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Cindy Hmelo-Silver

  • chmelosi@indiana.edu
  • Wright 2036
  • (812) 856-8335
  • Home Website
  • Director
    Center for Research on Learning and Technology
  • Professor
    Learning Sciences
  • Barbara B. Jacobs Chair in Education and Technology
    School of Education

Field of study

  • Learning Sciences

Education

  • B.S., Cardiorespiratory Sciences, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1978
  • M.S., State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1985
  • Ph.D., Cognitive Studies, Vanderbilt University, 1994

Research interests

  • I focus on how people learn about complex phenomena and how technology can help support that learning. As part of this work, I study problem-based learning, collaborative knowledge construction, and computer supported collaborative learning. I study the role of technology to support social knowledge construction and collaborative learning and problem-solving. My research investigates scaffolded support for problem-based learning, the use of video for learning, and complex systems understanding.

Representative publications

https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=NAZbyTIAAAAJ

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