Mitchell Nathan Keynote

Mitchell Nathan Keynote time scales of human behavior supervenience: integrating across levels

functional decomposition       (engineering often preceeds science)      elemental & integrative approach

scaling: Do they scale up? (not often)      scale down: focus on decomposable mechanisms. 

Embodied cognition spreading within learning sciences

How do we find our way out of the learning paradox?       Cycles of making and breaking common ground

Building gesturing avatars, that draw, underline, do beat gestures, charismatic gestures. 

As we move to online learning environments, we are asking people to constantly type, which can interfere with inference-making      transduction… botox keeps you from smiling; keeps you from processing happy emotions..       “promoted”/directed” actionss      kinect —> Mitch Nathan. 

Embodied instruction in CS learning