Episode 042 - Ben Shapiro

In this episode we feature an interview with Ben Rydal Shapiro, a postdoc at the School for Interactive Computing at Georgia Tech. Ben was trained as an architect, and he brought that perspective to his PhD research in Vanderbilt’s Space, Learning, and Mobility Lab, aka the SLaMLab, where he combined it with the learning sciences and data visualization to do some really amazing projects visualizing how learning and engagement happens in relation to the physical environment. For instance, if you visit his website, benrydal.com, you’ll see some visualizations of families moving through exhibits at Nashville’s County Music Hall of Fame, showing how the family members interact with the exhibits and each other across time and space. It’s a fascinating window into place-based learning. Links • Ben Rydal Shapiro’s website, https://www.benrydal.com/ • @Ben_Rydal, https://twitter.com/Ben_Rydal • Vanderbilt’s Space, Learning, & Mobility Lab (SLaMLab), https://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/departments/tl/teaching_and_learning_research/space_learning_mobility/about-home.php • Processing.org, https://processing.org/ • Learning on the Move, https://www.lom-meshworking.org/ • Leading Lines Ep. 14: Katy Börner, http://leadinglinespod.com/episodes/episode-014-katy-borner/