Adapting Team Science Tools for AI Collaboration: Lessons from INVITE
Webinar (em inglês) | Online
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Organizado por:
INVITE Ai Institute
Sobre o evento
Our proposed session examines how large interdisciplinary organizations, such as NSF’s INVITE AI Institute, use monitoring and evaluation to strengthen collaboration. Over two years, we adapted and implemented the Team Science Survey, derived from TeamSTEPPS, to evaluate team dynamics across scientists, educators, and technologists. Although rooted in healthcare, the tool’s principles proved transferable, generating evidence on communication strengths, coordination challenges, and the conditions that enable effective interdisciplinary work. These findings informed strand‑level improvements, shaped leadership decisions, and demonstrated the value of mixed‑method evaluation in complex research environments. The session will share how evidence from the survey guided action, why multiple evaluation methods are essential for understanding team science, and how systematic monitoring can enhance collaboration in national‑scale research institutes.
Orador/a
| Nome | Título | Biography |
|---|---|---|
| Mostafa Hanafy | Mr. | Mostafa Hanafy is a PhD candidate at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He brings 10+ years’ nonprofit experience, working for leading international organizations (i.e., UNICEF, GIZ). His research focuses on EdTech, alternative assessments, and equity-centered reforms. |
| Ramya Kumaran | Miss | Ramya Kumaran is a PhD candidate at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She has over a decade of experience in program evaluation. Her research interests are in reimagining collaborative spaces to be playful and futures-oriented for culturally responsive evaluation. |
| Rodney Hopson | Dr. | Rodney K. Hopson is Interim Dean and Professor at American University’s School of Education. He previously led culturally responsive evaluation at UIUC and held senior research roles at George Mason and Duquesne, with expertise in educational psychology, policy, and research methods. |
Resumo
Conclusion - Team Science aspects used to spur evidence of teamwork. We have been using team science as a part of the benchmarks of our own work
Y1 and Y2 there was a lot of discussion on changes we made and how we would be able to report
We can longitudinally track and strengthen collaboration and get teams talking because of the nature of the three strands across the institute and what it meant to work together. This framework was a way to benchmark collaboration and facilitate that conversation