Janet Kolodner
Regents' Professor
Computing and Cognitive Science
Janet L. Kolodner is Regents' Professor in the College of Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology, former Executive Officer of the International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS) – http://www.isls.org, and Editor in Chief of The Journal of the Learning Sciences. Her Learning by Design project is described at http://www.cc.gatech.edu/projects/lbd.
Research Interests: Implications and applications of cognition to education and educational technology, artificial intelligence, cognitive science, case-based reasoning, novice-expert evolution, the role of experience in expert and common-sense reasoning, design cognition, creativity, design of decision-aiding tools and interactive learning environments.
Degrees:
B.S., Brandeis University, 1976 (math and computer science)
M.S., Yale University, 1977 (computer science)
Ph.D., Yale University, 1980 (computer science)
Current Research and Education Interests:Cognitive science, artificial intelligence, educational technology, case-based reasoning, the role of experience in expert and common-sense reasoning, design cognition, creativity, the use of case-based technology in the design of decision-aiding tools and interactive learning environments.
Favorites (books, hobbies, food, restaurants, music, ...):
Cooking (especially vegetarian recipes, and especially as avoidance
behavior when a proposal is due or a paper needs writing); gardening (my
vegetable garden supports my cooking habit, especially the herb garden);
chocolate; my children
Family:
Children: Orly (25 years old), Joshua (22)
Janet Kolodner
Interactive Computing
Georgia Institute of Technology
85 5th St.
Atlanta, Georgia
janet.kolodner@cc.gatech.edu
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