Electronic Learning Communities
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Amy Bruckman  
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Amy Bruckman is an Associate Professor in the College of Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology. She and her students in the Electronic Learning Communities (ELC) research group do research on online communities and education. Amy received her PhD from the MIT Media Lab's Epistemology and Learning group in 1997, and her AB in Physics from Harvard in 1987.
Jason Elliott  AquaMOOSE 3D
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Jason Elliott is a Ph.D. candidate at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is a member of Amy Bruckman's Electronic Learning Communities Lab, where he is exploring usability and learning issues using 3D graphical constructionist environments. His current research involves describing different approaches to exploration in the AquaMOOSE 3D environment. AquaMOOSE 3D is a graphical online community designed to provide students with a novel way to explore and learn about mathematics. Jason received his B.S. degree in Computer Science from North Carolina State University in 1997 and his M.S. degree in Computer Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2001.
Andrea Forte  Science Online
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Andrea is a Ph.D. student specializing in human-centered computing at Georgia Tech's College of Computing. Her current research focuses on written communities of discourse and social contexts for learning through writing. By creating environments where students' work becomes a resource for others, she believes we can create more authentic learning experiences. Andrea holds an MLIS from the Graduate School of Library and Information Science (now School of Information) at the University of Texas at Austin and a BA in foreign language and literature from Western Michigan University.
Jim Hudson  Communication Patterns
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James M. Hudson is a Ph.D. candidate working in the Electronic Learning Communities (ELC) research group of the College of Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology. His research focuses on understanding communication patterns in different media. Currently, he is developing communication tools to support interaction in a professional ethics course for computer scientists. Other work has looked at foreign language learning, research ethics, and interruption.
Jose Zagal  Anival
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Jose P. Zagal is a PhD student at the College of Computing at Georgia Institute of Technology. His research interests include educational technologies, online communities, and game design. Jose received a BS and MS in Civil Industrial Engineering and Engineering Sciences, respectively, from the Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile in 1999.
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