EDUC 370 - Instructional Technology: Agenda for January 18, 2007

Intro to Cognition

How do we learn? There are three basic streams of thought in how we learn. I will introduce each briefly.

Lecture on Cognition

I'll demonstrate PowerPoint while introducing three cognitive psychology concepts.

• Download Presentation
• Presentation as Web Site
• Presentation as PDF
• Presentation as Quicktime

Behaviorism

• Operant Conditioning and Behaviorism - a historical outline
• The Encyclopedia of Philosophy
• Behaviorism Tutorial

Information Processing Model

• Lecture notes
• The Conditions of Instruction - Gagne's IP-based theory
• TIP database

Constructivism

• Resources for contructivism are found on this page, including a comparison of Piaget and Vygotsky's approach.
• Bruner's constructivism, which looks a lot like Vygotsky

PowerPoint

A bad PowerPoint

This presentation was created to illustrate what is bad in a Presentation. Download it and see if you can list all the things that need to be fixed.

• Download Bad PowerPoint

The take some time to improve the presentation. Fix some of the problems you've listed.

Creating Your PowerPoint

You will need about 10 slides for your PowerPoint presentation. Pick a topic that you will be presenting either professionally or in one of your classes. Then begin to build your presentation, perhaps in the following way:

• Identify your main points
• Divide into sub-points
• Layout your slides
• Add graphics as much as possible
• Use animations and transitions as reinforcers

Assignments

Readings

• Article :: Gates, Jobs and the Zen Aesthetic
  • Key Point - Keep it Visual
• Article :: What is Good Powerpoint Design?

Assignments

• MSOffice Tools - due date extended to January 25

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