Week 4 - Sept 25

Technology and Assumptions about Learning and Teaching

Learning

• Knowledge Transmission
• Knowledge Construction
• Distributed Cognition

Teaching

• Instructional Design
• Designing Environments

Text:

Jossey-Bass Reader on Technology and Learning (2000):

• Chapter 16: Computers and Computer Cultures.
• Chapter 22: Engaging Students in a Knowledge Society

Reiser & Dempsey (2002), Trends and Issues in Instructional Design and Technology:

• Section 2, Chapters 4-8, pp. 57-120.

Other Articles:

• D. H. Jonassen and L. Rohrer-Murphy. (1999). “Activity Theory as a Framework for Designing Constructivist Learning Environments,” Educational Technology Research and Development, Vol. 47, No. 1, pp. 61-80.
• Tom Scott, Michael Cole, and Martin Engel. (1992). "Computers and Education: A Cultural Constructivist Perspective," Review of Research in Education

Internet resources:

• Brown, J. S., Collins, A., & Duguid, P. Situated Cognition and the Culture of Learning
• Bransford, J. & the CTGV. Anchored Instruction
• Jonassen, D, Design of Constructivist Learning Environments(CLEs)
• The Adventures of Jasper Woodbury
• Situated Learning & Situated Cognition
• Minimalism (J. Carroll)
• Ryder, M., & Wilson, B. From Local to Virtual Learning Environments: Making the Connection
• Wilson, Brent G., The Postmodern Paradigm
• Schank, R. C., Welcome to Engines of Education
• NCREL. Plugging-In: Choosing and Using Educational Technology
• R. M. Felder and R. Brent, Navigating the Bumpy Road to Student-Centered Instruction
• Kearsley, G. Explorations in Learning & Instruction: The Theory Into Practice Database
• Learner-Centered Psychological Principles: A Framework for School Redesign and Reform - APA
• Bransford, J.D., Brown, A.L, Cocking, R.R., How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School, online edition
• Research, K. M. Osberg, Constructivism in Practice: The Case for Meaning-Making in the Virtual World