Technology Enhanced Learning:
Psychological Foundations and
Current Trends
Seminar SS 2005
Jürgen Heller
Overview
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Psychological Foundations
Theoretical Background
Design of eLearning Course
Evaluation of Distance Learning
Blended Learning
Game-based Learning
Learning Styles
Psychological Foundations
• Topics and resources
– Learning Theories (e.g. Constructivism)
http://tip.psychology.org/theories.html
– The Educator’s Reference Desk
http://www.eduref.org/cgibin/res.cgi/General_Education/
– Bransford, J.D., Brown, A.L., & Cocking, R.R.
(1999). How People Learn: Brain, Mind,
Experience, and School.
http://books.nap.edu/html/howpeople1/index.html
Psychological Foundations
• Topics and Resources
– Papers by Educational Psychologist Richard Mayer
Mayer, R. E. (2001). What good is educational psychology? The case of
cognition and instruction. Educational Psychologist, 36, 83-88.
Mayer, R. E., Heiser, J., & Lonn, S. (2001). Cognitive constraints on
multimedia learning: When presenting more material results in less
understanding. Journal of Educational Psychology, 93, 187-198.
Mayer, R. E., & Chandler, P. (2001). When learning is just a click away:
Does simple user interaction foster deeper understanding of multimedia
messages? Journal of Educational Psychology, 93, 390-397.
Theoretical Background
• Topics and Resources
– Theoretical Sources in IT
http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~mryder/itc_data/theory.html
• Instructional design models, constructivism,
learning environments, media theory (CMC)
– Formal Representations
• Ontologies (incl. software Protégé)
• Educational Modelling Language (EML)
http://eml.ou.nl/eml-ou-nl.htm
• IMS Learning Design
http://www.imsglobal.org/learningdesign/index.html
Design of eLearning Course
• Topics and Resources
– Roadmap to Course Redesign
http://www.center.rpi.edu/R2R/R2R.html
• Program in course redesign
• Redesign projects
• Planning resources
• Academic practices
Evaluation of Distance Learning
• Topics and Resources
– The No Significant Difference Phenomenon
http://www.nosignificantdifference.org/
– Phipps R. & Merisotis J. (1999). What's the
difference? A review of contemporary research on the
effectiveness of distance learning in higher education.
http://www.ihep.org/Pubs/PDF/Difference.pdf
– Sloan-C Publications
http://www.aln.org/resources/entering_mainstream.pdf
http://www.sloan-c.org/resources/sizing_opportunity.pdf
http://www.aln.org/publications/books/epsyn1104.pdf
http://www.aln.org/effective/pillarreport1.pdf
Blended Learning
• Topics and Resources
– ALN Principles for Blended Environments
Sloan-C Publication
http://www.aln.org/publications/books/alnprinciples2.pdf
– Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks
http://www.aln.org/publications/jaln/index.asp
– Benbunan-Fich, R. & Hiltz, S.R. (1999). Impacts of
asynchronous learning networks on individual and
group problem solving: A field experiment. Group
Decision and Negotiation, 8, 409–426.
– Blended Learning Design
http://www.knowledgenet.com/pdf/Blended%20Learning%20Design
_1028.PDF
Game-based Learning
• Topics and Resources
– Mitchell, A. & Savill-Smith, C. (2004). The use
of computer and video games for learning. A
review of the literature.
http://www.e-learningcentre.co.uk/eclipse/Resources/games.htm
Learning Styles
• Topics and Resources
– Index of Learning Styles (ILS)
http://www.ncsu.edu/felder-public/ILSpage.html
– Learning style resources
http://www.support4learning.org.uk/education/lstyles.htm
– iClass Deliverable on learning styles
• Provides reference to comprehensive review and
various theoretical conceptions