The Learning Analytics in STEM Education Research (LASER) Institute is a year-long professional development program for early and mid-career scholars funded by the National Science Foundation. The LASER Institute aims to increase the number of early and mid-career scholars capable of leveraging new data sources and applying computational research methods to support their existing research.

This website contains all the materials needed to teach with, and learn from, the LASER Institute’s instructional materials. The website is organized into three sections:

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Located at the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, the LASER Institute is a collaborative effort between North Carolina State University, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Florida, and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

For more detailed information about the project team, advisory board members, past scholars, and program highlights, visit our project page at go.ncsu.edu/laser-institute.

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. DRL-2025090, DRL-2321128, and DRL-2321129.