Sydney to host 2012 International Conference of the Learning Sciences

The University of Sydney has been announced as the host of the 2012 International Conference of the Learning Sciences. It will be the first time the conference has been held in the Southern Hemisphere.Professor Michael Jacobson, Co-director of the Centre for Research on Computer-supported Learning and Cognition (CoCo) at the University of Sydney, says this recognizes the University's international reputation as an important player in the fields of the sciences and technologies of learning.The learning sciences is an emerging international and interdisciplinary field that brings together researchers from the fields of education, computer and information science, cognitive science and psychology, artificial intel...