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Tutorial
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Supporting and Assessing Learning in Complex Problem
Domains: Perspectives from Cognitive Science and
Educational Technology
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Professor J. Michael Spector, Florida State University,
USA
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Abstract
Topics to be covered include the nature of
cognition and learning pertinent to complex problem
solving tasks, the potential value of stories and
scenarios to support learning and instruction, the
possibility of generating problem scenarios dynamically
for learners and learning situations, the dynamic use of
concept maps to assess progress of learning and to promote
shared cognition, and methods to model and analyze
discourse and interactions in problem solving situations.
Several technologies that can be used to elicit problem
representations will be demonstrated. A small group
activity will be embedded in the tutorial so that
participants will gain familiarity with the basic
approaches and methods introduced. The tutorial will
conclude with a discussion of several critical and
pressing research and development challenges in this
domain.
J.
Michael Spector is Associate Director of the Learning Systems
Institute and Professor of Educational Psychology and Learning
Systems at Florida State University. Previously he was
Professor and Chair of Instructional Design, Development &
Evaluation at Syracuse University and Professor of Information
Science and Director of the Educational Information Science &
Technology Research Program at the University of Bergen,
Norway. He was the Senior Scientist for Instructional Systems
Research at the United States Air Force Armstrong Research
Laboratory from 1991-1996. Before joining Armstrong
Laboratory, Dr. Spector was an Associate Professor of Computer
Science at Jacksonville State University. His research is in
the areas of learning in complex domains, intelligent
performance support for instructional design, and system
dynamics based learning environments. He has published widely
in the area of instructional design research and technology
enhanced learning and instruction. He is active in
professional associations and serves on the editorial boards
of several journals. He was awarded a Fulbright research
fellowship (1995/1996) to work at the University of Bergen
creating and testing an interactive simulation of project
dynamics for large-scale courseware development efforts. Dr.
Spector served on the International Board of Standards for
Training, Performance and Instruction (ibstpi) as Executive
Vice President, is a member of the IEEE Learning Technology
Technical Committee, is a past-President of the Design and
Development Division of the Association for Educational and
Communications Technology (AECT), and is Editor of ETR&D-Development.
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