Learning - a dance of new Ideas, Technology & School Culture: Arnan Sipitakiat at TEDxThapaeGate
Channel: TEDx Talks
Date: 29/03/2012

Arnan (Roger) Sipitakiat is Assistant Dean for Information Technology and Learning Innovation at the Faculty o Engineering, Chiang Mai University. He received his Ph.D. from the Future of Learning Group at the MIT Media Laboratory, USA in 2007. He has spent eight years at MIT designing technologically rich learning environments that could open up new ways for secondary and pre-college students to experience and learn about ideas in various domains. He has explored areas including robotics, interactive art, games, agriculture, environmental awareness, journalism, and community development. His talk was on how digital technology can help schools build skills for the 21st century: "The art of keeping learning in schools relevant in the modern world is a dance of new ideas, technology, and school culture."