The Office for Health Sciences Education, Educator Development Core and
the Academy for Excellence in Teaching
present
Contact
Mary Ann NicholsVanderbilt University
maryann.nichols@vanderbilt.edu
615-936-8510
Where
206 PRB (Preston Research Bldg)Health Sciences Education Grand Rounds
Tuesday, May 12, 2015
206 PRB (Preston Research Building)
"Supporting the Learning in Problem-based Learning"
Cindy Hmelo-Silver, PhD
Professor, Learning Sciences
Director, Center for Research on Learning and Technology
Indiana University | School of Education
A boxed lunch will be provided for all registrants.
Please register below by Monday, May 11, 2015.
About Dr. Hmelo- Silver:
Dr. Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver is a Professor of Learning Sciences and the director of the Center for Research on Learning and Technology at the Indiana University School of Education after spending 15 years as a professor at Rutgers University. She received her PhD from Vanderbilt University and served postdoctoral fellowships at Georgia Institute of Technology and the Learning Research and Development Center at the University of Pittsburgh.
Her research interests focus on how people learn about complex phenomena and how technology can help support that learning. As part of this work, she studies problem-based learning, collaborative knowledge construction, and computer supported collaborative learning.
She is past editor of the Journal of the Learning Sciences and serves on the editorial board of the International Journal of Computer Supported Collaborative Learning. She has edited several books and has published widely in the areas of problem-based learning, technology and the learning sciences. Dr. Hmelo-Silver is also past president of the International Society for Learning Sciences.
CME Credit:
Sponsored by Vanderbilt University School of Medicine; Office for Health Sciences Education, Educator Development Core and the Academy for Excellence in Teaching