JANET KOLODNER

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scientist

BIOGRAPHY SUMMARY

Janet Lynne Kolodner is an American cognitive scientist and learning scientist. She is a Professor of the Practice at the Lynch School of Education at Boston College and co-lead of the MA Program in Learning Engineering. She is also Regents' Professor Emerita in the School of Interactive Computing, College of Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology. She was Founding Editor in Chief of The Journal of the Learning Sciences and served in that role for 19 years. She was Founding Executive Officer of the International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS). From August, 2010 through July, 2014, she was a program officer at the National Science Foundation and headed up the Cyberlearning and Future Learning Technologies program. Since finishing at NSF, she is working toward a set of projects that will integrate learning technologies coherently to support disciplinary and everyday learning, support project-based pedagogy that works, and connect to the best in curriculum for active learning. As of July, 2020, she

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WHY THEY MATTER

Janet Kolodner was intellectually unique and groundbreaking for her significant contributions to the fields of cognitive science and learning sciences. She played a crucial role as the Founding Editor in Chief of The Journal of the Learning Sciences and as the Founding Executive Officer of the International Society of the Learning Sciences. Her work at the National Science Foundation, particularly in heading the Cyberlearning and Future Learning Technologies program, showcased her dedication to integrating learning technologies to enhance disciplinary and project-based learning approaches.

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