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 […]
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# 2 Adult Education: an education for Global Citizenship?
What I understand of Adult Education’s current goals? “The Adult Education classes guided me through the various concepts. I was left feeling feel lost as to what the profession is “collaboratively” working towards, as there are so many directions and purposes: A purpose to empower the disenfranchised, and teach them how to leverage the systems […]
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 […]
Layered Digital Tangibility Theory
A good way to design an engaging, playful product (especially in context of Toys and Games) is to design it in layers of Tangible and Digital experiences. Products which hold some value at every layer independently will provide longer use and higher engagement than those which constantly remain incomplete on their own and require bells […]
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 […]
Transactional Distance Revisited
It is interesting how certain misperceptions around educational theories and constructs often persist and propagate in education. This was highlighted again this week when I was reading an article by a group of educational psychology researchers (Dispelling the Myth: Training in Education or Neuroscience Decreases but Does Not Eliminate Beliefs in Neuromyths). In this article […]
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 […]
What unconventional method(s) would effectively help people learn?
— an incomplete summary of my AERA experience The 2017 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association has just concluded. Taking with me the purpose of seeking inspirations for my future research as well as of seeing what researches are being done in related fields, I found quite a lot interesting studies. It […]
Summary of First Posts
Before the GA Fellows start their next round of Blog posts I thought I would briefly summarize and tie their work together in this post. Beyond the tool of the day that seems to draw the attention of the popular press there are a host of interesting topics to explore in relation to how we […]