Topic for Today

What is a topic?

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Topic for Today

What is a topic?

David C White

“That which can be written is not knowledge”

“There is no treasure like knowledge”

– Ali

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Whakapapa - a Body of Knowledge

- Oral/Carved

Family Tree

“The Net” of Relationships

- Repository

- Replication

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David Merrill – Knowledge Objects

The greatest impact on learning results from the representation and organisation of the knowledge (subject matter) to be learned

Biggest problem in education is the lack of precision of how we analyse and structure the subject matter (knowledge)

The greatest impact on learning results from the representation and organisation of the knowledge (subject matter) to be learned

Biggest problem in education is the lack of precision of how we analyse and structure the subject matter (knowledge)

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The Teaching Cycle

Define Topics to be taught from a Body of Knowledge (BOK) Associate Resources with topics

Plan the Teaching Activities Associate Topics with Activities

Plan Assessments

Execute the Teaching Plan Assess Learning

Define Topics to be taught from a Body of Knowledge (BOK) Associate Resources with topics

Plan the Teaching Activities Associate Topics with Activities

Plan Assessments

Execute the Teaching Plan Assess Learning

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Cecil – Body of Knowledge

B ody o fK now ledge

Q uestion

C ourse/P aper

A ssessm ent

TestS pecifica tion

P erson

R esourceB ooking

R eference

TestInstance

A nyth ing

C alendarS ession/S tream

A nswer

MediaResources

/Topics

Topic

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Information and Knowledge 

However much you study you cannot know without action.A donkey laden with books is neither an intellectual nor a wise man.Empty of essence, what learning has he –Whether upon him is firewood or book?

Saadi of Shiraz (13th Century)

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Categorization of Things (Media Resources)

Explicit Categorization Placing files into a folder/directory Key wording Meta-tagging Topic Maps generally most practical for images

Implicit Categorization Search Only works if there is an appropriate reference in the

work Not generally practical for images

Explicit Categorization Placing files into a folder/directory Key wording Meta-tagging Topic Maps generally most practical for images

Implicit Categorization Search Only works if there is an appropriate reference in the

work Not generally practical for images

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Explicit Categorization of an Image

Pocket PC

Compaq

Notebook

Pen

Water Bottle

Picture taken 3/1/03

Picture taken at Kiluea, Hawaii

Media

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Topic Maps

“GPS of the Information Universe”

Network Each topic may be related

to many other topics

Trees Primitive forms of a Topic

Map Un-conscious but explicit

creation of taxonomies Folders on Disk Drives Email folders

“GPS of the Information Universe”

Network Each topic may be related

to many other topics

Trees Primitive forms of a Topic

Map Un-conscious but explicit

creation of taxonomies Folders on Disk Drives Email folders

Categorization

Implicit

Keyword

Explicit

Search

Meta-tag

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Topic Maps

Search Topic Maps can be used to give context to

Search Search terms are part of a persons topic map

Can have many topic maps for a set of media resources

Topic Maps allow creation of sets of views Multiple viewpoints aid understanding

Search Topic Maps can be used to give context to

Search Search terms are part of a persons topic map

Can have many topic maps for a set of media resources

Topic Maps allow creation of sets of views Multiple viewpoints aid understanding

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Cecil(Global)

BoK

Laptop(Personal)

BoK

Networked(Personal)

BoK

BoK AdminApproval

Personal Links

Individuals have complete control over their BoKs and may link to the global Bok. Only the BoK administrator can move a personal BoK element into the global BoK. CRUD tools are provided by Cecil

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Courses

LearningUnitsLearning

UnitsLearning

Units

LearningUnits

Goals

Objectives

BoKElements

Any Body of Knowledge

Build a Curriculum on the fly!

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David Merrill

Information is not instruction!Instructional Scientist is

One who uses intuition to produce principles which are empirically tested by instructional research (results) and subsequently modified as necessary

Both principles and results feed intuition creating a triad which forms the core of the instructional scientist’s activities, with principles as the output

Information is not instruction!Instructional Scientist is

One who uses intuition to produce principles which are empirically tested by instructional research (results) and subsequently modified as necessary

Both principles and results feed intuition creating a triad which forms the core of the instructional scientist’s activities, with principles as the output

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Building the Body of Knowledge

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Properties of a

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Questions

References