Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Alan Dix
Lancaster University
www.hcibook.com/alan
note
NOT
presenting best solutions
or best practice
WILL talk about
reflecting on experience
developing solutions
examples ...
driving lesson
p-learning and e-learning
just-in-time theory
driving lesson
what happened
removed external judgement
I didnt know intention
Montessori
self correcting materials
instant feedback
no judgement
http://www.montessori-ami.org/
http://www.modern-montessori.com/
computers
rapid feedback
before bad habits form
e.g. spelling checkers
but not correctors!
low judgement
computer personality
work at Dundee
questionnaires and interviews
personal questions (medical)
electronic versions
simple questionnaires
keyword based (like Elisa)
the more human-like the better
but better than real human
p-learning
(physical learning)
lectures
tutorials and labs (20-30)
small groups tutorials ?
individual tutorials
p-learning
e-learning
lectures web
labs ?
tutorials bulletin boards & chat
individual one-to-one email
deconstruction and
reconstruction
p-learning
deconstruction
reconstruction
e-learning
deconstruction
lecture
information, motivation, demonstration
group tutorial
collaboration, individual feedback
lab
+ personal experience, physical materials
reconstruction
potential media & meetings
e-learning:
web, CD-ROM, video, email,
bulletin boards, chat, webcam,
streaming video/audio
p-learning:
weekend course, summer camp,
monthly evening meeting,
paper materials and books
reconstruction
potential media & meetings
e-learning: web, CD-ROM, video, email, webcam,
bulletin boards, chat, streaming video/audio
p-learning: weekend course, monthly evening meeting,
summer camp, paper materials and books
just-in-time theory
mini-case studies
context
week-log intensive course
Excel modes
wouldnt close
why?
theory:
hidden mode
closure
www.hcibook.com/alan/casestudy/excel-mode/
does it work?
weakness
knowing it is teaching time
strengths
real example
introduces theory when relevant
ecological validity
examples
one issue at a time
a good solution
from theory to practice
ecological validity
examples
one issue at a time
a good solution
from theory to practice
mini-case study
lots of relevant issues
no easy solution tradeoffs
from practice to theory
passing on knowledge
case studies, examples, patterns
good for use in practice
but how to generalise
textbooks full of theory!
just-in-time theory
appropriate theory when needed
just-in-time theory
appropriate theory
given when needed
contextualised theory
apply theory in actual context
including trade-offs
situated theory
make new theory if necessary
recap ...
driving lesson
feedback, play and judgement
just-in-time theory
ecologically valid examples,
theory when it matters