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SI Faculty Research Seminars
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Faculty Candidate Talk:
"Learning in Public: Information Literacy and New Social Media in Schools" |
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Noon-1:00 PM
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Mon, February 16, 2009 |
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Ehrlicher Room, 411 West Hall (in person)
1202 SI North (videocast) |
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Speakers: |
Andrea Forte |
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Description: |
Andrea Forte is a doctoral candidate in human-centered computing in the School of Interactive Computing at Georgia Tech. She holds an MLIS from the University of Texas at Austin and has published in the areas of learning sciences, computer science education, computer-supported cooperative work, and online communities. In this talk, Forte will explore knowledge-related practice on wikis and present findings from four years of empirical research on learning with wikis in both formal and informal learning contexts. In addition to her work on Wikipedia, she has conducted iterative cycles of design and research in high school science classes where she examined how writing on a public wiki brings about opportunities for reflection and learning. She suggests that user-generated content represents not only new forms of information that consumers must learn to evaluate, but also creates unique learning opportunities as young people engage more actively in the cycle of public information production and consumption.
All are invited to attend. To promote in-depth intellectual engagement during the seminar, all are encouraged to read Forte's paper in advance. Lunch will be served, beginning at 11:45 a.m.
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Sponsor: |
School of Information |
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Contact: |
JoAnne Kerr |
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jmkerr@umich.edu |
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