Heather Zimmerman
Assistant Professor in the College of Education
Huck Affiliations
Most Recent Publications
Developing a mobile app that supports family engagement outdoors through informal learning: The case of Autumn Leifson.
Charles Keith, Faimon Faimon, Stephanie Bowles, S Land, Heather Zimmerman, 2024, on p. 55-68
Using QR-triggered mobile learning experiences to support collaborative sense-making and observation
Charles Keith, Heather Zimmerman, S Land, Lucy McClain, 2024, Proceedings of the 18th International Conference of the Learning Sciences-ICLS 2024 on p. 482-489
Using QR-Triggered Mobile Learning Experiences to Support Collaborative Sense-Making and Observation
Charles A. Keith, Heather Toomey Zimmerman, Susan M. Land, Lucy R. McClain, 2024, on p. 482-489
Seeing Pollinators and Flowers: An Exploration of Families' Experiences Learning about Pollinators at and Outside of the Home
Lillyanna Faimon, Heather Toomey Zimmerman, Susan M. Land, 2024, on p. 554-561
An exploration of families’ experiences learning about pollinators at and outside of the home
Lillyanna Faimon, Heather Zimmerman, S Land, 2024, Proceedings of the 18th International Conference of the Learning Sciences - ICLS 2024 on p. 554-561
Exploring families’ science talk using a mobile augmented reality app: An epistemic network analysis method
Leqi Li, S Land, Heather Zimmerman, Yanping Xu, 2024, Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning-CSCL 2024 on p. 281-284
Visualizing observation: The role of AR app-supported science learning in fostering families’ scientific observation
Yanping Xu, Heather Zimmerman, S Land, Lucy McClain, 2024, Proceedings of the 18th International Conference of the Learning Sciences-ICLS 2024 on p. 1247-1250
The Intertwining of Children’s Interests and Micro-Practices at a Science Museum: Case Study of Three Children
Yong Ju Jung, Heather Toomey Zimmerman, 2024, Cognition and Instruction on p. 455-481
Mobile augmented reality supporting families’ immersive collaborative learning: Learning-on-the-move for place-based geoscience sense-making
Heather Toomey Zimmerman, Susan M. Land, Lillyanna Faimon, Yu Chen Chiu, 2023, International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning on p. 291-322
Serendipitous collective creativity at family making programs in public libraries
Soo Hyeon Kim, Heather Toomey Zimmerman, 2023, Thinking Skills and Creativity
Most-Cited Papers
Socio-technical dimensions of an outdoor mobile learning environment: a three-phase design-based research investigation
Susan M. Land, Heather Toomey Zimmerman, 2015, AV communication review on p. 229-255
Learning in and about rural places: Connections and tensions between students’ everyday experiences and environmental quality issues in their community
Heather Toomey Zimmerman, Jennifer L. Weible, 2017, Cultural Studies of Science Education on p. 7-31
A Methodological Case Study with Mobile Eye-Tracking of Child Interaction in a Science Museum
Yong Ju Jung, Heather Toomey Zimmerman, Koraly Pérez-Edgar, 2018, TechTrends on p. 509-517
Tree Investigators: Supporting families' scientific talk in an arboretum with mobile computers
Heather Toomey Zimmerman, Susan M. Land, Lucy R. McClain, Michael R. Mohney, Gi Woong Choi, Fariha H. Salman, 2015, International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement on p. 44-67
Using augmented reality to support children’s situational interest and science learning during context-sensitive informal mobile learning
Heather Toomey Zimmerman, Susan Land, Yong Jung, 2016, Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing on p. 101-119
Technology-mediated engagement with nature: sensory and social engagement with the outdoors supported through an e-Trailguide
Lucy R. McClain, Heather Toomey Zimmerman, 2016, International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement on p. 385-399
Supporting children’s outdoor science learning with mobile computers: integrating learning on-the-move strategies with context-sensitive computing
Heather Toomey Zimmerman, Susan M. Land, Chrystal Maggiore, Chris Millet, 2019, Journal of Educational Television on p. 457-472
Science curiosity in learning environments: developing an attitudinal scale for research in schools, homes, museums, and the community
Jennifer L. Weible, Heather Toomey Zimmerman, 2016, International Journal of Science Education on p. 1235-1255
Family learning outdoors: Guided participation on a nature walk
Heather Zimmerman, Lucy R. McClain, 2016, Journal of Research in Science Teaching on p. 919-942
Using augmented reality to support observations about trees during summer camp
Heather Toomey Zimmerman, Susan M. Land, Michael R. Mohney, Gi Woong Choi, Chrystal Maggiore, Soo Hyeon Kim, Yong Ju Jung, Jaclyn Dudek, 2015, on p. 395-398