inspired lab A research space for experiential learning in information technology

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Be the reason we help students build a brighter future.

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“If you want to feel happy, do something for yourself. If you want to feel fulfilled, do something for someone else.” – Simon Sinek

Explore
Work on our projects and gain experience in a constantly adapting, collaborative environment. Launch yourself into this immersive learning experience by working with a passionate and attentive team. Available as an internship credit or passport experience.

Empower
Partner with the InspirEd Lab to empower a team of students through a learning experience based on your idea. Inspire a team that develops prototypes, applications, and services that help make learning meaningful, promote quality practices, agility, and teamwork. Share your idea, take the first step in developing a strong relationship. Available as internship, capstone, and honors program.

Join the InspirEd lab, and be part of a culture where server leadership, diversity, teamwork and collaboration reign. We’re all about people, and our students are why InspirEd Lab is a great place to work. Be the reason we help students build a brighter professional future and achieve yours along the way with a rewarding learning experience.

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What you do

"It doesn't make sense to hire smart people and tell them what to do; we hire smart people so they can tell us what to do." - Steve Jobs

Innovative research and development applied to experiential learning in information technology.

Research
Research and develop new software tools, new technologies, and applications to be used as part of NIU programs as well as the lab.

Serve
Serve as Scrum Master and/or Product Owner to into 4-6 agile student teams. These teams will incorporate many of the agile principles needed to be successful as a modern professional.

Present
Present research findings, demonstrate product development for Lab and NIU student peers, and COB leadership.

Minimum Qualification
Currently enrolled as NIU Student: OM&IS, Computer Science, other majors with OM&IS minor GPA: 3.0

Our most successful students are driven and motivated. They possess the curiosity and determination to drive and sustain a project from start to finish. They are comfortable with ambiguity and embrace change. They have a strong desire to raise the bar, discover challenging questions, and research their paths to the answers.

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What we do

"If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way." - Martin Luther King Jr.

Agility

Help teams implement and improve Agile development practices with Scrum, Kanban, and XP.

Analytics

Story telling with data focusing on a combination of actionable insights and data visualizations to identify next steps toward an improvement goal.

Cloud Shift

Build infrastructure as code and deploy apps into a DevOps style continuous integration/delivery pipeline.

Ed Tech

Apply educational technology innovative practices, tools, and techniques to IT teaching and learning.

Product Development

Go from concept to product the Lean Startup way. Apply UX research to IT products to solve user problems.

Web Development

Unlock value with collaborative design methodologies. Provide modernization advice to help transform solutions.

InspirEd Lab develops prototypes, applications, and services that help make learning meaningful, promote quality practices, agility, and teamwork.

Come get something started.

Read more about what we do and our philosophy. The work and results we achieved are the fruit our highly motivated team who is tenaciously committed to our vision.

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Fun Facts About Us

We are perennial learners, deep inside we never grow up. We have fun!

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