MƒA teachers can register for this event on the Small-World Network. Other guests can register here.
Gerald D. Fischbach Auditorium
160 Fifth Avenue, 2nd Floor
The MƒA Thursday Think Speaker Series brings accomplished speakers who dive into cutting-edge topics in STEM education to MƒA. These talks, held once a month throughout the school year, invite MƒA teachers and the general public to learn and engage with these thought leaders and professionals in mathematics, science, and education.
It is an exciting time for learning sciences! New digital technologies are increasingly available and many have direct implications for teaching and learning.
In this talk, Dr. Jan Plass summarizes how our understanding of learning has shifted from a transmission model to a constructivist model, focusing on the skills today’s youth will need to succeed professionally. Dr. Plass also discusses current trends in digital technologies that foster new forms of learning, including play, extended reality (VR, AR, MR), and artificial intelligence, and how teachers can leverage them to increase student interest and learning outcomes.
Dr. Jan Plass, Professor and Paulette Goddard Chair in Digital Media and Learning Sciences at New York University, is the founding director of the CREATE Consortium for Research and Evaluation of Advanced Technology in Education and co-director of the Games for Learning Institute. He draws from cognitive science, learning sciences, computer science, and design to envision, design, and study the future of learning with digital technologies, with a current focus on games and XR. He has published widely and is the lead editor of the Handbook of Game-Based Learning (MIT Press, 2020). Dr. Plass is a frequent national and international keynote speaker and advisor, helping governments and businesses to increase the human capacity in an ecology of lifelong learning.
