Ped Day Keynote Speaker is Roger Azevedo, Ph.D.
ÌýPed Day will be held on October 14th. The schedule will be available shortly!
Dr. Azevedo is a Professor in the School of Modeling Simulation and TrainingÌýat the University of Central Florida. He is also an affiliated faculty in the Departments of Computer Science and Internal Medicine at the University of Central Florida and the lead scientist for the Learning Sciences Faculty Cluster Initiative. He received his PhD in Educational Psychology from McGill University and completed his postdoctoral training in Cognitive Psychology at Carnegie Mellon University. His main research area includes examining the role of cognitive, metacognitive, affective, and motivational self-regulatory processes during learning with advanced learning technologies (e.g., intelligent tutoring systems, hypermedia, multimedia, simulations, serious games, immersive virtual learning environments). He has published over 300 peer-reviewed papers, chapters, and refereed conference proceedings in the areas of educational, learning, cognitive, educational, and computational sciences. He is a fellow of the American Psychological Association and the recipient of the prestigious Early Faculty Career Award from the National Science Foundation.Ìý
Ped Day is presented by the ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ÊÓƵ Human Resources Department, and supported by the Office of Academic Development.