Blikstein, Paulo
Academic Title
Other Titles
Assistant Professor of Computer Science (by courtesy)
Contact Info
Admin. Support
Program Affiliations
Research
Constructionist, project-based, learning environments.
Technologies for development.
Rapid prototyping and fabrication for learning.
Cognitive computational modeling, agent-based modeling, complexity sciences.
Equity, technological fluency, critical pedagogy, computational literacy.
GoGo Board: open source, low cost interface for robotics and environmental sensing. http://www.gogoboard.org [with Arnan Sipitakiat, Chiang-Mai University]
Education
- Ph.D. (Learning Sciences), Northwestern University, 2009
- M.A. (Media Arts & Sciences), MIT Media Lab, Future of Learning Group, 2002
- M.Eng. (Electronic Engineering), University of São Paulo (Brazil), 2000
- B.S. (Metallurgical Engineering), University of São Paulo (Brazil), 1998
Time at Stanford
Since 2009
Professional Experience
Visiting Scholar, MIT Media Lab, Future of Learning Group
Consultant, UNDP (United Nations Development Program)
Consultant, National Program for the Eradication of the Digital Divide, Brazil
Documentary director and scriptwriter
CEO and co-founder, WEBKIT Informática, Brazil (technology products for distance learning)
Programmer, Instructor and Author, C, and Visual Basic.
Courses Taught
- EDUC 236x/CS402 - Beyond Bits and Atoms: designing technological tools for thinking and learning (http://beyondbitsandatoms.stanford.edu)
Recent Publications
Blikstein, P., & Wilensky, U. (in press) An atom is known by the company it keeps: Constructing Multi-Agent Models in Engineering Education. International Journal of Computers for Mathematical Learning, Netherlands: Springer.
Blikstein, P. ( 2008). Travels in Troy with Freire: Technology as an Agent for Emancipation in Noguera, P. and Torres, C. A. (Eds.), Paulo Freire: the possible dream. Rotterdam, Netherlands: Sense.
Blikstein, P., & Wilensky, U. (2008). Implementing Multi-Agent Modeling in the Classroom: Lessons from Empirical Studies in Undergraduate Engineering Education. In Jacobson, M. J. (Organizer), Complex Systems and Learning: Empirical Research, Issues, and “Seeing” Scientific Knowledge with New Eyes. Proceedings of the International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS), Utrecht, Netherlands.
Blikstein, P., Abrahamson, D., & Wilensky, U. (2008). The classroom as a complex adaptive system: an agent-based framework to investigate students’ emergent collective behaviors. In Proceedings of the International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS), Utrecht, Netherlands.
Blikstein, P. & Wilensky, U. (2007). Bifocal modeling: a framework for combining computer modeling, robotics and real-world sensing. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA 2007-SIG ATL), Chicago, USA.
Blikstein, P., Rand, W., & Wilensky, U. (2007). Examining group behavior and collaboration using Agent-Based Modeling and robots. Paper presented at Agent 2007 conference, Evanston, USA.
Blikstein, P. (2007). New technologies in environmental education: changing the way we teach and learn in schools (“As novas tecnologias na educação ambiental: instrumentos para mudar o jeito de ensinar e aprender na escola). In Soraia Silva de Mello (Ed.), Concepts and Practices in Environmental Education (pp. 106-112). Brasília, Brazil: Ministry of Education.
Blikstein, P., Abrahamson, D. & Wilensky, U. (2007). Multi-Agent Simulations as a Tool for Investigating Cognitive-Developmental Theory. In D. Abrahamson (Organizer), U. Wilensky (Chair), & R. Lesh (Discussant), Learning Complexity: Agent-based modeling supporting education research on student cognition in social contexts. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA 2007), Chicago, USA.
Blikstein, P. (2006). Assessment and its discontents (“Mal-estar na avaliação”). In Silva, Marco (Ed.), Avaliação em Educação Online (“Assessment in Online Learning”). (pp. 123-144). Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Ed. Loyola.
Blikstein, P. & Zuffo, M. K. (2004). The mermaids of electronic teaching (“As sereias do ensino eletrônico”). In Silva, Marco (Ed.), Educação Online: teoria, prática, legislação e treinamento corporativo. (“Online Education: theory, practice, legislation and corporate training.”). (pp. 10-37). Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Ed. Loyola. Chosen by the Brazilian Literary Academic as one of the 10 best books in education in 2005.
Sipitakiat, A., Blikstein, P. & Cavallo, D. (2004). GoGo Board: Augmenting Programmable Bricks for Economically Challenged Audiences, Proceedings of the International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS), pp. 481 – 488, Los Angeles, USA.
