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Hybrid spaces for science learning: New demands and opportunities for research

January 1, 2012 | Media and Technology, Public Programs, Professional Development, Conferences, and Networks, Informal/Formal Connections

"Hybrid spaces for science learning" refers to the merging of real and virtual worlds to produce new environments and visualizations where physical and digital objects co-exist and interact in real time. Learning science within hybrid spaces can be a fun, engaging, and reflective experience. Further, hybrid spaces are inherently social, facilitating dialogue and social exchange, as well as the construction of knowledge, paralleling the nature of contemporary science. This symposium brings together several research programs that address learning "across contexts" that span classroom activities, museum visits, and engaging, embodied experience of science phenomena. We include an international set of presenters from Canada, USA and Norway, each engaged in design and empirical investigations of designs that blends conceptual knowledge with the development of inquiry skills and epistemological knowledge. Each paper presents the research context, method of design and evaluation, research progress, and science learning outcomes.

TEAM MEMBERS

  • Ole Smordal
    Author
    University of Oslo
  • Jim Slotta
    Author
    University of Toronto
  • Tom Moher
    Author
    University of Illinois, Chicago
  • Michelle Lui
    Author
    University of Toronto
  • Alfredo Jornet
    Author
    University of Oslo
  • Citation

    Publication Name: ICLS 2012
    Volume: Volume 2: Symposia
    Page Number: 9
    Resource Type: Reference Materials
    Discipline: Education and learning science | General STEM | Technology
    Audience: Undergraduate/Graduate Students | Educators/Teachers | Museum/ISE Professionals | Scientists
    Environment Type: Media and Technology | Websites, Mobile Apps, and Online Media | Public Programs | Museum and Science Center Programs | Professional Development, Conferences, and Networks | Conferences | Informal/Formal Connections | K-12 Programs

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