Meeting 12/14/2011: Jane Meyers, Department of Computer Science, CtG, L3D —...
For over a year and a half Craftopolis has been deployed as an activity in a local elementary school’s after school program. Throughout this time, Craftopolis, a construction kit for creating craft...
View ArticleSymposium: “Exploring Fundamental Transformations of Learning and Discovery...
Exploring Fundamental Transformations of Learning and Discovery in Cultures of Participation The purpose of this symposium is to discuss our advancements within NSF grant 1028017. You can download the...
View ArticleGerhard Fischer, Center for Lifelong Learning & Design (L3D): Context-Aware...
Abstract Based on the assumption that the scarce resource for many people in the world of today is not information but human attention, the challenge for future human-centered computer systems is not...
View ArticleMeeting 4/4/12: Hal Eden, L3D — Energy Sustainability as a Challenge for...
“The mission of L3D is to establish the scientific foundations for the envisionment, design, development, and assessment of socio-technical systems that serve as amplifiers of human capabilities and...
View ArticleMeeting 4/11/12: Holger Dick, L3D — Motivating instead of pressuring: Using...
Global energy consumption is at unsustainable levels and to reduce it, renewable energies and increased energy efficiency have to be combined with changes in behavior. Common approaches to ‘motivate’...
View ArticleMeeting 4/25/2012: Jason Zietz (L3D) — Understanding the Impacts of Emotions...
Given the overwhelming evidence that current energy use by humans contributes to global warming, reducing our non-renewable energy consumption is a worthwhile endeavor. But in order to reduce our...
View ArticleMeeting 5/15/2012: Education for Everyone: Hype or Reality?
One of the “hottest” topics these days is based on reports (from Stanford, MIT, Princeton, Michigan, Penn) that over 100 000 students sign up for classes taught about Artificial Intelligence, Machine...
View ArticleMeeting 1/16/2013: Laura Malinin — Situating Creative Practices: The Role of...
Stories abound about how creative people believe that the aspects of their settings — including the spaces they inhabit along with the tools and materials they use — are important to their creative...
View ArticleMeeting 4/3/2013: Nicholas Carr — Media and the Mind: A Conversation with...
Is the Internet influencing the way we think? If so, how? Nicholas Carr, author of the Pulitzer-nominated book “The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains?” will join us for a discussion of...
View ArticleProposal Defense 5/28/13: Jason Zietz — Utilizing a Socio-technical System to...
Human beings often make decisions without fully realizing the factors that influence their choices. A woman buys the same type of car that most of her neighbors drive despite it being too small for...
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