Lynn Andrea Stein
Location: (Needham, MA (Boston suburb))
Personal Research Web Page: http://faculty.olin.edu/~las
Keywords: Small footprint curriculum, computing education, project-based learning, pedagogy, studio, interaction design, usability, semantic web, ai, hci, knowledge representation and reasoning, cognitive robotics
Posted on: Wednesday, April 28th, 2010
Broad Research Area: AI / Machine Learning / Robotics / Vision, Computer Science Education / Educational Technology, HCI / CSCW, Other, Programming Languages / Compilers, Social Computing / Social Informatics, Technology Policy
Research Interests:
Olin provides a unique opportunity to explore contextualized computing/engineering education with a strong design component. My research interests are broad within AI (most recently semantic web/web 2.0 but also including cognitive robotics, HCI, knowledge representation and reasoning, programming languages). I spent ten years on the faculty at MIT before leaving to help found Olin; I would like to share what I’ve learned in both of these contexts. A CI Fellow working with me would have the opportunity to pursue both a research agenda and explorations into curricular/pedagogic innovations, working in a close-knit and collegial community with regular conversation about learning, contextualization, usability. Current and new projects focus on the role of sketching/drawing, mobile devices/social networks, support for aging and/or cognitively challenged populations, and computational thinking/small footprint curricula; collaborations through Olin’s new Initiative for Innovation in Engineering Education would also be encouraged.
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