Tom Moher - moher@uic.edu

  Associate Professor, Computer Science, College of Engineering

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Tom Moher is Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and also holds an adjunct position with the College of Education. For the eight years, his research has focused on the design and field-based evaluation of computational and interactive technologies intended to support learning in classrooms, particularly within the context of group or whole class activity. Most of his work has revolved around the use of technologies to deliver simulated phenomena that may be visualized, probed, and controlled by collections of students. His virtual ambient environments research investigated the use of large multi-user displays to create shared spaces for student investigations. His more recent work in embedded phenomena explores the learning opportunities associated with binding technology affordances to the environment to represent windows—simulated instruments or visualizations—into extended simulations of phenomena imagined to be unfolding in the physical space of the classroom. Dr. Moher has published over 50 refereed articles including the work in learning technologies as well as earlier work in cognition and programming and software engineering. His work is funded by grants from the National Science Foundation.