Technological Mediation of Learning and Development Among Teachers and Future Teachers
Jim Levin (UCSD Education Studies) explores the ways in which technology can be used to improve education, particularly the ways new technologies fundamentally change the relationship between education and society. Specifically, his research examines in detail the variety of mediators of learning and development, both conventional and those provided by new technologies, focusing on the ways that these multiple mediators interact with each other in promoting or hindering learning and development. Models of mediation are constructed with multi-agent-based modeling tools, and these models are evaluated by comparison with process data of interactions among teachers, teacher educators, and student teachers.