Thursday, September 20, 2007

Pat Donohue visit and lecture

How we learn and what technology can do to help that.

Psycho physiological measures in the classroom:
Psycho physiological measures = interfacing with signals from the learner to assess how they are using the software/tool/curiculum
Facial Analysis
Heat thermo sensitive skin
Pressure sensitive mice/input tools

Affective learning

Qualitative study-> Use of graphing calculators in class (often few students do the actual work) sharing results?



Collaborative learning: Work together on what you are looking at and learn from each other as you progress towards a goal

as opposed to cooperative learning where tasks are divided


http://affect.media.mit.edu/


Learn more when a conversation causes feedback or discussion rather than agreement

Grounding our understanding: people negotiate how each other thinks/what they know about a topic (assesses overlap)

What's going on socially that effects learning?

Qualitative and quantitative analysis examples

2 comments:

Come and See Africa said...

Desmond who is taking this class online will appreciate your summary on Pat's presentation. Thanks,

Kim

Desmond said...

Yes, I do!

I was hoping that this speaker along with ALL classes, be recorded so that online learners can get the most of the experience. Thanks for do the summary!