Biography
Valery Vigil is a first-year doctoral student in the School of Education specializing in Teaching, Learning, and Educational Improvement (TLEI). She received her B.S. in Psychological and Brain Sciences with minors in Applied Psychology and Educational Studies from the University of California Santa Barbara. As an undergraduate, Valery explored multimedia learning and engagement of STEM topics in online learning environments under the mentorship of Dr. Richard Mayer and Dr. Andrew Stull.
At UC Irvine, Valery is currently working on the Converse to Learn project under her advisor, Professor Mark Warschauer. Through this work, Valery hopes to explore how young children can best learn through social interactions with conversational agents while watching STEM topic television shows. She is particularly interested in how parent-child interactions during co-viewings of these educational programs can impact child learning outcomes and engagement.
July 2020
Valery Vigil is a first-year doctoral student in the School of Education specializing in Teaching, Learning, and Educational Improvement (TLEI). She received her B.S. in Psychological and Brain Sciences with minors in Applied Psychology and Educational Studies from the University of California Santa Barbara. As an undergraduate, Valery explored multimedia learning and engagement of STEM topics in online learning environments under the mentorship of Dr. Richard Mayer and Dr. Andrew Stull.
At UC Irvine, Valery is currently working on the Converse to Learn project under her advisor, Professor Mark Warschauer. Through this work, Valery hopes to explore how young children can best learn through social interactions with conversational agents while watching STEM topic television shows. She is particularly interested in how parent-child interactions during co-viewings of these educational programs can impact child learning outcomes and engagement.
July 2020
