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Blikstein,
Paulo
Assistant Professor of Education
Assistant Professor of Computer Science (by courtesy)
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* 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; |
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* 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. |
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| * Since 2009 |
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* 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] |
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| * EDUC 236x/CS402 - Beyond Bits and Atoms: designing technological tools for thinking and learning (http://beyondbitsandatoms.stanford.edu) |
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* 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. |
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* Phone: (650) 736 0966
* Email: paulob@stanford.edu
* Home page: http://www.blikstein.com/paulo
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