Infiniscope joined the NASA team at the National Science Teaching Association Conference in Houston to share some of the free digital teaching resources and creative tools that are available to educators through the NASA-funded project. Infiniscope’s inquiry-driven, AI-tutored activities designed around NASA simulations and virtual field trips were a big hit with educators. As were…

The Infiniscope project celebrated its seventh year with the launch of a brand new website featuring adaptive digital learning experiences built on the Open Learning initiative’s Torus platform. The new website has increased functionality for educators including advanced search and tagging options and offers single sign-on for Infiniscope’s digital authoring platform and virtual tour creator….

In response to educators continuing online in the fall semester, the Infiniscope team offered 94 educators from all over the U.S. a 3-day active learning online workshop held July 20-22, 2020. The workshop featured an overview of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) by Dr. Katie Novak in cooperation with WBGH’s Bringing the Universe to America’s…

In response to educators transitioning to online teaching and learning, the Infiniscope team offered 43 educators from all over the U.S. a 4-day online workshop held July 14-17, 2020. This workshop focused toward creating virtual field trips that connect students to their community and promote learning that is rooted in students’ own “place” such as…

On May 8, 2020, Infiniscope hosted Dr. Kenneth Williford from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Dr. Williford is the Deputy Project Scientist for the NASA Mars 2020 mission. He gave us the scoop on the various ways that Perseverance will be seeking signs of life on Mars. He also presented a mission overview including payload and…

On May 5, 2020 the Infiniscope team hosted a webinar in support of the mission to enhance inquiry-driven, active learning, at scale. This webinar introduced Screencasting, a method of capturing a computer screen with voiceover as the student demonstrates their knowledge. The webinar featured four Infiniscope Advisory Board members demonstrating practical examples of free resources…