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resource research Public Programs

Making science understandable and meaningful: Bridging the gap between formal education and informal learning

This conference presentation explores the gap between formal education and informal education, with special attention to science center pedagogy.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Hannu Salmi
resource research Public Programs

Making science understandable and meaningful: Bridging the gap between formal education and informal learning

This conference presentation explores the gap between formal education and informal education, with special attention to science center pedagogy.
DATE:
TEAM MEMBERS: Hannu Salmi
resource research Media and Technology

The computer clubhouse: Technological fluency in the inner city

The Computer Clubhouse aims to help inner-city youth gain that type of technological fluency. The Computer Clubhouse is designed to provide inner-city youth with access to new technologies. But access alone is not enough. The Clubhouse is based not only on new technology, but on new ideas about learning and community. It represents a new type of learning community—where young people and adult mentors work together on projects, using new technologies to explore and experiment in new ways.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Mitchel Resnick Natalie Rusk Stina Cooke
resource research Public Programs

Scaling Up: Evolving Innovations beyond Ideal Settings to Challenging Contexts of Practice

“Scaling up” involves adapting an innovation successful in some local setting to effective usage in a wide range of contexts. In contrast to experiences in other sectors of society, scaling up successful programs has proved very difficult in education. In this chapter, Chris Dede discusses the challenges in creating scalable and sustainable educational interventions.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Chris Dede