Wednesday, February 15, 2006
Bransford Chapters Response
How People Learn:
Chapter 6: The Design of Learning Environments
Chapter 9: Technology to Support Learning
On the plus side, these chapters are easy reads. On the minus side, they seem like a great deal of fluff to me. Reading these chapters was kinda like reading a brochure. I felt like Bransford provided an extremely superficial view of learning environments and the technology to support them. And if I'd like to know more, I'd need to call some 800 number and talk to a sales associate.
"Initially, teachers working with the Jasper Woodbury playground adventure (described above) had trouble finding time to give students feedback about their playground designs, but a simple computer interface cut in half the time it took teachers to provide feedback (see, e.g., Cognition and Technology Group at Vanderbilt, 1997)."
Well... it's great that the interface cut response time in half... but what the heck was the interface like?! Did and how did they provide feedback BEFORE the interface?!
I'm guessing the purpose of the book was to provide a superficial overview of the learning process... but I just didn't feel I getting the whole picture - even on a superficial level.
Chapter 6: The Design of Learning Environments
Chapter 9: Technology to Support Learning
On the plus side, these chapters are easy reads. On the minus side, they seem like a great deal of fluff to me. Reading these chapters was kinda like reading a brochure. I felt like Bransford provided an extremely superficial view of learning environments and the technology to support them. And if I'd like to know more, I'd need to call some 800 number and talk to a sales associate.
"Initially, teachers working with the Jasper Woodbury playground adventure (described above) had trouble finding time to give students feedback about their playground designs, but a simple computer interface cut in half the time it took teachers to provide feedback (see, e.g., Cognition and Technology Group at Vanderbilt, 1997)."
Well... it's great that the interface cut response time in half... but what the heck was the interface like?! Did and how did they provide feedback BEFORE the interface?!
I'm guessing the purpose of the book was to provide a superficial overview of the learning process... but I just didn't feel I getting the whole picture - even on a superficial level.
# posted by JLynn @ 1:50 PM 
