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  Colloquia  
  School of Information Sciences Colloquia  
     
 

“Teaching Information Science

From New Zealand”

  
     
 

Speaker: Nancy Evans Weaver

Nancy Weaver

Assistant Professor,
Information Science University,
Pittsburgh External Studies Program , New Zealand

Colloquium Place/Time
135 N. Bellefield Avenue
IS Building Room 501

Friday, October 27, 2006
2:00-3:00 PM

Meet the speaker at the Welcome Coffee
1:30-2:00 in Room IS 501

  
     
     
 

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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