The learning sciences (LS) is positioned as an interdisciplinary approach to the study of how children and adults learn. Generally working outside of a laboratory setting, learning scientists attempt to conduct research in authentic settings to test iteratively designs for new learning environments that results in theoretical insights as well as instructional improvements. The focus of LS research has progressed beyond a sole emphasis on individual cognition to include social and cultural considerations as well as the role of the environments in which learning takes place. LS is marked by collaborations among instructional technologists, educational psychologists, content area educators, anthropologists, computer scientists, linguists, philosophers, and many more. LS is, then, an interdisciplinary approach to the study and facilitation of learning in authentic settings.