Digital Transformation of Education

We prepare K-12 teachers and students for success in the 21st-century classroom through digital education research, development and outreach.

About

Cluster Type

Chancellor’s Faculty Excellence Program cluster

Cluster Coordinator

Tiffany Barnes (Computer Science)
Eric Wiebe (College of Education)

Cluster Colleges

College of Education, College of Engineering

Our cluster represents an interdisciplinary effort to enhance information and communications technologies to support learning in formal and informal settings. Our work addresses issues related to foundational research, classroom practices and educational policy. We extend and advance the university’s well-established, highly successful multidisciplinary collaborations involving faculty and students from the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation; the departments of Computer Science, Psychology, and Communications; and the College of Design.

Hires

Tiffany Barnes

Professor

Daniela Castellanos-Reyes

Assistant Professor

Min Chi

Professor

Joey Huang

Assistant Professor

Noboru Matsuda

Associate Professor

Impact

NC State faculty significantly impact educational research and development through a studies funded by the National Science Foundation and other grantors. Together with our strong network of public- and private-sector partners, we influence statewide programs and policies, and gain increased national recognition for our contributions to educational advances.

History

Cluster faculty build upon our strengths in technological innovation for education. They also respond to changes required in our education systems to prepare students for life in the global, digital world of the 21st century.

Cluster News More News

Daniela (Ela) Castellanos-Reyes to Join NC State as Assistant Professor Part of Digital Transformation of Education Cluster

Daniela (Ela) Castellanos-Reyes is the newest Chancellor’s Faculty Excellence Program cluster hire at NC State University. In August, she will join NC State’s Digital Transformation of Education cluster’s interdisciplinary team and NC State’s College of Education as an assistant professor of learning, design and technology. Currently, she is an National Academy of Education/Spencer Dissertation Fellow earning her Ph.D. in learning design and technology from Purdue University.

ORIED Announces Inaugural GRIP Winners

Four NC State research teams have been selected as the inaugural winners of the Game-Changing Research Incentive Program (GRIP), a three-year, $2.3 million seed-funding initiative designed to stimulate interdisciplinary and collaborative research in the Triangle.