These posts are related to the class p540: Cognition and Learning.
This post is in response to the chapter on Cognitive Information Processing (CIP) theories of learning. There were many directions this could have gone, but a lot of the forum discussions this year seem to be about memory with a focus on encoding and recall. That inspired the library theme. The references to radiation and General are a nod to the famous Glick and Holyoak transfer study. For some reason, they came to mind when I was trying to think about a topic to search for in memory. If you are wondering why… ask the librarian!
I don't think any discussion of behaviorism is complete without this old April Fool's joke from google: http://www.google.com/technology/pigeonrank.html
This week’s drawing is intended to capture some of the diversity in how theories of learning are identified and framed. This is in response to the first chapter of Driscoll (2005) which we read for this week’s p540 assignment. The labels you see as relevant, and features that you see as either important or puzzling in the drawing are intended to highlight your own personal view of learning and learning theories. Though, perhaps that design choice reflects my own?
Make sure you click on the image to see it full size!
As we kick off the new semester, I am reminded that when talking about both learning theory, and the role of technology in learning, it is quite common to contrast new theories with the “straw man” teacher who believes in the transmission model of learning. In other words, the idea that knowledge can just be presented to students who are like sponges and will just soak it all up…
Drawing Things Together | Joshua February 23, 2010 | 
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