{"472931":{"#nid":"472931","#data":{"type":"event","title":"C21U Seminar Series with Betsy DiSalvo","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJoin C21U on December 3 from 11am-12pm for a seminar with Betsy DiSalvo of the College of Computing\u0027s School of Interactive Computing.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u0022Value-Driven Learning with Educational Technology\u0022\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EIn this talk, DiSalvo will touch on three lines of study that take a value-driven approach to learning to understand educational disparities and design to navigate around them.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe first of these initiatives is directed at improving parents\u2019 access to, and use of, informal learning and educational resources\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E. Studies with parents from financially distressed neighborhoods have found many parents\u2019\u0026nbsp;lack\u0026nbsp;of engagement with informal learning resources were tied to lack of autonomy with technology, a focus on monitoring school achievement, and a lack of confidence in their use of information technology.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe second set of initiatives looks at the challenges educators have in achieving learning goals when using maker movement tools and approaches\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E. While these approaches are popular they often lack a rigorous approach to art and design and use tools designed for professionals rather than students.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe third initiative builds upon theories of motivation through cultural values.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003EThe goal of this initiative is to test and understand work\/learn settings for underserved youth and to look closely at how broader cultural values, or\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003Evalue-driven learning,\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;may be better motivators than interest-driven learning.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Please join C21U for our December seminar with Betsy DiSalvo - Value-Driven Learning with Educational Technology"}],"uid":"27998","created_gmt":"2015-11-24 14:55:39","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:14:58","author":"Brittany Aiello","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2015-12-03T15:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2015-12-03T16:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2015-12-03T16:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2015-12-03 20:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2015-12-03 21:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2015-12-03 21:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1299","name":"GVU Center"},{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"50876","name":"School of Interactive Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"11961","name":"betsy disalvo"},{"id":"13481","name":"C21U"},{"id":"126011","name":"C21U Seminar"},{"id":"654","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"166848","name":"School of Interactive Computing"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78771","name":"Public"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAmanda Madden\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:amadden@cc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eamadden@cc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}