Janice Gobert

Current

• Associate Professor at WPI

Past

• Senior Research Scientist at The Concord Consortium

Education

• University of Toronto
• McGill University
• Laurentian University/Université Laurentienne

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Connections

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Industry

E-Learning

Janice Gobert’s Summary

Janice Gobert is Associate Professor of Psychology and Learning Sciences in the Social Sciences Department and Computer Science Department at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Her Ph.D. from the University of Toronto (1994) is in Cognitive Science. Her specialty is in technology-based learning, particularly with visualizations in science. Before coming to WPI, Janice was Senior Research Scientist at the Concord Consortium, an educational research and development organization in Concord, MA (www.concord.org). From 2001 to December 2007, Janice served as North American Editor for the International Journal of Science Education.

Janice Gobert’s Specialties:

e-learning, learning with visualizations, logging human-computer interaction, data mining

Janice Gobert’s Experience

• Associate Professor

  WPI

  (Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  August 2006 — Present (3 years 8 months)

• Senior Research Scientist

  The Concord Consortium

  (E-Learning industry)

  January 2000 — July 2006 (6 years 7 months)

Janice Gobert’s Education

• University of Toronto

  Ph.D. , Cognitive Science , 1989 — 1994

• McGill University

  M.A. , Cognitive Science & Educational Psychology , 1985 — 1989

• Laurentian University/Université Laurentienne

  B.A. , Psychology , 1981 — 1985

Additional Information

Janice Gobert’s Interests:

e-learning

Janice Gobert’s Groups:

Member, American Educational Research Association
Member, Cognitive Science Society
Member, National Association for Research in Science Teaching
Member, International Society for the Learning Sciences
Member, Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning
Scientific Committee, International Conference for the Learning Sciences

Janice Gobert’s Honors:

Provost's award for exemplary student supervision at WPI; June, 2006.

Research Development Award, Western Michigan University; August, 1997.

Dean’s Appreciation Award, Western Michigan University; December, 1996.

Janice Gobert’s Contact Settings

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