Nan Renner
Nan studies what and how people learn through interaction with the world. She examines the nature of multisensory experience with objects and environments, use of language (speech, gesture, text), social interaction, and the cognitive consequences of design. Nan completed her Ph.D. in Cognitive Science at the University of California San Diego (UCSD), focused on embodied, situated, and distributed cognition, employing multimodal interaction analysis of human behavior.
With UCSD Center for Research on Educational Equity, Assessment, and Teaching Excellence (CREATE), Nan conducts research on school districts as learning organizations and agents of change. She teaches at UCSD in Cognitive Science and Education Studies.
Nan contributed to the California Networks for Collaboration, a state-wide distributed learning community organized by the California Association of Museums. She directed San Diego's Art of Science Learning Incubator, supporting community-driven innovation addressing regional water scarcity (hosted by the Balboa Park Cultural Partnership). She served as co-PI of the Bilingual Exhibits Research Initiative.
Nan is a research associate of the San Diego Natural History Museum, where she previously developed and evaluated exhibits, working with a team of artists, designers, and scientists.
(aka Nancy Owens Renner)
Supervisors: Edwin Hutchins, Jim Hollan
With UCSD Center for Research on Educational Equity, Assessment, and Teaching Excellence (CREATE), Nan conducts research on school districts as learning organizations and agents of change. She teaches at UCSD in Cognitive Science and Education Studies.
Nan contributed to the California Networks for Collaboration, a state-wide distributed learning community organized by the California Association of Museums. She directed San Diego's Art of Science Learning Incubator, supporting community-driven innovation addressing regional water scarcity (hosted by the Balboa Park Cultural Partnership). She served as co-PI of the Bilingual Exhibits Research Initiative.
Nan is a research associate of the San Diego Natural History Museum, where she previously developed and evaluated exhibits, working with a team of artists, designers, and scientists.
(aka Nancy Owens Renner)
Supervisors: Edwin Hutchins, Jim Hollan
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San Diego Zoo Global
Oct 19 & 20, 2015
Keynote
http://sandiegozoo.org/symposium/
Why does water “stick” together? How does soap work? What do bubbles and cells have in common? Can we make artificial cells?
A group of local high school students got to find answers to these types of questions and explore fascinating scientific phenomena at the Hands On Lab, a one-of-a-kind inquiry-based experiential science course at UC San Diego.
Hosted by UCSD's Department of Education Studies and coordinated through the CREATE STEM Success Initiative, the Hands On Lab is a teaching and learning seminar connecting campus faculty, staff, and students with local high school students and their science teachers.
In the Hands On Lab, UC San Diego undergraduate students learn science content from research graduate students and responsive pedagogy from faculty. Undergrads also lead the labs, providing rich, “hands on” inquiry-based science experiences for visiting high school students.
On three Sundays in March 2015, educators came together for a series of collaborative design workshops. The goal: to create a professional development program weaving together art and mathematics for use in informal learning settings. Of special interest: Mathematical Practices of the Common Core State Standards. (NSF #1323587)
Manipulable interactive exhibits afford greater cognitive complexity than static exhibits.
• Cultural models regarding relationships with nature;
• Conservation themes in exhibitions;
• Informal learning experiences and behavioral change;
• Place attachment and pro-environmental attitudes and behaviors.
San Diego Zoo Global
Oct 19 & 20, 2015
Keynote
http://sandiegozoo.org/symposium/
Why does water “stick” together? How does soap work? What do bubbles and cells have in common? Can we make artificial cells?
A group of local high school students got to find answers to these types of questions and explore fascinating scientific phenomena at the Hands On Lab, a one-of-a-kind inquiry-based experiential science course at UC San Diego.
Hosted by UCSD's Department of Education Studies and coordinated through the CREATE STEM Success Initiative, the Hands On Lab is a teaching and learning seminar connecting campus faculty, staff, and students with local high school students and their science teachers.
In the Hands On Lab, UC San Diego undergraduate students learn science content from research graduate students and responsive pedagogy from faculty. Undergrads also lead the labs, providing rich, “hands on” inquiry-based science experiences for visiting high school students.
On three Sundays in March 2015, educators came together for a series of collaborative design workshops. The goal: to create a professional development program weaving together art and mathematics for use in informal learning settings. Of special interest: Mathematical Practices of the Common Core State Standards. (NSF #1323587)
Manipulable interactive exhibits afford greater cognitive complexity than static exhibits.
• Cultural models regarding relationships with nature;
• Conservation themes in exhibitions;
• Informal learning experiences and behavioral change;
• Place attachment and pro-environmental attitudes and behaviors.