A Whistestop Tour of Theories for TEL Research
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A Whistle-stop Tour of Theories for TEL ResearchDoug Clow, MRes talk, 28 Feb 2018
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● Whistle-stop● Tour● Theories● TEL Research
2Photo (CC) BY-NC-ND Ross G. Strachan https://flic.kr/p/2NUYKW
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● Routes to generalisability● Big data or big theory● Atheoretical approaches aren’t● Show your workings
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“All models are wrong, but some are useful.” (George Box, 1978)
Photo (CC) BY-NC Chris Jones https://flic.kr/p/dTdpnQ
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What islearning?
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Nuremberg funnel, 1902
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Origins ofbehaviourism &constructivism
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Behaviourism
● Ivan Pavlov (1849-1936)● Classical conditioning (dogs)
● B. F. Skinner (1904-1990)● Free will largely illusory● Operant conditioning● Stimulus-response-reinforcer● Reinforcement learning● Positive > negative● Teaching machines
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Photo: Wikimedia Commons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:B.F._Skinner_at_Harvard_circa_1950.jpg
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● Not behaviourism● Not instructivism ● Learning is an active process● Importance of learner’s existing ideas ● Discovery learning● Inquiry-based learning● Social constructivism
Piaget, Bruner, many many others
Constructivism
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Jean Piaget (1896-1980)
● ‘Genetic epistemology’● Children● Stages of development● Sensorimotor● Preoperational (symbolic thought)● Concrete operational (logical thought)
● Formal operational (abstract reasoning)
● Learning is active
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Photo: Public domain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jean_Piaget_in_Ann_Arbor.png
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Jerome Bruner (1915-2016)
● Cognitive psychology● Developmental psychology● Educational psychology● Spiral curriculum● Discovery learning● Environment important● Scaffolding
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Other classics
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Forms of Intellectual and Ethical Development in the College Years: A Scheme (1970)
William Perry
● 9 stages of development:● Received knowledge ● learn the right answers
● Multiplicity ● conflicting answers, sometimes we don’t know
● Relativism ● answers depend on context
● Constructed knowledge● commitment as ongoing process
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Donald Schön (1983) The Reflective PractitionerChris Argyris & Donald Schön (1978) Organizational Learning
Reflection
● Reflection-in-action● Reflection-on-action
● Single-loop learning● Improvement within a framework
● Double-loop learning● Change the goals, processes
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David A. Kolb (1984/2015). Experiential Learning: experience as the source of learning and development
Kolb’s learning cycle
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LEARNINGSTYLES
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Learning Styles
● Believed by up to 95% of teachers● Contradicted by empirical research● Trying different approaches can be good● Learners do have preferences● ... they’re not always right● ... they are not stable
● One ‘style’ often best for most learners● Too many versions● Great idea, ruined by reality not conforming
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Journey toActivity Theory
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Lev Vygotsky (1896-1934)
● Cultural-historical context● Zone of Proximal Development
ZPD dagram: Public domain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Zone_of_proximal_development.svg
Subject Object
Mediatingartifact
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Cultural-Historical Activity TheoryYrjö Engeström (1987)
Diagram: In McAndrew, Taylor & Clow (2010), after Engeström (1987)
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Politicalengagement
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Paulo Freire
● Critical pedagogy● Learning as an active process● Education as a political act● No such thing as neutral education
Pedagogy of the Oppressed (1968/1970)
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Actor-Network Theory
● Poststructuralism ● Science & Technology Studies● Consider human and non-human actors● Intermediaries vs mediators
Michel Callon, Bruno Latour, & others
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Andragogy, Heutagogy
● Andragogy – Malcolm Knowles (1913-1997)● Adult learners● Are different from children● Bring experience● Expect influence● Should be active participants● Want applications● Expect action on their feedback
● Heutagogy – Stewart Hase & Chris Kenyon (2010)● Self-determined learning
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More recently
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Approaches to Study Inventory
● Deep and surface learning● Ference Marton, Roger Säljö, Noel Entwistle, Paul Ramsden, Keith Trigwell, Mike Prosser, John Richardson.
● Context-dependent● “on this course”
● Strategic, Amotivational● Approaches to Teaching Inventory● Conceptual change, information transmission
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1993/2001 Rethinking University Teaching: A Conversational Framework for the Effective Use of Learning Technologies
Diana Laurillard
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Jean Lave & Etienne Wenger-Trayner
Communities of Practice
● Situated Learning: Legitimate Peripheral Participation (1991) ● Apprenticeship
● “Groups of people who share a concern or a passion for something they do and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly.”
Quotes & photo: http://wenger-trayner.com/introduction-to-communities-of-practice/
● “The online universe is cluttered with spaces that nobody uses. It’s also full of sites that are called a community of practice even if no-one is there!”
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Gráinne Conole, 7Cs of Learning Design, 2014
Learning Design
● Conceptualise: Vision, learners, essence, approaches?
● Capture: OER, others to develop● Create: Learning activities?● Communicate: Communication types?● Collaboration: Collaboration types?● Consider: Reflection and demonstration?● Consolidate: How effective is it?
Photo: (CC)-BY Terese Bird https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Professor_Grainne_Conole_at_Institute_of_Learning_Innovation_University_of_Leicester.jpg
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Stephen Downes & George Siemens (2005)
Connectivism
● Learning theory for a digital age● Learning occurs through / in networks● Connections vital● Chaos, nebulous, rapid change● Capacity to know more● More important than current knowledge
Photos: Stephen Downes, George Siemens (via Twitter)
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Meanwhile,in the cognitive
world
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Cognitive psychologyCognitivism, cognitive approaches
● Big Five Personality Traits● extraversion, agreeableness, openness, conscientiousness, neuroticism
● Information processing● Working memory / cognitive load● Long term memory● Spaced repetition● Kahneman (2011) System 1 & System 2● ‘Elephant and rider’
● … many, many more
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Instructional DesignRobert Gagné (1916-2002)
● Gaining attention (reception)● Informing learners of the objective (expectancy)● Stimulating recall of prior learning (retrieval)● Presenting the stimulus (selective perception)● Providing learning guidance (semantic encoding)● Eliciting performance (responding)● Providing feedback (reinforcement)● Assessing performance (retrieval)● Enhancing retention and transfer (generalization)
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Intelligent Tutoring Systems
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And finally …
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What to take away
● Constructivism● Activity Theory● Communities of Practice● Cognitive psychology ● Learning styles are a myth
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