EDER 679.12 Computer Based Learning II

Jacobsen, D. M.

EDER 679.12EDER 679.12Computer Based Learning IIComputer Based Learning II

Jacobsen, D. M.

Members of our group…

• Introduce yourself– Green sheet

• Tell us your favorite color

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Essential Question

• How do we structure learning environments with the cognitive and technological tools needed for learners to construct and share their own knowledge?

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Objectives

• to build an understanding of user-centered DESIGN with an extension to the PRODUCTION phase of educational software development

– Usability and user experience

• to work in groups of 2-3 to design and produce a computer-based application that will solve a learning problem

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• Weekly f2f seminar & hands-on lab• Academic writing & critique

– Weekly literature review & response

– Team presentations

• Web-based portfolio (40%)Web-based portfolio (40%)– Publish coursework on the web (wiki)

• Design Project (60%)Design Project (60%)– Team presentations and peer review

– Comprehensive paper

Inquiry Based Learning

Environment

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Cognitive Tools

• Seminar discussion & debate of ideas

• Reflection / Response to Reading– Course texts

– Research articles, both print and online

• Expert guest speakers

• Videos and web sites

• Web-based portfolios

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Course Texts

• Norman, D. (2004). Emotional Design: Why we love (or hate) everyday things. New York , NY : Basic Books.

• A membership in Intelligence Online - www.iomembership.com

• Online book - Research-Based Web Design & Usability Guidelines. URL - http://www.usability.gov/pdfs/guidelines.html

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Technological Tools• E-mail, word pro• Concept mapping• PowerPoint• Web design, Dreamweaver,

etc.

• Wiki, various• Web research • Intelligence Online -

custom• And so on…

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Design A Learning Application: Constructing Knowledge

DESIGN PRODUCTION EVALUATION

Sustained inquiry into the essential questions to do with each stage of the user centered

design and development process

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What is the problem? The product? - content - goals - audience

- organization

Stages in the Design Process

InformationDesign

Flowchart

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Information Design:Sharing Knowledge

• Web-based example of student work

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What is the Learning Theory & Model? Strategy?

Stages in the Design Process

InformationDesign

InstructionalDesign

Flowchart Learn Specs.

What is the problem? The product? - content - goals - audience

- organization

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What is the Learning Theory & Strategy?

How should It work? - navigation - interaction - controls

Stages in the Design Process

InformationDesign

InstructionalDesign

InteractionDesign

Flowchart StoryboardLearn Specs.

What is the problem? The product? - content - goals - audience

- organization

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Sharing Knowledge

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What is the Learning Theory & Strategy?

How should It work? - navigation - interaction - use case - controls

How should It look? - style - layout - elements

Stages in the Design Process

InformationDesign

InstructionalDesign

InteractionDesign

PresentationDesign

Flowchart Storyboard PrototypeLearn Specs.

Learner tasks

What is the problem? The product? - content - goals - audience

- organization

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Student Work

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TPGP - CBE

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Telecollaborative Learning

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Successful Processes & Project Ideas

• Hints on Process– Have fun– Talk– Research on web– Design something

enjoyable– Think “big enough”– Team with people who

know stuff– Keep a design log

• Priming the pump!– Kids in school– Kids & Seniors– Adults & kids– Fragile pops– Paupers & Kinds– Playful learning

Brainstorm Ideas…

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Weekly Schedule

• Snacks• Seminar• Break & Snacks• Seminar• Lab

• “Emotion makes you smart. Without emotions, your decision-making ability would be impaired. (10)

• “… we now have evidence that aesthetically pleasing objects enable you to work better. (10)

• “…being happy broadens the thought processes and facilitates creative thinking” (19)

Norman (2004)

Therefore,…

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Team Activity

• 25 Sites We Can't Live Without– Groups of 4– Browse sites– Pick one – Design a brief learning

activity for the class