February 21-22, 2002
Intel Campus, Portland Oregon
This invitational workshop will bring together a limited number of key leaders in industry, teaching, and educational research to examine the future of small, portable computers in education. The workshop will provide opportunities to share current work, brainstorm new directions, and plan next steps.
The goal of the workshop is to stimulate coordinated cross-sector research and development on important issues related to realizing the educational potential of ubiquitous computers. In this category, we include all small, portable, inexpensive programmable devices, as well as wireless technologies, input and output devices, and software used with these devices. We will consider uses of these technologies anywhere: in schools, post-secondary institutions, afterschool programs, museums, the home, and the community.
The main theme of this workshop is "What is required to further the educationally effective use of ubiquitous learning technologies?" Sub-themes include:
Visions of improved learning with new small, mobile, connected technologies.
The cognitive benefits of learning that is enabled by small, mobile technologies.
Avoiding pitfalls and inappropriate uses of these technologies.
The barriers to the adoption of these technologies.
The role of educators, researchers, and industry in lowering these barriers.
Collaborations and partnerships that would further the effective use of these technologies.
This workshop is organized by Ubicomp/CILT: The Ubiquitous Computing Theme of the Center for Innovative Learning Technology.
Funding for the workshop comes from a National Science Foundation grant and corporate sponsorship of CILT by Intel Corporation.
Members of the workshop organizing committee are: Richard Beckwith, Margaret Honey, Joseph Krajcik, Roy Pea, Mitchel Resnick, Jeremy Roschelle, Rob Semper, Elliot Solloway, Michele Spitulnik, Carolyn Staudt, Bob Tinker, Philip Vahey, and Uri Wilensky.