Technology in Education

July 27, 2008

Literacy Debate: Online, R U Really Reading?

The New York Times today published "The Future of Reading Digital Versus Print" the first in a series of articles that will look at how the Internet and other technological and social forces are changing the way people read.

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Learning and Teaching with Digital Media
Jan 17, 2003

Learning and Teaching with Digital Media

Dorothy Chun professor of Applied Linguistics talks about studies she has conducted on cognitive processes in learning with multimedia CD-ROMs and websites for second language acquisition.

Tags: generative theory of multimedia, language aquisition, multimedia learning, Technology in Education, TIE
Interactivity in Multimedia Learning
Jun 6, 2003

Interactivity in Multimedia Learning

Dr. Richard Mayer is a professor in the Psychology department at UC Santa Barbara. Professor Mayer's research involves the intersection of cognition, instruction, and technology with a special focus on multimedia learning and problem solving.

Tags: interactivity, multimedia learning, Technology in Education, TIE
April 2, 2007
CITS Associate Director Recieves Distinguished Teaching Award

CITS Associate Director Recieves Distinguished Teaching Award

UC Santa Barbara's Academic Senate recently announced the 2006-07 Distinguished Teaching Awards and CITS is happy to report that CITS Associate Director and Computer Science Professor Kevin Almeroth is among this year's recipients.

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April 2, 2007
Professor Richard Mayer Joins the CITS Faculty Steering Committee

Professor Richard Mayer Joins the CITS Faculty Steering Committee

CITS is happy to announce that Professor Richard Mayer of the UC Santa Barbara Psychology Department, has recently joined the CITS faculty steering committee.

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April 2, 2007

The CITS Approach to Researching and Teaching about Technology & Society

Message from the Director Jennifer Earl

This issue of the newsletter has a special focus on education and the mutually invigorating relationship between research and education at our Center. CITS approaches this relationship between research and education in a range of ways.

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