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Psychologism And American Instructional Technology, David Wiley, Bekir Gur
Psychologism And American Instructional Technology, David Wiley, Bekir Gur
Faculty Publications
Note: This is not the final draft of the article. The centrality of psychology in the field of instructional technology has never been comprehensively questioned; most instructional technologists have assumed that (behaviorist, cognitivist, constructivist, or another) psychology is the natural foundation for education and thus for instructional technology. The driving question of this article is: What are the problems of psychologism as found in the theories and practices of instructional technology? We present a brief genealogy of American instructional technology in relation to the influence of psychology; review critical psychology and discuss some problems of psychologism focusing on positivism, metaphysics, …
“Am I Making Sense Here?”: What Blogging Reveals About Undergraduate Student Understanding., Trena M. Paulus, Rebecca Payne, Lisa Jahns
“Am I Making Sense Here?”: What Blogging Reveals About Undergraduate Student Understanding., Trena M. Paulus, Rebecca Payne, Lisa Jahns
Educational Psychology & Counseling Publications and Other Works
Educational researchers are interested in whether what is learned in the classroom is transferred to new situations. This qualitative case study explores how computer-mediated communication, specifically web logs (blogs), can extend learning and facilitate transfer of learned concepts. Participants blogged for seven weeks about concepts related to nutrition. Data included blog posts and comments and interviews. These data were analyzed inductively for emergent themes addressing our research questions. Four themes were identified: (a) concepts contextualized to participants' daily lives; (b) barriers to applying learned concepts; (c) sources of "expert" knowledge; and (d) unanswered questions revealing gaps in understanding. Implications for …
“Am I Making Sense Here?”: What Blogging Reveals About Undergraduate Student Understanding, Trena M. Paulus, Rebecca Payne, Lisa Jahns
“Am I Making Sense Here?”: What Blogging Reveals About Undergraduate Student Understanding, Trena M. Paulus, Rebecca Payne, Lisa Jahns
Trena M. Paulus
Educational researchers are interested in whether what is learned in the classroom is transferred to new situations. This qualitative case study explores how computer-mediated communication, specifically web logs (blogs), can extend learning and facilitate transfer of learned concepts. Participants blogged for seven weeks about concepts related to nutrition. Data included blog posts and comments and interviews. These data were analyzed inductively for emergent themes addressing our research questions. Four themes were identified: (a) concepts contextualized to participants' daily lives; (b) barriers to applying learned concepts; (c) sources of "expert" knowledge; and (d) unanswered questions revealing gaps in understanding. Implications for …