So, when you hear the term pedagogy what comes to mind? Is it a teacher lecturing, is it the use of an overhead projector or PowerPoint, or is it something relegated to the online world? Further, is it even a term that still has relevance today? Pedagogy by definition is a very instructor centered term […]
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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. […]
Technology: A Panacea or Placebo for Education?
Xinyun posed a really good question last week: “Moreover, even though the trends mentioned above were all used extensively in teaching and learning, would they be able to convert into good learning outcomes?” I think we can start to answer it with a further examination of some concrete forms of technology such as tablets. It […]
6 Promising Tech Trends 14 Years Ago
From a recent chat with friends, I found an NPO called New Media Consortium (NMC) that did an annual report to summarize the trends, challenges and technologies that are likely to have impact on teaching, learning, and creative inquiry in the following few years. I was so curious about whether their predictions were reliable that […]
Educational Games – A humorous take on why Game Designers and Game Researchers should meet more often!
Disclaimer – Written informally based on personal experiences as a conference attendee, viewed through a comic lens, with hopefully some useful insights for both Game Designers and Game Researchers! Educational Games | A humorous take on why Game Designers and Game Researchers should meet more often! Ever noticed how Educational Games made in the industry vs […]
Hurricane Irma and how affected my online experience
I am a remote phd student, who lives in Florida. On September 10th hurricane Irma hit the state of Florida. Many don’t know how this affected our lives, other than what was seen on the news. Well… here is my story, but through the perspective of an online student who is studying distance education and […]
Something about machine learning and artificial intelligence
Since the term “Machine learning” was developed in 1959 at IBM, it has become a hotter and hotter topic. Especially recent years, tech companies can actually utilize machine learning technique to bring innovations to their products. Just a few days ago, Google showed the world their ability and virtuosity on machine learning (the audience who […]
Individual Learning within Groups in an Online Course: Who Cares?
It is the continuous discussions within the GA groups around social media, personalized learning, and collaborative learning that leads to this blogpost. In particular, this post attempts at inquiring questions including: What is group learning? How do individuals learn in a group? What is the role of technology during this learning experience? Group learning: […]
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 […]
Social media is needed for learning, really?
When you are asked “what are social media?”, what would you think of? Facebook, Twitter, and Snapchat? How would you use these social media in learning? Synchronous discussion, find outside resources, or keeping connected with classmates? These are the questions we normally get stuck because we could have misunderstood them from the beginning. Social media […]