Living Lab

The IFE Living Lab promotes educational innovation research and development by inviting its users to conduct experimental research with innovative and disruptive technologies in user-centered (teachers and students) real contexts (physical, remote, and hybrid learning environments).

Our key principles are Value, Co-Creation, Realism, Open Science, and Sustainability.

IFE LL: An Iterative Innovation Process

An EdTech company or researcher sponsors a call for proposals.

Pre-registration

Proposals submitted are evaluated by an advisory board of experts. One or more are selected to spawn projects.

Faculty members and students conduct experiments in a real-life environment.

Co-creation

Results are analyzed and evaluated in collaboration with advisory board members.

Actionable feedback

Results are published in high-impact indexed open access journals.

Open science

The results from the innovation process can be deployed in multiple ways.

Our Partners and Sponsors

Active Partners and Sponsors are Companies and Startups that have formed alliances with the IFE LL to foster educational innovation research through the use of their technologies. Such alliances allow for researchers (both internal and external) to engage in research projects in collaboration with the IFE LL and Tecnológico de Monterrey.

What does a Sponsor do?

An EdTech Company or Startup that sponsors a tech-based call for proposals:

Agrees to provide its technologies and services to conduct a research or development call.
Becomes part of the advisory board for evaluating and mentoring the selected research proposals.
Provides financial resources for the call's development.

Benefits from becoming a Sponsor

Sponsoring an IFE LL tech-based call gives you the following benefits:

Real-life advantages of your technology are proven by expert education researchers and students using well-established experimental protocols.
Experimental results are published in high-impact indexed journals, taking care of disclosure issues as needed.
Your company and your technology are showcased by IFE and other channels in the academic and scientific community.
Researchers and students propose new applications or improvements for your technology.

Participate in a Research Project

If you are interested in conducting experimental research with the technologies from our current active partners and sponsors, feel free to contact us to schedule a meeting. We also invite you to check the Calls and Events Section to learn more about the activities being developed at the IFE LL&DH.

Tech-based R&D calls

The IFE LL seeks alliances with technology companies in order to sponsor and organize tech-based research and development calls that seek to measure their impact on learning and further improve their functionality and content.

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Experiential Classroom

The IFE LL is working towards the establishment of an experiential classroom at IFE Headquarters (Expedition Building), where researchers, faculty members, and companies will be able to conduct experimental research with multimodal technologies.

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EdTech Validation

The IFE LL offers EdTech validation services to companies and startups looking to test and validate their products and services in real-context user-centered learning environments.

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Living Lab

IFE LL: An Iterative Innovation Process

Call Definition

Proposals Evaluation

Experimentation

Analysis

Publications & Datasets