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Amy S. Bruckman

January 13, 2023

Amy Susan Bruckman (born 1965) is a professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology affiliated with the School of Interactive Computing and the GVU Center. She is best known for her pioneering research in the fields of online communities and the learning sciences. In 1999, she was selected as one of MIT Technology Review's TR100 awardees, honoring 100 remarkable innovators under the age of 35.[1]

Early life and education

Amy S. Bruckman was born in New York, New York. She attended the Horace Mann School, an Ivy Preparatory School in New York City, graduating in 1983.[2] Following that, Bruckman attended Harvard University for her undergraduate studies, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in physics in 1987. She received a master's degree in 1991 from the Interactive Cinema Group at the MIT Media Lab, where she was advised by Glorianna Davenport. Her master's thesis described the Electronic Scrapbook, an intelligent home video editing system.[3]

Bruckman went on to pursue a Ph.D. at the Media Lab in Mitchel Resnick's Epistemology and Learning Group. On January 20, 1993, Bruckman established MediaMOO, an online community for new media researchers and educators.[4] The community, managed chiefly by Bruckman, developed a significant following for its time, eventually closing down seven years later.[5] During this time, Bruckman also worked as a research assistant for Sherry Turkle on Turkle's influential book, Life on the Screen (1997). For her dissertation work, Bruckman developed MOOSE Crossing, a MOO-based constructionist learning environment in which young children could learn computer programming skills while building virtual objects.[6][7]

Georgia Tech

Upon her graduation from MIT in 1997, Bruckman accepted a position as an assistant professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology College of Computing. As a new Georgia Tech faculty member, Bruckman founded the Electronic Learning Communities (ELC) Lab and began setting up a program of research incorporating her interests in online communities and constructionist learning. She founded the Undergraduate Research Opportunities in Computing (UROC) program at Georgia Tech in 1998, modeling it after MIT's UROP.[8] In 1999, Bruckman's research was supported by a prestigious grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) program.[9] That same year, she was selected as one of Technology Review's 100 remarkable innovators under the age of 35.[10] Her work at this time was described as "the most notable MOO research in education."[10]

On July 22, 1999, Bruckman and graduate student Joshua Berman released The Turing Game, a multiplayer online game inspired by the Turing test that challenged players to explore issues of online identity.[11] The game received national attention[12] and was played by over 11,000 people from 81 countries and all seven continents.[13]

In 2003, Bruckman received tenure and was promoted to the position of associate professor. In 2012, she was made a full professor. She was the interim chair of the School of Interactive Computing from July 2017 until December.[14]

Bruckman currently directs the ELC Lab, the UROC program, and the Web Science initiative at Georgia Tech. She has published dozens of scholarly articles in peer-reviewed journals and has given invited presentations at high-profile academic conferences such as ICLS and CHI. Bruckman's most recent work, often done in conjunction with graduate students she advises, has dealt with topics in information ethics, game studies,[15] social media use,[16] computer-supported collaboration and wikis,[17] and women in computing.

Her book Should You Believe Wikipedia? was published in 2022.[18]

Professional community leadership

Bruckman has taken on many leadership roles in service to her professional community, notably for the ACM Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW) conference. She was the General Co-chair for the 2013 conference[19] and subsequently served as Chair of the CSCW Steering Committee.[20]

Recognition

In 2002, the American Educational Research Association presented Bruckman with the Jan Hawkins Award for Early Career Contributions to Humanistic Research and Scholarship in Learning Technologies.[21] She was elected to the CHI Academy in 2018.[22] She was also elected as an ACM Fellow in 2018 for "contributions to collaborative computing and foundational work in Internet research ethics".[23]

