The CLT Technology Seminar

IT 6710: Theoretical Bases of Instructional Technology

Foundations and Bibliographies

• Theory Into Practice. Greg Kearsley's summary of different models of learning and instruction.
• Glossary of Cognitive Terms Lorraine Sherry's study aid for students.
• Online Bibliographies. Various bibs, many created by UCD students.
• Instructional Technology Annotated Bibliography. Created by IT doc students as part of Comps.
• Postmodernism, Pedagogy, and Philosophy of Education. Clive Beck's introduction to postmodernism for educators, from an author who distances himself somewhat from the concept.

  Situated Cognition and Cognitive Apprenticeships

• Brown, Collins & Duguid. Classic paper on situated cognition.
• Lave & Wenger. Describes "legitimate peripheral participation."
• Non-Cartesian Cognitive Science. Philosophical paper on constructivism.
• Berryman. Designing learning environments/cognitive apprenticeships.
• Shared Understanding: Implications for CSCW. Doc student's comps paper.

  Schools and Teachers

• Engines for Education. Roger Schank on case-based education and simulation design.

  Systems and Organizational Cultures

• Kevin Kelly's Out of Control. Excerpts from Kelly's book on complex adaptive systems.
• The Structure Of Organized Change. Conversation with Kelly.
• Cybernetics, Systems Theory and Complexity. Martin Ryder's links on complexity theory.
• Organizational learning. Martin's links on organizational learning (Senge, etc.).

  Constructivist Learning Environments

• Computer support for knowledge-building communities. Scardamalia and Bereiter on their CSILE project.
• Learning environments. Martin's links on learning environments.
• Virtual learning communities. Martin's links on MOOs, MUDs, and online learning environments.
• Teaching and Learning on the Net.
• Farquar, Social Construction of Meaning on the Internet.
• Barfurth, Children's Disagreements in a Learning Environment.
• Savery & Duffy on problem-based learning.
• Teaching & Learning with Internet Tools

Class Links

• Lorraine Sherry's notes from two years ago