Announcements
Ben and Grace Wood Fellowships in Learning Technologies -- deadline 2/24/09
Teachers College, Columbia University
New York, New York 10027
Ben and Grace Wood Graduate Fellowships
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Learning Technologies
Teachers College, Columbia University is seeking outstanding graduate student applicants for its Ben and Grace Wood Fellowships. These Fellowships cover three years of Doctoral work in some aspect of learning technologies. The Wood stipend is currently $15,000 per academic year. In addition to the stipend, each Fellowship includes full tuition. Applications will be considered starting February 24, 2009 (for enrollment in September, 2010). Applicants can apply for this fellowship by sending a cover letter and a short essay describing the kinds of learning technology projects the applicant intends on doing and why they are important. This letter and essay should be sent to Prof. John B. Black at the address given below. If awarded the Fellowship, students are expected to be fulltime students in residence at TC for the duration and work on a research project each term with a faculty member. The students are expected to hold the Fellowships for three years, but they will be reviewed each year for satisfactory progress and fulltime residence.
The Fellowships were established in honor of Dr. Ben D. Wood and his wife Grace. Dr. Wood was Professor of Collegiate Educational Research at Columbia University, and was an outstanding early pioneer in learning technologies. Among Prof. Wood's many accomplishments are an early study (1928) showing that students taught with films learned more than those taught with printed materials alone, a pioneering study (1929-1931) showing that using typewriters encouraged more and higher quality writing in addition to more cooperation in the classroom (this led many years later to IBM's Writing to Read program developed by a close associate of Wood's), and a consulting role in developing the first commercial test scoring machine.(the IBM 805). Prof. Wood was also a key figure in the proliferation of standardized educational tests, in honor of which the Educational Testing Service (ETS) dedicated its largest building to him in 1965.
For further information contact:
Prof. John B. Black
Teachers College, Columbia University
525 West 120th Street, Box 118
New York, NY 10027
Phone: (212)678-4007
Fax: (212)678-4048
Email: Black@tc.columbia.edu