See also

References

  1. ^ "The 1999 TR100". MIT Technology Review. Retrieved May 29, 2014.
  2. ^ . educause.edu. Archived from the original on March 2, 2012. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
  3. ^ Bruckman, Amy (1991). "The Electronic Scrapbook: Towards an Intelligent Home-Video Editing System." Master's Thesis, MIT Media Lab.
  4. ^ Bruckman, Amy and Mitchel Resnick (1995). "The MediaMOO Project: Constructionism and Professional Community." Convergence 1:1, pp. 94-109.
  5. ^ Bruckman, Amy and Carlos Jensen (2002). "The Mystery of the Death of MediaMOO, Seven Years of Evolution of an Online Community." In Building Virtual Communities. Edited by Ann Renninger and Wesley Shumar. Pp. 21-33. Cambridge University Press.
  6. ^ Bruckman, Amy (1997). "MOOSE Crossing: Construction, Community, and Learning in a Networked Virtual World for Kids." PhD dissertation, MIT Media Lab.
  7. ^ Epstein, Hannah (April 17, 2020). "Remembering 'MOOSE Crossing' — A Different Kind Of Animal". NPR.org. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
  8. ^ . BuzzWords. Georgia Tech Alumni Association. 2001-04-02. Archived from the original on 2007-10-13. Retrieved 2007-10-11.
  9. ^ . Georgia Institute of Technology College of Computing. Archived from the original on 2007-12-25. Retrieved 2007-10-10.
  10. ^ a b "1999 Young Innovator: Amy Bruckman". Technology Review. MIT. November 1999. Retrieved 2007-10-10.
  11. ^ "YOUR ONLINE IDENTITY: RESEARCHERS STUDY HUMAN INTERACTION ONLINE THROUGH GAME PLAYED IN VIRTUAL COMMUNITY" (Press release). GT Research News. 1999-09-09. Retrieved 2007-10-11.
  12. ^ Boese, Christine (2004-10-13). "Can you prove you're not a machine?". CNN.com. from the original on 13 October 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-11.
  13. ^ Berman, Joshua; Amy Bruckman (2001). "The Turing Game: Exploring Identity in an Online Environment" (PDF). Convergence. 7 (3): 83–102. doi:10.1177/135485650100700307. S2CID 143127434. Retrieved 2007-10-12. 11,158 people used it over a one-year period. Players from 81 countries on all seven continents used the game to learn about issues of identity and diversity online through direct experience.
  14. ^ "College of Computing Selects Ayanna Howard to Lead School of Interactive Computing". www.news.gatech.edu. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
  15. ^ "Can Video Game Testing Spark Interest in Computing Among Black Youth?" (Press release). Georgia Institute of Technology. 2009-09-09. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
  16. ^ Shamma, Tasnim (2016-03-23). "Ga. Tech Project Provides Cubans Faster Access To Internet". news.wabe.org. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
  17. ^ Forte, A., & Bruckman, A. (2005). Why do people write for wikipedia? Incentives to contribute to open-content publishing. Unpublished manuscript, Georgia Institute of Technology, College of Computing, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, Retrieved from http://jellis.org/work/group2005/papers/forteBruckmanIncentivesGroup.pdf
  18. ^ S. C., Stuart (2021-06-03). "Wikipedia: The Most Reliable Source on the Internet?". PCMag UK. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  19. ^ "Committee « CSCW 2013". Retrieved 2022-05-10.
  20. ^ "CSCW Steering Committee« CSCW". Retrieved 2022-05-10.
  21. ^ "Georgia Tech University Professor, Bruckman, Wins 2002 Jan Hawkins Award" (Press release). Center for Children & Technology. 2002-04-26. Retrieved 2007-10-10.
  22. ^ Award Recipients, ACM SIGCHI, retrieved 2018-10-18
  23. ^ 2018 ACM Fellows Honored for Pivotal Achievements that Underpin the Digital Age, Association for Computing Machinery, December 5, 2018

External links

  • Amy Bruckman's Home Page at Georgia Tech
  • ELC Lab Home Page
  • Amy S. Bruckman publications indexed by Google Scholar

