Reflection on attending PSLC Summer School 2010 at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh

Printer-friendly versionPDF versionIt was successful week at Pittsburgh, while attending the PSLC Summer School 2010 atCarnegie Mellon University. I got the opportunity to learn the technologies and research conducted in broad spectrum of Learning Sciences at LearnLab PSLC   I worked under the mentorship of Carolyn Rose and Rohit Kumar in Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) track, developing a Language Learning collaborative environment using TuTalk authoring tool and VMT-Basilica framework (VMT-Basilica is an integration of the Virtual Math Teams (VMT) environment for computer supported collaborative learning (Stahl, 2006). It was very neat prototype and easily implemented. (thanks Carolyn and Rohit  for your immense support :-)  I think the work can be extended to test language learning in situated learning context.   Other track lectures that I closely followed, including general overview ones from Ken Koedinger,  were on Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS) ,  CTAT  authoring tools and DataShop for supporting educational data mining.   Overall it was a very productive week, with lots of impressions and learning experiences, although I must say PSLC are more into formal learning settings and they have gained good expertise in authoring intuitive Intelligent Tutoring Systems using  Cognitive Task Analysis principles. So if you are into the topic, you might consider applying for any of the upcoming opportunities at PSLC ( make this delicious)   If you need to see my presentation, the demo of language learning prototype you can contact me!   here are some firehouse impressions ;-){{file:196}} {{file:191}} {{file:193}} {{file:194}} {{file:195}}