Variability Matters: Confessions of an Average Learning Scientist
Todd Rose
Harvard Graduate School of Education and CAST
Thursday, November 1, 2012
4:00-5:00pm
Location: 3-333
Abstract: Modern learning science theory and research is starting to transform the way we think about learning. Rejecting the myth of the “average” learner, this approach emphasizes the reality of variability, the systematic influence of context, and the need to understand individual learners. This presentation will discuss what modern learning science tells us about the origins of learning variability, and what this means for the way we design flexible, effective, and scalable learning environments in the age of EdX.
Todd Rose is a research scientist with CAST (non-profit R&D) and a faculty member at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where he teaches Educational Neuroscience. His work is organized around six themes: human variability; course design and pedagogy in higher education; adaptive learning analytics; interdisciplinary thinking; the synergistic relationship between neuroscience, technology, and design in education; and the application of dynamic systems models to the study of behavior, learning, and development.
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