34.017 - National Science Foundation's Big Idea on the Human-Technology Frontier: A Conversation

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

The National Science Foundation has put forth 10 Big Ideas to drive NSF’s long-term research agenda. One of these Big Ideas is “Work at the Human Technology Frontier,” which includes research to understand the risks and benefits new technologies and enable the creation of technologies that can collaborate with humans to enrich their lives in the workplaces of the future. This Big Idea has direct implications for research on workforce development and advanced learning technologies. This session will discuss possible directions for interdisciplinary research to understand and develop the human-technology partnership, to design new technologies to augment human performance, to illuminate the emerging socio-technological landscape, and to foster lifelong and pervasive learning with technology.

Sub Unit

• AERA Sessions

Chair

• Amy L. Baylor, National Science Foundation

Participants

• Chandra Muller, The University of Texas - Austin

• Pasha Antonenko, University of Florida

• Kurt VanLehn, Arizona State University - Tempe

Discussant

• Amy L. Baylor, National Science Foundation