EDM - International Educational Data Mining Society
SoLAR - Society for Learning Analytics Research
AERA - American Educational Research Association
ISLS - International Society for the Learning Sciences
JPS - Jean Piaget Society
IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
ASEE - American Society for Engineering Education
ACM - Association for Computer Machinery
CSS - Cognitive Science Society
Paulo Blikstein is an associate professor at Teachers College, Columbia University, where he directs the Transformative Learning Technologies Lab. Blikstein’s research focuses on how new technologies can deeply transform the learning of science, engineering, and mathematics. He creates and researches cutting-edge educational technologies, such as computer modeling, robotics, digital fabrication, and rapid prototyping, creating hands-on learning environments in which children learn science and mathematics by building sophisticated projects and devices. He also focuses on the application of data-mining and machine learning for the assessment of hands-on, project-based learning. Blikstein has spearheaded the FabLearn project, building advanced digital fabrication labs in middle and high schools in four continents. Paulo was also the Founder and Principal Investigator of the Lemann Center for Brazilian Education at Stanford, a 10-year initiative to transform public education in Brazil.
Hands-on Haptics Laboratories for Classroom and Online Learning
Duration: 2 years (2014-2016)
Budget: ~$600,000, Blikstein’s budget ~$300,000
PI: Allison Okamura (Mechanical engineering)
Co-PI: Paulo Blikstein
LightUp Engine: A platform for augmented learning on mobile devices
Duration: 6 months (2015)
Budget: ~$150,000, Blikstein’s budget ~$10,000
Senior personnel: Tarun Pondicherry (PI), Joshua Chan, Paulo Blikstein
Infusing learning sciences into the Makers’ culture and digital fabrication
Duration: 1 year (2013-2014)
Budget: ~$200,000
PI: Paulo Blikstein
Enabling Modeling and Simulation-Based Science in the Classroom: Integrating agent-based models, real world sensing and collaborative networks
Duration: 4 years (2010-2014)
Budget: ~$2,000,000 Blikstein’s budget $260,000
PI: Uri Wilensky (Northwestern University)
Co-PIs: Paulo Blikstein, David Figlio (Northwestern University),
Pratim Sengupta (Vanderbilt University)
A new generation of educational repositories
Duration: 1 year (2010-2011)
Budget: ~$80,000, Blikstein’s budget ~$60,000
PI: Steven Cooper (Stanford CS)
Co-PIs: Paulo Blikstein, Mehran Sahami
Coding for young learners and Google Bloks
Duration: 2 years (2016-2017)
Budget: $30,000
PI: Paulo Blikstein
Stanford-Ravenswood School District Maker Research and Implementation
Duration: 2 years (2015-2016)
Budget: $1,000,000 (50% of the funds go directly to the schools)
PI: Paulo Blikstein
ABRACA.D: A Study to Explore the Integration of Modular Electronics Prototyping with Computer Aided Design Tools
Duration: 1 year (2015-2016)
Budget: $120,000
PI: Paulo Blikstein
The Lemann Center for Entrepreneurship and Educational Innovation in Brazil
Duration: 10 years (2011-2018)
Budget: confidential, Blikstein’s budget ~$8,500,000
PIs: Paulo Blikstein, Martin Carnoy
Co-PIs: David Planck, Eric Bettinger
The Candlelight Initiative for Innovation in Thai Education
Duration: 5 years (2013-2018)
Budget: ~$1,000,000
PI: Paulo Blikstein
Using Learning Analytics to Detect Patterns in the Learning of Computer Programming
Duration: 1 year (2012-2013)
Budget: ~$45,000, Blikstein’s budget $35,000
PI: Paulo Blikstein
Co-PIs: Mehran Sahami, Steve Cooper
GoGo Board: A platform for open-source, low-cost educational robotics, scientific experimentation, and environmental sensing
Duration: 1 year (2010-2011)
Budget: ~$50,000, Blikstein’s budget $40,000
PIs: Paulo Blikstein
Co-PI: Arnan Sipitakiat (Chiang-Mai University, Thailand)
An ecosystem analysis of the state of the art in STEM education
Duration: 6 months (2011)
Budget: ~$30,000, Blikstein’s budget $15,000
PIs: Paulo Blikstein, Roy Pea
K-12 Fabrication Lab: An innovative, collaborative technology initiative to create a cutting-edge learning laboratory for STEM education
Duration: 2 years (2009-2011)
Budget: ~$73,000
PI: Paulo Blikstein
MOOCs with physical labs in a haptics course
Duration: 1 year (2013)
Budget: ~$30,000, Blikstein’s budget $15,000
PI: Allison Okamura
Co-PI: Paulo Blikstein
Using biosensing to advance educational research on adaptation, resilience, and new technologies for learning
Duration: 1 year (2013-2014)
Budget: ~$55,000, Blikstein’s budget $27,500
PIs: Paulo Blikstein, Jelena Obradovic
Bifocal modeling and remote wet labs in bioengineering
Duration: 1 year (2014)
Budget: ~$30,000, Blikstein’s budget $15,000
PI: Ingmar Riedel-Kruse
Co-PI: Paulo Blikstein
A New Generation of Tangible Interfaces for STEM Learning
Duration: 9 months (2013)
Budget: ~$100,000, Blikstein’s budget $50,000
PIs: Paulo Blikstein, Ingmar Riedel-Kruse (Bioengineering)
Massive real time remote biology experiments: Technology development and integration in education
Duration: 1 year (2013-2014)
Budget: ~$150,000, Blikstein’s budget $75,000
PIs: Paulo Blikstein, Ingmar Riedel-Kruse (Bioengineering)
Data-collection, modeling and scientific simulation of climate change: a path to deep, motivating STEM education
Duration: 1 year (2010-2011)
Budget: ~$20,000
PI: Paulo Blikstein
K-12 Fabrication Labs for STEM education: implementation and research
Duration: 3 years (2011-2013)
Budget: ~$43,000
PI: Paulo Blikstein
Gift to support research on FabLabs and Makerspaces in education
Duration: 2 years (2013-2014)
Budget: $20,000
PI: Paulo Blikstein
2016 - AERA Div. C Jan Hawkins Early Career Award
2015 - Dean’s Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Harvard Graduate School of Education
2011 - NSF CAREER Award: “Bifocal modeling: a new approach for the learning of advanced STEM content in high school”
2008-2018 - Stanford University (Stanford, CA)