2025

Learning Systems Institute and InSPIRE at FSU Offering Free AI and Robotics Training for Coastal Northwest Florida Teachers in June

FCR-STEM staff will conduct seven professional learning courses for Gulf Coast teachers from June 2 to June 27. All the courses will focus on AI and robotics and will be provided for free as part of the Innovation for Strategic Partnerships for Innovation, Research and Education (InSPIRE) at FSU, a program funded by Triumph Gulf Coast. 

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LSI Staff Recognized With the Ralph Stair Prize for Use Of Artificial Intelligence to Innovate Education

The FSU InSPIRE workforce development team received formal recognition for excellence in innovative education with the Ralph Stair Prize. A crucial part of InSPIRE’s mission, Carrie Meyers and Jim Reynolds co-lead the winning workforce development team together.

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Empowering Florida Students: The Florida Center for Research in STEM Is Elevating STEM Education in Every Florida Classroom

The Florida Center for Research in STEM (FCR-STEM) was created by the Florida Legislature and competitively awarded to Florida State University in 2006. Housed inside the Learning Systems Institute (LSI), FCR-STEM is shaping the future of STEM education in Florida from the panhandle to the peninsula.

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Fulbright Visiting Scholar Recaps Impactful Moments From Her Time At Florida State University

A Fulbright Visiting Scholar grant brought Dr. Ely Djulia Katmadihardja to Florida State University, but this wasn't her first time at FSU. This fellowship represents a full circle moment for Dr. Djulia, who began working with the Learning Systems Institute at FSU in 2006. Working at FSU and with LSI has perfectly fit Dr. Djulia's goals of integrating culturally responsive pedagogy into STEM education. Dr. Djulia is home in Indonesia but has shared some highlights of her time as a Fulbright Visiting Scholar.

LSI Programming Proved Invaluable For National Education Leader In The Philippines

Dr. Michelle Aguilar-Ong, an alumnus of Florida State University's Learning Systems Institute (LSI) Community College Administrators Program (CCAP) and was a visiting Fulbright Scholar at LSI, has been sworn in as the new special adviser for Local Colleges and Universities by the Commission on Higher Education in the Philippines.