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Deakin All are welcome, including our HDR students and any other
interested parties. Seminar Six: Wednesday, March 31,
4.00-5.30pm Abstract: When people are learning complicated new
ideas, interpreting and constructing visual or multiple forms of
representation can bring unique benefits. In other words,
representations are powerful tools for learning but like all
powerful tools they need careful handling if learners are to use
them successfully. Moreover, even after many years of active
research, it is not clear how representations mediate learning
nor which activities on what representations help specific
learners in particular contexts. In this talk I will illustrate
some of the many facets of learning with representations in
order to try to move closer to an answer to these questions.
Biography: Shaaron Ainsworth is Associate Professor in the
School of Psychology, University of Nottingham and Principal
Investigator, Learning Sciences Research