I’m looking forward to seeing how Christopher Dede, Timothy E. Wirth Professor in Learning Technologies at Harvard University, plans to relate cyberinfrastructure to learning technologies at his talk Teaching and Learning via Cyberinfrastructure on Nov 7, 2006. Much of the cyberinfrastructure discussion I’ve seen has focused on the research implications of this new tech-infrastructure. Will Dede help us think about the learning implications? The abstract for the talk is:
- The National Science Foundation is evolving an ambitious vision of cyberinfrastructure–the integration of computing, data, networks, digitally enabled sensors, observatories, and experimental facilities. As the nation begins to actualize this vision, novel, powerful capabilities are emerging for educational simulation, visualization, and real-time data collection. Through cyberinfrastructure, students in any location could conduct sophisticated inquiry activities across barriers of distance and time, customizing their learning portals and participating in virtual communities. Instructors could use sophisticated methods of assessment based on real-time collection of information about individual student performance. What are the implications of this initiative for practice and policy today?
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