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Topic for Today
What is a topic?
David C White
Topic for Today
What is a topic?
David C White
“That which can be written is not knowledge”
“There is no treasure like knowledge”
– Ali
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Whakapapa - a Body of Knowledge
- Oral/Carved
Family Tree
“The Net” of Relationships
- Repository
- Replication
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David Merrill – Knowledge Objects
The greatest impact on learning results from the representation and organisation of the knowledge (subject matter) to be learned
Biggest problem in education is the lack of precision of how we analyse and structure the subject matter (knowledge)
The greatest impact on learning results from the representation and organisation of the knowledge (subject matter) to be learned
Biggest problem in education is the lack of precision of how we analyse and structure the subject matter (knowledge)
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The Teaching Cycle
Define Topics to be taught from a Body of Knowledge (BOK) Associate Resources with topics
Plan the Teaching Activities Associate Topics with Activities
Plan Assessments
Execute the Teaching Plan Assess Learning
Define Topics to be taught from a Body of Knowledge (BOK) Associate Resources with topics
Plan the Teaching Activities Associate Topics with Activities
Plan Assessments
Execute the Teaching Plan Assess Learning
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Cecil – Body of Knowledge
B ody o fK now ledge
Q uestion
C ourse/P aper
A ssessm ent
TestS pecifica tion
P erson
R esourceB ooking
R eference
TestInstance
A nyth ing
C alendarS ession/S tream
A nswer
MediaResources
/Topics
Topic
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Information and Knowledge
However much you study you cannot know without action.A donkey laden with books is neither an intellectual nor a wise man.Empty of essence, what learning has he –Whether upon him is firewood or book?
Saadi of Shiraz (13th Century)
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Categorization of Things (Media Resources)
Explicit Categorization Placing files into a folder/directory Key wording Meta-tagging Topic Maps generally most practical for images
Implicit Categorization Search Only works if there is an appropriate reference in the
work Not generally practical for images
Explicit Categorization Placing files into a folder/directory Key wording Meta-tagging Topic Maps generally most practical for images
Implicit Categorization Search Only works if there is an appropriate reference in the
work Not generally practical for images
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Explicit Categorization of an Image
Pocket PC
Compaq
Notebook
Pen
Water Bottle
Picture taken 3/1/03
Picture taken at Kiluea, Hawaii
Media
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Topic Maps
“GPS of the Information Universe”
Network Each topic may be related
to many other topics
Trees Primitive forms of a Topic
Map Un-conscious but explicit
creation of taxonomies Folders on Disk Drives Email folders
“GPS of the Information Universe”
Network Each topic may be related
to many other topics
Trees Primitive forms of a Topic
Map Un-conscious but explicit
creation of taxonomies Folders on Disk Drives Email folders
Categorization
Implicit
Keyword
Explicit
Search
Meta-tag
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Topic Maps
Search Topic Maps can be used to give context to
Search Search terms are part of a persons topic map
Can have many topic maps for a set of media resources
Topic Maps allow creation of sets of views Multiple viewpoints aid understanding
Search Topic Maps can be used to give context to
Search Search terms are part of a persons topic map
Can have many topic maps for a set of media resources
Topic Maps allow creation of sets of views Multiple viewpoints aid understanding
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Cecil(Global)
BoK
Laptop(Personal)
BoK
Networked(Personal)
BoK
BoK AdminApproval
Personal Links
Individuals have complete control over their BoKs and may link to the global Bok. Only the BoK administrator can move a personal BoK element into the global BoK. CRUD tools are provided by Cecil
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Courses
LearningUnitsLearning
UnitsLearning
Units
LearningUnits
Goals
Objectives
BoKElements
Any Body of Knowledge
Build a Curriculum on the fly!
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David Merrill
Information is not instruction!Instructional Scientist is
One who uses intuition to produce principles which are empirically tested by instructional research (results) and subsequently modified as necessary
Both principles and results feed intuition creating a triad which forms the core of the instructional scientist’s activities, with principles as the output
Information is not instruction!Instructional Scientist is
One who uses intuition to produce principles which are empirically tested by instructional research (results) and subsequently modified as necessary
Both principles and results feed intuition creating a triad which forms the core of the instructional scientist’s activities, with principles as the output
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Building the Body of Knowledge
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Properties of a
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Questions
References
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