researchers, practitioners, and students at CSCL 2002” (co-PI with Gerhard Fischer & Hal Eden) $49,860; 10/1/01-9/30/02. Sponsor: NSF. Proposal 124010.
2000-2001: “New Media to Support Collaborative Knowledge-Building: Beyond Consumption and Chat” (Principal Investigator) $19,752; Sponsor: Lab for New Media Strategy and Design. Proposal: http://GerryStahl.net/publications/proposals/media/media.pdf. Results: http://www-jime.open.ac.uk/00/stahl/.
1999-2000: "Interoperability among Knowledge Building Environments" (Principal Investigator) $9,124; Sponsor: Center for Innovative Learning Technology / SRI. Proposal: http://GerryStahl.net/publications/proposals/cilt99/proposal.pdf. Results: http://GerryStahl.net/xml.
1998-1999: "Collaborative Web-Based Tools for Learning to Integrate Scientific Results into Social Policy" (co-PI with Ray Habermann at NOAA) $89,338; Sponsor: NSF. Results: http://GerryStahl.net/publications/conferences/1999/group99/.
1997-2000: “Conceptual Frameworks and Computational Support for Organizational Memories and Organizational Learning” (co-PI with Gerhard Fischer and Jonathan Ostwald) $725,000; Sponsor: NSF, Computation and Social Systems program. Proposal: http://GerryStahl.net/publications/proposals/omol. Results: GerryStahl.net/publications/journals/ai&society/AI&Soc.PDF.
1997-2000: “Allowing Learners to be Articulate: Incorporating Automated Text Evaluation into Collaborative Software Environments” (primary author and primary software developer; PIs: Gerhard Fischer, Walter Kintsch and Thomas Landauer) $678,239; Sponsor: James S. McDonnell Foundation, Cognitive Science in Education Program. Proposal: http://GerryStahl.net/publications/proposals/mcdonnell. Results: http://GerryStahl.net/publications/journals/ile2000/ile.pdf.
Other Proposals Submitted
“Enhancing collaborative learning among researchers, practitioners, and students at CSCL 2002” (co-PI with Gerhard Fischer & Hal Eden) $49,860; Sponsor: NSF. Proposal 124010:
“New Media to Support Collaborative Knowledge-Building: Beyond Consumption and Chat” (Principal Investigator) Proposal to the Lab for New Media Strategy and Design. Submitted for $19,752 over 4 months on September 1, 2000. Proposal: http://GerryStahl.net/publications/proposals/media/media.pdf.
"Interoperability among Knowledge Building Environments" (Principal Investigator) $9,124; Sponsor: Center for Innovative Learning Technology / SRI. Proposal: http://GerryStahl.net/publications/proposals/cilt99/proposal.pdf.
"Collaborative Web-Based Tools for Learning to Integrate Scientific Results into Social Policy" (co-PI with Ray Habermann at NOAA) $89,338; Sponsor: NSF.
“Conceptual Frameworks and Computational Support for Organizational Memories and Organizational Learning” (co-PI with Gerhard Fischer and Jonathan Ostwald) $725,000; Sponsor: NSF, Computation and Social Systems program. Proposal: http://GerryStahl.net/publications/proposals/omol.
“Allowing Learners to be Articulate: Incorporating Automated Text Evaluation into Collaborative Software Environments” (primary proposal author and post-doc; PIs: Gerhard Fischer, Walter Kintsch and Thomas Landauer) $678,239; Sponsor: James S. McDonnell Foundation, Cognitive Science in Education Program. Proposal: http://GerryStahl.net/publications/proposals/mcdonnell.
"CSS: Perspectives on Collaboration: a Micro-ethnographic Study of Computational Perspectives in Computer Support for Collaborative Knowledge-Building at a Virtual Biology Laboratory." (Principal Investigator) Proposal 117630 to the National Science Foundation CSS Program. Submitted for $307,718 over 3 years on February 15, 2001. Proposal: http://GerryStahl.net/publications/proposals/css2001/css2001.pdf.
"ITR/PE (EHR): Information Technology for Distributed Collaborative Learning in a Virtual Biology Lab." (Principal Investigator) Proposal 112397 to the National Science Foundation ITR Program. Submitted for $472,610 over 3 years on January 18, 2001. Proposal: http://GerryStahl.net/publications/proposals/itr2001/proposal.pdf.
"ROLE proposal: The Role of Computational Cognitive Artifacts in Collaborative Learning and Education" (Principal Investigator) Proposal 106950 to the National Science Foundation ROLE Program. Submitted for $970,971 over 3 years on December 1, 2000. Proposal: http://GerryStahl.net/publications/proposals/role/role.pdf.
"ROLE Pre-proposal: The Role of Computational Cognitive Artifacts in Collaborative Learning and Education" (Principal Investigator) Proposal 96877 to the National Science Foundation ROLE Program. Submitted for $750,000 over 3 years on September 1, 2000. Encouraged full submission. Proposal: http://GerryStahl.net/publications/proposals/role/role2pre.pdf.
"ROLE Pre-proposal: Research on Collaboration in Learning and on Collaboration Technology in Education" (Principal Investigator) Proposal 83440 to the National Science Foundation ROLE Program. Submitted for $720,000 over 3 years on February 29, 2000. Encouraged full submission. Proposal: http://GerryStahl.net/publications/proposals/role/role1pre.pdf.
"ITR/IM: Perspectives on Collaborative Knowledge-Building" Proposal 82829 to the National Science Foundation ITR Program. (Principal Investigator) Submitted for $489,560 over 3 years on February 17, 2000. Proposal: http://GerryStahl.net/publications/proposals/itr_kbe/itr-kbe.pdf.
"IT Support for Knowledge-Building in Workgroups" (Principal Investigator) Proposal 82263 to the National Science Foundation CSS Program. Submitted for $399,190 over 3 years on February 15, 2000. Proposal: http://GerryStahl.net/publications/proposals/omol2000/OMOL.2000.pdf.
"Collaborative Research on Knowledge-Building Environments: Growing a National and International Research Community for Distance Learning Information Technology" (Principal Investigator) Proposal 77095 to the National Science Foundation. Pre-proposal submitted for $2,700,000 over 5 years on January 5, 2000. Proposal: http://GerryStahl.net/publications/proposals/collab/collab.pdf.
"Models for Organizing Collaboration: Ways of Supporting Distributed Learning" Proposal to Lotus Corporation. (Principal Investigator) Submitted for $68,000 over 1 year on January 18, 2000. Proposal: http://GerryStahl.net/publications/proposals/lotus/lotus.pdf.
"POW! Perspectives on the Web" (Principal Investigator) Proposal to the Colorado Advanced Software Institute (CASI). Submitted for $40,000 over 1 year on November 30, 1999. Proposal: http://GerryStahl.net/publications/proposals/casi.
"POW! Perspectives on the Web" (Principal Investigator) Proposal to Intel Corporation. Submitted for $190,000 over 3 years on October 18, 1999. Proposal: http://GerryStahl.net/publications/proposals/intel.
"Research CyberStudio" (Principal Investigator) Internal research concept paper. Proposal: http://GerryStahl.net/publications/proposals/cyberstudio.