The goal of NASA's Learning Technologies Project (LTP) is to promote the growth of a national information infrastructure using the vast amount of information the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has acquired and continues to acquire. Access to this knowledge allows the public, academia and industry to contribute to rapid and significant advances in science, engineering, and technology.
LTP is part of a larger government initiative, the High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC)program, whose mission is to accelerate the development, application, and transfer of high-performance technologies to the US engineering and science communities. These programs and all of the LTP projects increase public access to scientific databases and pilot programs for using science data. This access assists educators and others in creating new curriculum products and tools for enhancing K-12 and K-14 education.
LTP has four distinct areas that carry out its mission:
LEARNERS Leading Educators to Applications, Research and NASA-unique Educational Resources in Science.
Regional Outreach Centers. NASA Center projects breathe life and immediacy into curricula -- incorporating technology to enhance learning, and using technological advances to serve educational goals. Among the many NASA Center projects accomplishments are: Internet-based instructional materials tied to NASA missions; affordable, innovative K-14 projects, technologies, and applications that are widely disseminated to the educational community; NASA activities that inspire students to undertake careers in science, math, and engineering; the integration of network and computer literacy into the teaching process through NASA content; and development projects focused on early levels of education and underserved students.
Legacy Projects. The Legacy Projects include grants and cooperative agreements that have entered into no cost extensions. Projects that have concluded at that time have been either continued under seperate commercial or other agency funding, or they have been archived here under the Legacy Projects.
Technology Developments. This section includes technological research within LTP such as digital testbeds.
A complete listing and description of the LTP projects is available.
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