Benjamin Nye简介
DrBenjaminNyeistheDirectorofLearningSciencesatUSC-ICTBen’smajorresearchinterestistoidentifybest-practicesinadvancedlearningtechnology,particularlyforfrontierssuchasdistributedlearningtechnologies(eg,cloud-based,device-agnostic)andsocially-situatedlearning(eg,face-to-facemobileuse)Hisresearchinterestsincludemodularintelligenttutoringsystem(ITS)designs,modelingsociallearningandmemes,cognitiveagents,andeducationaltoolsforthedevelopingworldandlow-resource/low-incomecontextsHereceivedhisPhDinSystemsEngineeringfromtheUniversityofPennsylvaniain2011InhisrecentworkasaResearchProfessorattheUniversityofMemphis,BenledworkontheShareableKnowledgeObjects(SKO)frameworkintegratingITSservicessuchasAutoTutorfortheONRITSGrandChallenge,helpeddatamineeffortacorpusof250khuman-to-humanonlinetutoringdialogs(partoftheADLPALinitiative),collaboratedonONR’sPAL3tutoringarchitectureforsupportinglife-longlearning,andisanadvisorandbookeditorfortheARLGeneralizedIntelligentFrameworkforTutoring(GIFT)advisorypanelBen'sresearchtriestoremovebarriersdevelopmentandadoptionofITSsothattheycanreachlargernumbersoflearners,whichhastraditionallybeenamajorroadblockforthesehighly-effectiveinterventionsHealsobelievesthatthefutureoflearningsciencedependsonlarge,sustainableplatformswithmanyusers,whereefficientsamplingtechniquescanbeusedtodrivenewdesignsforexperimentsFinally,heisinterestedinmakingtheprocessofsciencemoreefficient,suchasbyadvancedmetadataandanalysisforscholarlypublications