Author: Donny K. Tusler Title attributed to Sonia Tiwari What is Human Centered Interaction? “Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) is a multidisciplinary field of study focusing on the design of computer technology and, in particular, the interaction between humans (the users) and computers. While initially concerned with computers, HCI has since expanded to cover almost all forms […]
Category: Analogical Thinking
# 3 Adult Education: an education for Global Citizenship?
Global Society… Why is this all important? Well, we are shifting to a global world view. Technology has increased our “Connectivity” to a point of simultaneous existence, quantum computing. The concept of the United States being a “Melting pot” is now one of a “Melting World”. This “Melting World Pot”, requires the domain of Adult […]
Criticism, a learner’s greatest tool… and why distance education makes this achievable
I recently read Brookfield’s, “A Political Analysis of Discussion Groups: Can the Circle Be Unbroken?”. Brookfield has worked diligently on the topic of critical analysis as a tool for learning. (Brookfield, 2000, 1001)I found this an interesting take on how people feel about themselves through the examples he provided as vignettes. Brookfield’s vignettes provide this pattern […]
Idea for designing online PhD activities
As Ph.D. students of the Learning, Design, and Technology program, our blog posts here in the GA Fellows site often discuss learning theory, technologies, and even our personal experiences. But with this post, I wanted to outline a design idea for online Ph.D. courses. This is one of those eventualities the marketplace is pushing for. […]
Would analogical thinking help with cognitive load and transference?
In the past year I have read several articles on cognitive load. One gave me a lot to think about, “Nine Ways to Reduce Cognitive Load in Multimedia Learning”. Mayer and Moreno define “multimedia learning as learning from words and pictures, [d]efine multimedia instruction as presenting words and pictures that intended to foster learning.” This […]