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NASA MMO to enhance STEM learning?

BoardBuzz loves a good acronym (or three) on fridays. And so does NASA apparently:

The NASA Learning Technologies (LT) project supports the development of projects that deliver NASA content through innovative applications of technologies to enhance education in the areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Research and development are at the core of the LT mission. LT seeks to enhance formal and informal education in STEM fields with the goal of increasing the number of students in those fields of study and is currently investigating the development of a NASA-based massively multiplayer online educational game (MMO).

What does this all really mean? NASA expects that such a massive multiplayer online game will enhance STEM education efforts and, through virtual career exploration in game play, help empower students to make educational choices that will take them into STEM fields of study and eventually the STEM careers needed to support NASA?s Vision for Space Exploration. NASA Learning Technologies expects the game/environment to be challenging and engaging at the high school level and also have appeal for middle school and college students as well as a significant portion of the general public. BoardBuzz is intrigued, but NASA still has a ways to go. The RFP process for interested developers is open until June 18.

Full post as published by BoardBuzz: NSBA's Daily Weblog on May 30, 2008 (boomark / email).