January 13, 2023
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Amy Susan Bruckman born 1965 is a professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology affiliated with the School of Interactive Computing and the GVU Center She is best known for her pioneering research in the fields of online communities and the learning sciences In 1999 she was selected as one of MIT Technology Review s TR100 awardees honoring 100 remarkable innovators under the age of 35 1 Amy Susan BruckmanBruckman in 2001Born1965 age 57 58 New York New York U S Alma materMIT Media Lab Harvard UniversityKnown forMediaMOO MOOSE CrossingAwardsMIT Technology Review TR100AERA Jan Hawkins AwardScientific careerFieldsOnline communities Learning sciences Constructionist learning Information ethicsInstitutionsGeorgia Tech GVU CenterDoctoral advisorMitchel Resnick Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Georgia Tech 3 Professional community leadership 4 Recognition 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksEarly life and education EditAmy S Bruckman was born in New York New York She attended the Horace Mann School an Ivy Preparatory School in New York City graduating in 1983 2 Following that Bruckman attended Harvard University for her undergraduate studies earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in physics in 1987 She received a master s degree in 1991 from the Interactive Cinema Group at the MIT Media Lab where she was advised by Glorianna Davenport Her master s thesis described the Electronic Scrapbook an intelligent home video editing system 3 Bruckman went on to pursue a Ph D at the Media Lab in Mitchel Resnick s Epistemology and Learning Group On January 20 1993 Bruckman established MediaMOO an online community for new media researchers and educators 4 The community managed chiefly by Bruckman developed a significant following for its time eventually closing down seven years later 5 During this time Bruckman also worked as a research assistant for Sherry Turkle on Turkle s influential book Life on the Screen 1997 For her dissertation work Bruckman developed MOOSE Crossing a MOO based constructionist learning environment in which young children could learn computer programming skills while building virtual objects 6 7 Georgia Tech EditUpon her graduation from MIT in 1997 Bruckman accepted a position as an assistant professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology College of Computing As a new Georgia Tech faculty member Bruckman founded the Electronic Learning Communities ELC Lab and began setting up a program of research incorporating her interests in online communities and constructionist learning She founded the Undergraduate Research Opportunities in Computing UROC program at Georgia Tech in 1998 modeling it after MIT s UROP 8 In 1999 Bruckman s research was supported by a prestigious grant awarded by the National Science Foundation s Faculty Early Career Development CAREER program 9 That same year she was selected as one of Technology Review s 100 remarkable innovators under the age of 35 10 Her work at this time was described as the most notable MOO research in education 10 On July 22 1999 Bruckman and graduate student Joshua Berman released The Turing Game a multiplayer online game inspired by the Turing test that challenged players to explore issues of online identity 11 The game received national attention 12 and was played by over 11 000 people from 81 countries and all seven continents 13 In 2003 Bruckman received tenure and was promoted to the position of associate professor In 2012 she was made a full professor She was the interim chair of the School of Interactive Computing from July 2017 until December 14 Bruckman currently directs the ELC Lab the UROC program and the Web Science initiative at Georgia Tech She has published dozens of scholarly articles in peer reviewed journals and has given invited presentations at high profile academic conferences such as ICLS and CHI Bruckman s most recent work often done in conjunction with graduate students she advises has dealt with topics in information ethics game studies 15 social media use 16 computer supported collaboration and wikis 17 and women in computing Her book Should You Believe Wikipedia was published in 2022 18 Professional community leadership