{"51738":{"#nid":"51738","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Learning Sciences \u0026 Technology Makes Huge Showing","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EATLANTA (June 28, 2006)--\u003C\/strong\u003EThe College of Computing\u2019s Learning Sciences and Technology (LST) faculty, post-docs and students are making a huge showing at the International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS). The annual conference celebrates leading researchers in the field who take an interdisciplinary approach to the study of learning, cognition and development in real world contexts, while making a difference. ICSL is being held from June 27 through July 1 at the University of Indiana.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ERegents\u0027 Professor Janet Kolodner is a mentor for both the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.isls.org\/icls2006\/consortium_doc.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EICLS doctoral consortium\u003C\/a\u003E\u00a0and the young faculty workshop where she is giving a presentation called \u201cScaling Up Curriculum to Have An Impact.\u201d\u00a0Kolodner is also a presenter in a plenary panel discussion, titled \u201cMoving forward: The learning Sciences and the Future of Education,\u201d along other advisory board members of the recently-released \u003Cem\u003ECambridge Handbook of the Learning Sciences\u003C\/em\u003E, edited by Keith Sawyer.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAdditionally, Janet Kolodner and recent Ph.D. graduate Jakita Owensby will receive one of only three awards given for \u201cMost Usable Paper\u201d by the ICLS\u2019 Virtual Design Consortium. Owensby submitted the paper \u201cCase Application Suite: Scaffolding Use of Expert Cases in Middle-school Project-based Inquiry Classrooms,\u0022 which was originally published and presented at ICLS 2004.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAndrea Forte, a fourth-year Ph.D. student from the College of Computing working toward a degree in human-centered computing with a focus on learning sciences, is a presenter at\u00a0this year\u0027s\u00a0ICLS doctoral consortium. Forte will present her thesis work titled \u201cScience Online: Exploring Writing as Social Practice in Online Knowledge Building Communities.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe following College of Computing LST students, post-docs and faculty are also presenting a variety of papers and posters at the conference:\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cul\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u201cFrom Mechanical to Meaningful Classroom Questions\u201d by Elizabeth S. Charles, Janet L. Kolodner, Sabina Karkin, Christopher W. Kramer.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u201cMessy Learning Environments: Busy Hands and Less Engaged Minds\u201d by Christina M. Gardner, Tamara L. Clegg, Oriana J. Williams, Janet L. Kolodner\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u201cDesign-Based Science Learning: Important Challenges and How Technology Can Make A Difference.\u201d by Swaroop Vattam and Janet L. Kolodner \u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u201cFrom Wikipedia to the Classroom: Exploring Online Publication and Learning\u201d by Andrea Forte and Amy Bruckman\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u201cVisualizing Discussion By the Use of the Conversation Chain Model\u201d by Sabina Karkin, Elizabeth S. Charles, Janet L. Kolodner \u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u201cPromoting Learning in Informal Learning Environments\u201d by Tamara L. Clegg, Christina M. Gardner, Oriana J. Williams, Janet L. Kolodner\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor information about the 2006 International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS), \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.isls.org\/icls2006\/index.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Eclick here\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETo view Jakita Owensby and Janet Kolodner\u2019s online summary, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/vdc.cet.edu\/entries\/owensby.htm\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Eclick here\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe College of Computing\u2019s LST faculty, post-docs and students are celebrated at the 2006 International Conference of the Learning Sciences.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27154","created_gmt":"2010-02-09 21:46:56","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:05:12","author":"Louise Russo","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-06-29T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2006-06-29T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}