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: Collaboration
# 1 Adult Education: an education for Global Citizenship?
Disclaimer: I do not claim to recognize all the possibilities, and apologize to those not mentioned or understood here. The goal is to open and expand the dialogue. I speak to my own understanding to the domain of Adult Education and the grand purpose. Introduction Are we missing topics in Adult Education? This is the […]
# 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 […]
A Review of Reviews on Collaboration within Different Fields of Study
No matter how people call it, cooperation, collaboration, team work, or group work, etc., we have been witnessing growing research and practices related to group activities. Just for consistency, this post will use the word collaboration to represent the aforementioned terminologies at a broad level, where a group of students learn together inside or/and outside […]
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. […]
How to Realize Individual Learning in Small Groups?
Disclaimer: I do not have an answer to it. Like the questions listed in my last post named “Individual Learning within Groups in an Online Course: Who Cares?”, we are still in the process of finding answers to achieve group learning without sacrificing individual learning opportunities. A large number of research teams and projects are […]
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: […]
Organizing a collaborative online space
Writing and developing a research project is daunting and difficult to do by oneself. But within a group and with one member remote we have had to be very organized. First, we found a collaborative work space that allowed us to maintain permissions for security and privacy, but still allowed us to save, share, and […]