PCs in the Himalayas and iPads on the Reservation: Impact of Technology on Learning Within Cultures

• In Event: Roundtable Session 30

Session Type: Roundtable Session

Abstract

This session seeks to bring together scholars working with different cultures across the world on issues related to culture, technology and learning. The session focuses on how technology can help science learning so as to forge a strong connection between community-based practices and science learning. The question that the session seeks to discuss is: How do current technology designs align themselves with the cultural epistemology of the learners across different cultures in the world?
The presentations will generate a much needed conversation on how new technologies provide opportunities to create learning environments that can enhance educational practices and empower local groups but also technologies may be disruptive if they are not suited to the context and culture of the learners.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Instructional Technology

Chair

• Sameer Honwad, University of New Hampshire

Papers

• Sharing Place: The Virtual Watershed - Anne L. Kern, University of Idaho

• Learning Science Across Generations Using Appropriate Technology - Sameer Honwad, University of New Hampshire

• EcoMOBILE: Augmented Reality Supports Scientific Data Interpretation Skills by Engaging Students in Authentic Data Collection in Their Local Communities - Amy M. Kamarainen, New York Hall of Science; Shari J. Metcalf, Harvard University; Christopher J. Dede, Harvard University

• Using Google Earth and Google Maps to Engage Students Relearning Indigenous Science and Engineering - Laura Anne Laumatia, University of Idaho

• Indigenous Design of Appropriate Hardware Platforms for Learning in Nepal - Christopher Hoadley, New York University