{"68142":{"#nid":"68142","#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\u0027s 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\u003Cp\u003ERegents\u0027 Professor Janet Kolodner is a mentor for both the \u003Ca href=\u0022\/\/www.isls.org\/icls2006\/consortium_doc.html\u0026quot;\u0022 target=\u0022\u0026quot;_blank\u0026quot;\u0022\u003EICLS doctoral consortium\u003C\/a\u003E and the young faculty workshop where she is giving a presentation called \u0026quot;Scaling Up Curriculum to Have An Impact.\u0026quot; Kolodner is also a presenter in a plenary panel discussion, titled \u0026quot;Moving forward: The learning Sciences and the Future of Education,\u0026quot; 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\u003Cp\u003EAdditionally, Janet Kolodner and recent Ph.D. graduate Jakita Owensby will receive one of only three awards given for \u0026quot;Most Usable Paper\u0026quot; by the ICLS\u0027 Virtual Design Consortium. Owensby submitted the paper \u0026quot;Case Application Suite: Scaffolding Use of Expert Cases in Middle-school Project-based Inquiry Classrooms,\u0026quot; which was originally published and presented at ICLS 2004.\u003C\/p\u003E\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 this year\u0027s ICLS doctoral consortium. Forte will present her thesis work titled \u0026quot;Science Online: Exploring Writing as Social Practice in Online Knowledge Building Communities.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\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\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u0026quot;From Mechanical to Meaningful Classroom Questions\u0026quot; by Elizabeth S. Charles, Janet L. Kolodner, Sabina Karkin, Christopher W. Kramer.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u0026quot;Messy Learning Environments: Busy Hands and Less Engaged Minds\u0026quot; by Christina M. Gardner, Tamara L. Clegg, Oriana J. Williams, Janet L. Kolodner\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u0026quot;Design-Based Science Learning: Important Challenges and How Technology Can Make A Difference.\u0026quot; by Swaroop Vattam and Janet L. Kolodner \u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u0026quot;From Wikipedia to the Classroom: Exploring Online Publication and Learning\u0026quot; by Andrea Forte and Amy Bruckman\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u0026quot;Visualizing Discussion By the Use of the Conversation Chain Model\u0026quot; by Sabina Karkin, Elizabeth S. Charles, Janet L. Kolodner \u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u0026quot;Promoting Learning in Informal Learning Environments\u0026quot; by Tamara L. Clegg, Christina M. Gardner, Oriana J. Williams, Janet L. Kolodner\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor information about the 2006 International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS), \u003Ca href=\u0022\/\/www.isls.org\/icls2006\/index.html\u0026quot;\u0022 target=\u0022\u0026quot;_blank\u0026quot;\u0022\u003Eclick here\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo view Jakita Owensby and Janet Kolodner\u0027s online summary, \u003Ca href=\u0022\/\/vdc.cet.edu\/entries\/owensby.htm\u0026quot;\u0022 target=\u0022\u0026quot;_blank\u0026quot;\u0022\u003Eclick here\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe College of Computing\u0027s 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":"2011-06-20 17:13:02","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:09:21","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":""}}}