David Shaffer and Kris Scopinich. Shows tools that develop and measure complex STEM thinking: 1) a Virtual Internship Authoring system that lets teachers create and customize real-world learning scenarios; 2) Epistemic Network Analysis, which measures STEM thinking in student teams. Project: Epistemic Games Group This is a station in the Cyberlearning 2016 Gallery Walk.
Jennie Chiu and Charles Xie. This demo introduces the Frame, a novel mixed-reality technology that uses everyday objects to control a molecular simulation. Students feel as if they are directly experimenting with gas molecules through simultaneously connected real-life objects. Project: Mixed-Reality Labs This is a station in the Cyberlearning 2016 Gallery Walk.
Matthew Bernacki. Many students enter STEM majors with insufficient learning skills for the challenging coursework they encounter. This project examines how web-delivered training on principles of learning can help students adjust their tactics & improve achievement. Project: Learning Analytics and Theory as Guides to Improve Undergraduate STEM Education This is a station in the Cyberlearning […]
Florence Sullivan. The MLA method is rooted in Bakhtin’s notion of speech genres; it combines empirically derived qualitative models of situated action with statistical natural language processing techniques to aid in the analysis of collaborative group discussions. Project: Microgenetic Learning Analytics This is a station in the Cyberlearning 2016 Gallery Walk.
Andee Rubin. The Technology for Mathematical Argumentation project has explored digital tools with which elementary students can construct animated representation-based proofs of generalizations about arithmetic operations. Project: Technology for Mathematical Argumentation This is a station in the Cyberlearning 2016 Gallery Walk.
Voicu Popescu. I will be showing on my laptop videos of our system of instructor avatars. Project: A System of Animation Gestures for Effective Teaching Avatars This is a station in the Cyberlearning 2016 Gallery Walk.
Karl Okamoto. ApprenNet is an online platform for creating and delivering simulation exercises using mobile video devices (e.g., a smart phone). The demo will show examples of exercises for nursing, surgical skills and customer service training. Project: ApprenNet – video-based simulation exercises This is a station in the Cyberlearning 2016 Gallery Walk.
Eli Meir. I’ll show a demo of Save the Simploids: Understanding Experimental Design, a new lab from SimBio that provides students with guidance and then an open-ended playground in which to learn and practice experimental design, with personalized feedback. Project: Using dynamic formative assessment models to enhance learning of the experimental process in biology This […]
Noboru Matsuda. We demonstrate how an intelligent teachable agent, SimStudent, can help researchers understand how students learn by teaching. We provide a poster and a live demo for online learning environment to learn to solve algebra equations. Project: SimStudent: A Computational Model of Learning This is a station in the Cyberlearning 2016 Gallery Walk.
Marti Louw. Macroinvertebrates.org addresses the taxonomic ID bottleneck in citizen science with a new kind of online teaching collection that aims to scaffold observational skill development, increase engagement and accuracy in water quality biomonitoring. Project: Learning to See, Seeing to Learn This is a station in the Cyberlearning 2016 Gallery Walk.