Center for Research and Innovation in Technology-Enhanced Learning (ITEL)

The Center for Research and Innovation in Technology-Enhanced Learning (ITEL) is a campus hub for designing and investigating the impact of new technologies on learning and education in authentic contexts in K-12, higher education classrooms, and beyond. ITEL researchers investigate core mechanisms of learning in digital environments and create new educational technologies that can be field- tested in local, national, and international settings. The center aims to have a far-reaching impact in schools and various venues where learning is aided by technology.

Upcoming ITEL Celebration

The Center for Research and Innovation in Technology-Enhanced Learning, approved by the Illinois Board of Higher Education this summer, is officially launching on October 23, though projects are already underway.

A celebration for ITEL and CREA—the Center for Culturally Responsive Evaluation and Assessment—takes place on October 23, 12:30-3 p.m., at the O'Leary Learning Center in the College of Education. Center leaders will explain their missions and engage with those in attendance. 

ITEL Themes

The Center for Research and Innovation in Technology-Enhanced Learning is organized around four themes:

• Learning and Interactivity Research: How people learn in the context of interactive digital technologies (e.g., exploring the effects of interactivity in digital environments on learning and investigating learning contexts and curricular designs involving digital environments).
• Innovative Technology Design: Developing new tools that push the frontiers of technology (such as building multi-device platforms for individual and group learning, developing tools for thoughtful AI applications, classrooms, and informal learning contexts, etc.).
• Impact and Policy: Working with community and industry partners to improve the policy and practice of digital technology use (e.g., developing research-practice partnerships to enhance teacher professional development in using digital technologies for STEM).
• Digital Access and Equity: Addressing the pressing issues of access to, and equitable design of, digital learning technologies.

Connect & Learn more about ITEL

Please contact Robb Lindgren, Interim Director of ITEL, with any questions or more information.