The skills a student will acquire in an instructional interaction are those required by the student's role in the joint cognitive process.

Bereiter and Scardamalia

Annotated Bibliography

• Class Readings and other readings pertinent to class discussions

Products

• The Boulder Valley Internet Project: Lessons Learned A reflective piece placing the BVIP in Rogers' Diffusion of Innovations model
• The Development of an Integrated Technology Adoption and Diffusion Model The BVIP implementation model; the learning/adoption trajectory; and the research model used for gathering, presenting, and interpreting the BVIP case study data - supported by an extensive lit review
• A New Conception of Learning Philosophy statement

Important Resources

• Greg Kearsley's Theory-Into-Practice (TIP) Database Learning Theory
• Intellectual Autobiography and Cognitive Map
• Jenlink & Carr: Conversation as a medium for change in education. There are 4 types of discourse: dialectic and discussion (transacting), dialogue (transforming), and design (transcending).
• Isaacs: The process and potential of dialogue in social change. Isaacs develops a four-module theory of the evolution of dialogue. Highly theoretical, very insightful.

Contact Information

• Ellen Stevens

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