CEP901B Technology and Education Prosem

April 15, 2003Matthew J. Koehler

Punya Mishra

Agenda

Visit by Rand J. SpiroBreakFun fun fun…

Dr. Cognitive FlexibilityRand J. SpiroKnowledge acquisition in complex domains,

hypermedia learning environments, multimedia case-based methods in professional education, biomedical cognition, and constructive processes in text comprehension and recall.

The BIG question: How should learning proceed so that tendencies toward conceptual oversimplification are counteracted and a wide range of future applications of knowledge are supported?

A central part of the research program involves the development and testing of theory-based hypermedia learning environments designed to promote cognitive flexibility.

Break…

Things you need to get done

Make sure all your web pages are updated will all the work required For final grading

7 Bibliography entries, research proposal, UCRIHS application, book review…

Should have signed up for prelims More practice? If you want our feedback get it to

us before the course is over Or if you want to do it later, talk with your advisor

Meet with your advisors about next semester courses, practicum, guidance committee etc.

Poster session…

Poster session

For the final presentation… Have your posters prepared Have someone else review it

Poster session: Meet here at 2:30 to set up The official poster session is from 3:00 -

4:00 (LTC faculty and students will visit) We shall meet after the poster session (till

approximately 4:30 for SIRS etc.)

Food

We will get the snacks for the presentations

Optional: We all go out for dinner /drinks after the poster fair Everybody pays for themselves Where? Someplace noisy!

AERA

Make it a point to go through the AERA program and select which sessions you want to visit

If you know names of people you would like to talk to try and email them before hand to meet with them

Coming to a close…

So what have you learned?

Take 10 minutes to think and write up

Two big ideas about educational technology that you have learned this semester

Two big ideas about educational research you have learned this semester

These could be through prosem or outside of it…

Next week

Come in with some feedback / thoughts about prosem … To help us redesign the course for the

future

And finally…