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.
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)