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White Paper identifying four Tracks of Digitally-Mediated Team Learning (DMTL) discussed at Workshop and the themes identified for high payoff future research on DMTL instructional technologies. 

The purpose of the Digitally-Mediated Team Learning Workshop (sponsored by the National Science Foundation through a Dear Colleague Letter [NSF 18-017] via grant 1825007) was to ascertain the current state of the field and future research approaches for DMTL delivered through synchronous modalities in STEM classrooms for students in upper elementary grades through college. The overarching question for the workshop was: “How can we advance effective and scalable digital environments for synchronous team-based learning involving problem-solving and design activities within STEM classrooms for all learners?” The workshop explored the state of the field and future directions of DMTL through its four tracks: (a) student-facing and instructor-facing tools, (b) learning analytics, (c) pedagogical and andragogical strategies, and (d) inclusivity. 

This poster paper describes the authors’ single-year National Science Foundation (NSF) project DRL-1825007 titled, “DCL: Synthesis and Design Workshop on Digitally-Mediated Team Learning” which has been conducted as one of nine awards within NSF-18-017: Principles for the Design of Digital STEM Learning Environments. Beginning in September 2018, the project conducted the activities herein to deliver a three-day workshop on Digitally-Mediated Team Learning (DMTL) to convene, invigorate, and task interdisciplinary science and engineering researchers, developers, and educators to coalesce the leading strategies for digital team learning. The deliverable of the workshop is a White Paper composed to identify one-year, three-year, and five-year research and practice roadmaps for highly-adaptable environments for computer-supported collaborative learning within STEM curricula. As subject to the chronology of events, highlights of the White Paper’s outcomes will be showcased within the poster itself. 

The presentation included the highlights from the DMTL workshop. Potential immediate, intermediate, and future research was identified for four parallel tracks: T1) Facilitating Team Learning in Real-time via Online Technologies T2) Personalizing Collaborative Learning through Analytics T3) Supporting Digital Teams using Active Pedagogical Strategies T4) Empowering Equitable Participation