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                       THE UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER
                            FACULTY OF ARTS 
             SCHOOL OF CREATIVE ARTS & TECHNOLOGIES (SCARTE)
 
               IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE A SEMINAR ENTITLED:

            `Psychology & Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL): 
                   Made in Heaven or married in Hell ?'

                                  by

                        Dr. Shaaron Ainsworth

                                 from
  
                        School of Psychology & 
                 Learning Sciences Research Institute 
                   University of Nottingham, England

                       TUESDAY, 16th October, 2012
                                1.00 P.M.
                   Foyle Arts Building, Magee Campus 
                        Room MQ-226, 1st Floor 


                                Abstract

Psychologists  are often  drawn  to the  area  of Technology  Enhanced
Learning (TEL) as it offers a way to test and refine their theories of
learning. However,  over the  last decade the  theories, technologies,
methods, and  contexts in  which we research  have all  changed, often
fairly dramatically.  In  this talk, I shall explore  how the field is
changing: from its beginnings in behaviourist and cognitively inspired
individualised learning environments tested in the artificial contexts
to today where we work  with a plethora of technologies from handhelds
to  large  screen displays,  in  contexts  which  range far  from  the
laboratory  and  explore  theories  which take  into  account  social,
emotional,  motivational,  personality factors  as  well as  cognitive
ones. In addition, I will talk about ZOMBIES.

I'll   end  by  reflecting   on  whether   we  manage   these  complex
inter-relating  factors (theoretically  and methodologically)  so that
the symbiotic relationship between  psychology and TEL can continue to
be a relevant and fruitful one.

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Biography

Dr.   Shaaron Ainsworth  is an  Associate Professor  in the  School of
Education, University  of Nottingham.  She has a  B.Sc.  in Psychology
(1991), an  M.Sc.  in  Artificial Intelligence (1992)  and a  Ph.D. in
Learning Sciences  (1997). Dr.  Ainsworth's work  typically focuses on
the roles of  multiple & visual representations and  on the design and
evaluation  of   interactive  technologies  (e.g.    authoring  tools,
educational  games, mobile learning,  computer-supported collaborative
learning  (CSCL)).  This research  has been  supported by  the British
Council, ESRC,  EPSRC, and NESTA  (UK), Sixth Framework  Programme (EU
FP6) and Office of Naval  Research (ONR) & National Science Foundation
(NSF) (USA).  She  has published over 100 journal  & conference papers
and book chapters  on these topics.  She is  Assistant Director of the
University  of Nottingham's  Learning Sciences  Research  Institute, a
joint  venture  between  the  Schools  of  Psychology,  Education  and
Computer Sciences.  She teaches and supervises Ph.D.  students for all
three schools.  Her community  service includes editorial board member
(e.g.   Journal  of  Educational  Psychology,  Educational  Psychology
Review,  Learning  and   Instruction),  conference  chair  (e.g.   GRC
Visualisation  in Science and  Education), advisory  board memberships
(in the USA, Australia and Germany) and has recently finished a 4-year
term as EARLI Text and Picture comprehension co-ordinator.

http://www.psychology.nottingham.ac.uk/staff/sea/
http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/shaaron-ainsworth/2/ba5/9a5
http://www.facebook.com/shaaron.ainsworth
http://twitter.com/ShaaronAins
https://sites.google.com/site/nottscdl/
http://www.lsri.nottingham.ac.uk/
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/resources/detail/Shaaron_Ainsworth

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