About Us

SIG-Learning Sciences

Learning Sciences is an interdisciplinary community devoted to the study of teaching and learning as they occur in school, online, in the workplace, at home, and in the community, and to the design of environments with the potential to facilitate learning and development more effectively. One strand of emphasis within this community is the examination of emerging technologies as potential levers for change and supports for learning. More broadly, members of this group use analytic units ranging from individual learners to complex systems in advancing the combined goals of explaining, guiding and developing educational phenomena. This research is guided by multiple theoretical perspectives, including cognitive, constructivist, situative and sociocultural theories of learning. While drawing upon a range of established methodologies, this community also seeks to examine new approaches, such as design-based research, in an effort to meet the dual challenge of solving problems of practice and building new theory.

SIG-Advanced Technologies for Learning

Advanced Technologies for Learning (ATL) SIG is a dynamic community of practitioners, developers and researchers who recognize, leverage, and seek to understand the potential of new technologies to support the work of educators and improve learning environments. While technology alone cannot solve many of the problems of education, research continues to identify ways in which the use of technology tools leads to measurable gains in student learning. ATL research examines the roles that technology can play in all types of learning environments including classrooms, informal and virtual settings. ATL studies use multiple research methodologies to address the complexity of learning environments.