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Title: Simulated Ecological Environments
for Education: SEEE
When: May 18, 2006 10:00 AM
- 12:00 PM
Where: Room 522 IS Bldg.
Who: Maria C.R. Harrington
Committee:
Dr. Stephen Hirtle, Major Advisor, Dept. of Information
Science & Telecommunications
Dr. Peter Brusilovsky,
Dept. of Information Science & Telecommunications
Dr.
Marek Druzdzel, Dept. of Information Science & Telecommunications
Dr.
Susan Kalisz, Department of Biological Sciences
Dr. Kevin Crowley, Associate Professor of Cognitive Studies,
School of
Education;
Research Scientist, Learning Research & Development
Center Associate Professor of Cognitive Psychology
Abstract: While there are many studies
on collaborative or guided scientific inquiry in
real, virtual and simulated environments, there are few
that study the interplay between the design of the simulation
and the user interface. The main research aim is
to decompose the simulation and user interface into
the design parameters that influence attention, curiosity,
inquiry, and learning of scientific material or acts
of creation for children. The research design investigates
what tools support independent exploration of a space
and enhanced deep learning and motivate creative
or scientific inquiry. A major interest is in the
role that ecological context plays in the perception
of spatial information.
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