BBA BOOK EXAMPLES TO WORK

BBA BOOK: EXAMPLES TO WORK

Organized around roles the technology aims to play in the learning environment

TEACHER ASSESSOR Formative assessment Providing problems of the right difficulty Microworld (constant evaluation/feedback) Feature extraction Grading student writing Feedback Hints

(CO)LEARNER TEACHABLE AGENT

CONTENT e-textbooks

REPRESENTATIONAL MEDIUM VISUALIZATION Critical lens

====================================== BBA BOOK REVISED STRUCTURE

Introductory chapter: think about terms like “personalization.” What does it mean? (many things) This book is in the mode of crits. Intended vs. actual use. (The need for a design process. Participatory design?)

Part 1: Worked Examples in theories of learning (via roles of technology) Theory matters as a vehicle for thinking about what you want (values) and what you need (mechanism) Present contrasting cases.

Behaviorism content e-textbooks on iPads. Lacuna stories Instructionism curriculum / assessment math homework Khan Academy? Constructivism manipulatives Sociocultural learning learning environment math breakers game-based motivation Critical pedagogy connection Constructionism tools/representational media gogo board Step-by-step making
(Lego today)

Design toolkit woven through, introducing as needed. These are the dimensions on which the contrasting cases contrast.
glassboxing/blackboxing affordances representations cultural forms

Intermezzo: How theories of learning inform the learning-centered design process Language: How terms like “personalized” or “smart” index different theories of learning. And how different theories of learning would understand these differently.

PART 2: Worked Examples in learner-centered design process

Appendix: How to teach with this book.