Facilitators

Penny Wheeler

Macquarie University, penelope.wheeler@hdr.mq.edu.au or tweet to @pennyjw

Penny is an academic developer at Australian Catholic University, where she has been using a design inquiry of learning cycle to build staff capacity in technology-enhanced learning. She is also a PhD candidate in Linguistics at Macquarie University, where she is researching interdisciplinary communication and learning. Because she is fascinated by the intersection of disciplines and their knowledges, Penny will lead the 'embedded learning' session of the workshop. She is starting with this definition of embedded learning: “learning that is based on the premise that the more contextual learning is to the job or task, the more an individual is motivated to learn”.

Stefan Trausan-Matu

University Politehnica of Bucharest, stefan.trausan@cs.pub.ro

Professor Trausan-Matu, PhD, teaches and perform research on Adaptive and Collaborative Systems, Natural Language Processing, Human-Computer Interaction, and Algorithms at the Computer Science and Engineering Department of the University Politehnica of Bucharest. He is also a principal researcher at the Institute of Artificial Intelligence of the Romanian Academy. He introduced the polyphonic model and analysis method of collaborative learning, and he conducted the development of PolyCAFe and ReaderBench support software platforms.

Amanda Barany

Drexel University, amb595@drexel.edu

Amanda Barany is a PhD Candidate in the Educational Leadership and Learning Technologies program at Drexel University's School of Education. Her research explores the identities and patterns of participation enacted by learners in online communities of practice. Other areas of research interest and expertise include: design-based research, game-based learning, interest and motivation, social network analysis and epistemic network analysis, and design thinking strategies.

Jonan Phillip Donaldson

Drexel University, jpd322@drexel.edu

Jonan Phillip Donaldson is a learning scientist, learning experience designer, educator, and critical theorist. He is currently wrapping up his Ph.D. in Educational Leadership and Learning Technology at Drexel University. His specialties include constructionist learning, critical pedagogy, design thinking, and creativity. His current research involves the relationship between conceptualizations of learning, conceptual metaphors of learning, worldview, and practices in teaching and learning.

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