November 26, 2019

Discover how Learning Systems Institute (LSI) has worked to improve learning and performance for 50 years at Florida State University, in Florida, nationally, and internationally.

November 26, 2019

A first-grade classroom in northeast Nigeria can be a difficult place to learn.

Classes might be filled with 100 students, and although many children speak a regional language called Kanuri, teachers often give classes in Hausa, a wider-used lingua franca. Many of the students’ parents can’t read. Teachers may not be...

November 26, 2019

Discover how Learning Systems Institute (LSI) has worked to improve learning and performance for 50 years at Florida State University, in Florida, nationally, and internationally.

September 13, 2019

Founded in 1969, the Learning Systems Institute is one of the nation’s oldest and most productive university-based education research organizations. LSI strives to be an internationally recognized, university-based research and development organization that measurably improves the learning and performance of organizations and individuals.

August 26, 2019

In August 2019, the Nigeria Centre for Reading Research and Development held the National Reading Conference at Bayero University, Kano. Approximately 800 participants attended the conference organized by BUK with support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Northern Education Initiative Plus (NEI+).

May 8, 2019

It’s with great sadness that we announce the passing of Dr. Laura Lang, past director of the Learning Systems Institute at Florida State University. She died on May 7, 2019 in a tragic scuba diving accident.

The memorial service for Laura Lang will be held on May 10, 2019  at 2:00 PM at Grace in the Mountains Episcopal Church 394 N. Haywood Street, Waynesville, NC 28786.

April 16, 2019

There will be a screening of the film JFK: The Last Speech at the GLOBE scheduled for Wednesday, April 24th at 5-7 PM. The film was put together by Amherst College classmates of Prof. Peter Easton starting at their  50th reunion to commemorate President Kennedy’s visit to the campus in October 1963...

April 10, 2019

The Learning Systems Institute at Florida State university is co-hosting a reception at the Comparative & International Education Society (CIES) 2019 Conference in San Francisco on Tuesday, April 16th from 8:00 PM- 9:45 PM. The location will be Bayview Room A.

January 22, 2019

Watch the January 2019 edition of FSU Headlines as we take a look back at the year 2018 at Florida State University! We’re taking a look back at the most memorable moments including a visit from the President of Botswana, FSU alumni who mentioned the Learning Systems Institute in his address, and much more. Including two national championships for FSU women’s athletic teams, a new civil rights institute is launched by FSU alumni, and FSU Panama City responds to Hurricane Michael.

January 15, 2019

Challenges and opportunities for universities in conflict contexts: a discussion with Bayero University faculty from Northern Nigeria.