September 2025 Faculty & Staff Briefs
LSI staff in FSU's Faculty & Staff Briefs for September 2025
2025
LSI Team Surpasses 80 Interviews with Tallahassee Refugee Families Exploring Educational Experiences
LSI is leading the "Strengthening school experiences for refugee young people, families and their teachers in Tallahassee" project. Now in its 10th month, the LSI team has conducted more than 80 interviews with refugees from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Syria, Venezuela, Nicaragua and Afghanistan.
LSI, World Bank Group, UNESCO and Ethiopian Ministry of Education Preparing for Educators Shaping Futures
With just over a month until Educators Shaping Futures kicks-off in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the joint venture between the Learning Systems Institute (LSI), the World Bank Group, UNESCO and the Ethiopian Ministry of Education has seen hundreds of requests from potential participants and is building its speaker line-up each day.
LSI Will Collaborate with the Department of Computer Science on $2.3 Million Grant
Researchers in Florida State’s Department of Computer Science have received a $2.3 million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to develop artificial intelligence tools that will help manage wildfires fueled by hurricanes in the Florida Panhandle. Rabieh Razzouk, Director of the Learning Systems Institute (LSI), Jim Reynolds, LSI’s co-Director of STEM Research and Rob Legnacher, associate in research at LSI, will all be contributing to the project
Armenian Educators Visit LSI as part of a U.S. State Department Funded STEM and Social Entrepreneurship Project
In September of 2024, Florida State's Learning Systems Institute (LSI) and the Jim Moran College of Entrepreneurship were awarded a U.S. Department of State grant to enhance entrepreneurship education in Armenia in partnership with the Armenian State University of Economics (ASUE). Nearly one year later, officials from ASUE were in Tallahassee to continue work on the joint venture.
LSI August 2025 Faculty & Staff Briefs
LSI staff in FSU's Faculty & Staff Briefs for August 2025
LSI Project Directly Impacted More Than 3,000 Student Teachers in Malawi
In just three years of work on the USAID Strengthening Teacher Education and Practice (STEP) Activity, the Learning Systems Institute (LSI) at Florida State University made a significant impact on thousands of student teachers in Malawi.
LSI Provided Training to 111 Teacher Educators and Education Leaders in Rwanda
In 2021, Florida State University’s Learning Systems Institute (LSI) began work on the USAID-funded Rwanda Tunoze Gusoma (Schools and Systems) activity. LSI faculty provided continuous professional development to 111 teacher educators and education leaders.
LSI Leading Florida Department of Education Career and Technical Education Project
The CPALMS team at FCR-STEM is designing and migrating a complex process and a massive dataset to modern, efficient and usable CTE tools and resources for all educators.
Nearly 200 Coastal NWFL Teachers Participate in Professional Learning Courses from FCR-STEM
The Florida Center for Research in STEM (FCR-STEM) is leading the workforce and educational development FSU’s InSPIRE (Institute for Strategic Partnerships, Innovation, Research, and Education) project. In June, the FCR-STEM staff conducted eight week-long professional learning courses throughout Coastal Northwest Florida. All the courses focused on AI and robotics and were provided free of charge as part of InSPIRE at FSU, a program funded by Triumph Gulf Coast.