Dr Weaver will discuss her experiences
teaching on-line courses at the Open Polytechnic of New
Zealand and the University of Pittsburgh.
The Open Polytechnic of NZ has 30,000 students and *no*
classrooms -- it's entirely by distance.
Biography: Dr. Weaver obtained her PhD
in Psychology from Duke University, a BS in Psychology
from Pennsylvania State University, and a BS in Mathematics
from Pennsylvania State University.
Research Interests: Cognitive Psychology,
especially Human Memory and Categorization; Human Perception,
especially Vision; Human Factors and Applied Cognitive
Psychology; History of Psychology and of Cognitive Science;
Distance Education, International Aspects of Education.
Teaching Interests: Human Information
Processing; Human Factors in System Design.
For information please contact Bob
Perkoski or Jane Ceol.
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