Designing Innovative STEM Instruction that Encourages Student Creativity
Abstract: This live Panel Discussion session will encourage audience dialogue during a conversation focused on learning strategies that inspire and encourage student creativity. The presenters each have specialized expertise in research and practice pertaining to the application of innovative educational technologies, and during this discussion they emphasize emerging opportunities in STEM education including: NASA space science resources, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Augmented Reality (AR), simulation, gamification, and makification. The general framework of creativity through repurposing will be presented by Arizona State University faculty, then professors from the University of North Texas will share low-cost educational technology implementations using NASA resources to encourage space science engagement, followed by personnel from William Beaumont Army Medical Center showing the use of healthcare simulation technologies as a tool to support pedagogy and content knowledge in foundational STEM education.