Coordination in Open Source Software Development
Open-source software runs the Internet and challenges commercial software in many areas. Despite this success, it is not clear how the open-source paradig...
Social Computing
Infocockpits
Infocockpits: computer interfaces that improve human memory. Humans are adept at remembering information based on its location relative to their body and ...
Social Computing
Coordinating Attention and Communication
A call during dinner? While one party may value the conversation, the receiver thinks it is an interruption. This project examines the conditions under wh...
Social Computing
Adapting to disaster
Hurricane Katrina had a profound effect on New Orleans and its music scene. Katrina devastated performance venues, dispersed bands and their audiences, an...
Social Computing
Pathway
The Physics Teaching Web Advisory (Pathway) is creating a proof-of-concept demonstration of a new type of digital library for physics teaching. It brings ...
Scott Stevens,
Learning Sciences and Technologies
PACT
The PACT Center uses cognitive tutor technology to create an integrated classroom and computer lab curriculum that supports students’ understanding of mat...
Learning Sciences and Technologies
Mentored Maintenance: Use of Dialog and Advanced IETMs for Performance Enhancement Systems
This study builds on recent empirical work about user-centered design and effectiveness of high level IETMs (Interactive Electronic Technical Manuals) and...
Learning Sciences and Technologies
Learning-Oriented Dialogue in Cognitive Tutors: Towards a Scalable Solution to Performance Orientation
This project seeks to increase kids’ engagement with math learning in connection with Cognitive Tutors using support for help seeking and collaborative pr...
Learning Sciences and Technologies
CSR: Online Courseware in Causal and Statistical Reasoning
The great bulk of currently available "online courses" are no more than inconvenient textbooks. Our project is an ongoing effort to make online courseware...
Richard Scheines
Learning Sciences and Technologies
ALPS: Active Learning and Problem Solving tutor
The Active Learning and Problem Solving (ALPS) project involves constructing and evaluating educational technology that emulates human tutors by integrati...
Learning Sciences and Technologies
Alice
We are developing a tool called Alice that allows novice programmers to author interactive 3D virtual worlds. By identifying the unnecessary challenges of...
Learning Sciences and Technologies