Theoretical Sources

• Instructional Design Models Bridging theory and practice.
• Constructivism Shiftng agency from teacher to learner.
• Postmodern Thought Shifting means from center to periphery.
• Semiotics Looking beneath content to signs and structures.
• Sociology of knowledge sociological analysis of cognition.
• Cognitive Science celebrities science and philosophy of mind.
• Activity theory Artifact-mediated object-oriented action
• Actor Network Theory Human and non-human interactions
• Socio-Cultural Theories Learning as a social phenomenon.
• Communication Theory The science and art of communication.
• Theory of Technology Studies of technical and social factors.
• Media Theory technical extensions of human expression.
• Cybernetics, Systems Theory and Complexity Beyond design.
• Qualitative Research methods, approaches, critiques.
• Learning environments The technology of constructivism.
• Connectionism A shift from algorithm to experience.
• Hypertext Shifting control from author to reader.
• Critical Pedagogy sources of power and resistance in schooling.
• The Digital Divide global issues of information poverty
• Ethics a focus on value, quality, and responsibility.
• Foundational texts from Descartes to Dewey.
• Index A raw directory listing of resources here.
• Corollary Sites that reference this page.

June 08, 2007