As a designer turned researcher, I am always tempted to create original art, games, toys or children’s books as tools that facilitate learning and support research. While I haven’t created anything ‘revolutionary’ or ‘disruptive’ – I wondered about who owns the Intellectual Property of anything we create, and if it’s negotiable or transferable. The obvious […]
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“Students like this technology, and it works!” — What students are we talking about? What courses are they in?
In the U.S., an undergraduate or an “undergrad” is a student who pursues a bachelor’s degree (usually 4 years, Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science) at a college or university or a 2-year associate’s degree program at a college, community college or vocational/technical school. A graduate or a “grad student” is a student, after […]
AR is revolutionizing education!
Photo credit: https://appreal-vr.com/blog/augmented-reality-in-education/ Photo credit: https://www.indestry.com/blog/2016/4/26/augmented-reality-revolutionising-education Really? Augmented Reality (AR) sounds like a newly emerging technology, but it has been around longer than most people realize. Way before personal computer came into being, in 1901, an author Frank Baum first mentioned this idea of an electronic display that overlays data onto real life. Then, in 1974, […]
Exploring AI under the eyes of a non-specialist
Meaning of deep learning is broad not because of complicatedness of human cognitive processes but because of the area dealing with deep learning. In various industries, the term ‘deep learning’ is defined as a broader idea of machine learning method, and this machine learning is based on human cognitive processes or neural network in another […]
Research Topics and Conversations – 2019
As we enter the new year it is a good time to explore topics that are new or continue to be important to distance education and adult learners. Many are topics that have been discussed for a number of years, but remain as relevant and important today as in the past. The following is a […]
How Complex It Could Be When Constructing and Conducting a Survey
Survey is frequently used in both daily life and social/psychological research to collect information from a sample of individuals through their responses to questions. The primary purpose of survey is to obtain information describing characteristics of a large sample of individuals of interest relatively quickly (Ponto, 2015). It can range from asking consumers their feedback […]
Learn not for learning, then for what?
Since last year I discussed in my first blog post about the incidental learning, I have been interested in learning outside the classroom-based learning, which is normally called informal learning. What really is informal learning defined? I asked constantly. Gradually, I figure out a way to make sense informal, nonformal, and formal learning. That is […]
Research Review – S Ainsworth (2006)
DeFT: A conceptual framework for considering learning with multiple representations S Ainsworth – Learning and instruction, 2006 – Elsevier DeFT? The effectiveness of multiple representations can best be understood by considering three fundamental aspects of learning: the design parameters that are unique to learning with multiple representations; the functions that multiple representations serve in […]
PhD BS Detection Kit
The world of Research is full of PhDs making claims, some claims are backed by credibility, some are overhyped and sensationalized. As a new researcher, I sometimes find it very hard to tell apart a good study from a bad one. Two of my recent favorite videos that shed light on this issue […]
Reclaiming the Human in HCI : a user-first design approach
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 […]