EditBruckman has taken on many leadership roles in service to her professional community notably for the ACM Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing CSCW conference She was the General Co chair for the 2013 conference 19 and subsequently served as Chair of the CSCW Steering Committee 20 Recognition EditIn 2002 the American Educational Research Association presented Bruckman with the Jan Hawkins Award for Early Career Contributions to Humanistic Research and Scholarship in Learning Technologies 21 She was elected to the CHI Academy in 2018 22 She was also elected as an ACM Fellow in 2018 for contributions to collaborative computing and foundational work in Internet research ethics 23 See also EditConstructionism learning theory References Edit The 1999 TR100 MIT Technology Review Retrieved May 29 2014 EDUCAUSE Publications Educom Review March April 1999 educause edu Archived from the original on March 2 2012 Retrieved April 6 2018 Bruckman Amy 1991 The Electronic Scrapbook Towards an Intelligent Home Video Editing System Master s Thesis MIT Media Lab Bruckman Amy and Mitchel Resnick 1995 The MediaMOO Project Constructionism and Professional Community Convergence 1 1 pp 94 109 Bruckman Amy and Carlos Jensen 2002 The Mystery of the Death of MediaMOO Seven Years of Evolution of an Online Community In Building Virtual Communities Edited by Ann Renninger and Wesley Shumar Pp 21 33 Cambridge University Press Bruckman Amy 1997 MOOSE Crossing Construction Community and Learning in a Networked Virtual World for Kids PhD dissertation MIT Media Lab Epstein Hannah April 17 2020 Remembering MOOSE Crossing A Different Kind Of Animal NPR org Retrieved 2021 05 07 Program Involves Undergraduate Students in Research Projects BuzzWords Georgia Tech Alumni Association 2001 04 02 Archived from the original on 2007 10 13 Retrieved 2007 10 11 Faculty Awards College of Computing Georgia Institute of Technology College of Computing Archived from the original on 2007 12 25 Retrieved 2007 10 10 a b 1999 Young Innovator Amy Bruckman Technology Review MIT November 1999 Retrieved 2007 10 10 YOUR ONLINE IDENTITY RESEARCHERS STUDY HUMAN INTERACTION ONLINE THROUGH GAME PLAYED IN VIRTUAL COMMUNITY Press release GT Research News 1999 09 09 Retrieved 2007 10 11 Boese Christine 2004 10 13 Can you prove you re not a machine CNN com Archived from the original on 13 October 2007 Retrieved 2007 10 11 Berman Joshua Amy Bruckman 2001 The Turing Game Exploring Identity in an Online Environment PDF Convergence 7 3 83 102 doi 10 1177 135485650100700307 S2CID 143127434 Retrieved 2007 10 12 11 158 people used it over a one year period Players from 81 countries on all seven continents used the game to learn about issues of identity and diversity online through direct experience College of Computing Selects Ayanna Howard to Lead School of Interactive Computing www news gatech edu Retrieved 2021 05 09 Can Video Game Testing Spark Interest in Computing Among Black Youth Press release Georgia Institute of Technology 2009 09 09 Retrieved 2009 09 15 Shamma Tasnim 2016 03 23 Ga Tech Project Provides Cubans Faster Access To Internet news wabe org Retrieved 2016 04 16 Forte A amp Bruckman A 2005 Why do people write for wikipedia Incentives to contribute to open content publishing Unpublished manuscript Georgia Institute of Technology College of Computing University of Georgia Athens GA Retrieved from http jellis org work group2005 papers forteBruckmanIncentivesGroup pdf S C Stuart 2021 06 03 Wikipedia The Most Reliable Source on the Internet PCMag UK Retrieved 9 June 2021 Committee CSCW 2013 Retrieved 2022 05 10 CSCW Steering Committee CSCW Retrieved 2022 05 10 Georgia Tech University Professor Bruckman Wins 2002 Jan Hawkins Award Press release Center for Children amp Technology 2002 04 26 Retrieved 2007 10 10 Award Recipients ACM SIGCHI retrieved 2018 10 18 2018 ACM Fellows Honored for Pivotal Achievements that Underpin the Digital Age Association for Computing Machinery December 5 2018External links EditAmy Bruckman s Home Page at Georgia Tech ELC Lab Home Page Amy S Bruckman publications indexed by Google Scholar Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Amy S Bruckman amp oldid 1094710788, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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