User:Arided/Learner Profile

=Introduction=

I'm interested in what goes on at the nexus of "learning" and "peer production". In other words, in the interface between participatory social media and interactive, adaptive, "knowledge media". I'm currently looking at the relationship between problem solving and knowledge. My optimistic hope is that my work can be evaluated favorably for depth of insight and originality -- as part of a rich collaborative landscape.

=General background and interests=


 * mathematics (BA, 2002)
 * anthropology of mathematics
 * the economics of common resources
 * practices of peer production
 * artificial intelligence
 * computer-mediated or computer-assisted learning
 * philosophy of knowledge

=Current affiliations and activities=


 * 2010-ongoing: Ph. D. Student @ The Knowledge Media Institute, UK. (Expected completion date: Dec. 2012.) See my research outline.  Thesis title: Peer supported problem solving and mathematical knowledge.
 * 2006-ongoing: Board member at PlanetMath.org
 * 2010-ongoing: Contributor to the Planetary project, which is an effort to rebuild PlanetMath's software using contemporary web technologies
 * 2011-ongoing: working on paragogy.net, a site about peer learning, in collaboration with User:Charles Jeffrey Danoff.

=Zoomed-out future timeline=


 * Ph. D. thesis (2012)
 * "The Penmaster's Apprentice" novel (2013)
 * unknown future

=Zoomed-in next steps=


 * Work on my writing projects (listed above)
 * Work on my programming projects, involving others where this seems reasonable/possible/feasible. The projects are:
 * Planetary
 * Etherpad
 * Concept Forest
 * Arxana

=The nature of my commitments=

Right now I have to get a new "probation report" done by Dec. 15th. Current draft is at http://metameso.org/~joe/docs/probation-report-new.pdf