Students enrolled in the TIE program study technologies such as the Internet, CD-ROM, television and others
Dede's research focuses on "new devices, tools, media and infrastructures...hand-held computers, computer simulations, virtual reality, the Web...to understand their strengths and limits for learning," Dede wrote in an e-mail message.
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One of a handful of professors in the TIE program, Dede assumes the post previously held by MacArthur "genius grant" winner Jan Hawkins, who died in February of breast cancer.
"I'm delighted that he [Dede] is joining the department," Wiske said, "and I'm looking forward to his leadership and the fresh perspective that he'll give to our work."