Research Initiatives

Research Lens – Impact on end user

Background

• Challenges of Pakistan

• Open Educational Resources – access, improve quality, reduce cost

Initiatives

• Mobile Learning – M Learning

• Design of Contextualized Open Educational Resources

• Intelligent Adaptive Learning System

Mobile Learning or M Learning

LOW COST SIMPLE MOBILE PHONES

Instructional Design

• Limitations of Technology

• Linked with Curriculum/Context

• Cognitive process

• Understand

• Assessment for Learning, Assessment as Learning, Assessment of Learning

Math & English

• Instructional Design of Math

• Instructional Design of English

OER Contextualized Digital Content

IT labs and other Initiatives

Contextualize Open Education Resources

• Improve teaching and learning

• Instructional Design

• End users

Context

What will the learners learn?

• Constructivism

• Multimedia Principles

• Cognitive Load Theory

Instructional Design

• Focus on assessment – conceptual understanding

• Narrow focus on curriculum – symbols and formulas

• Too much content is covered in limited time

• Background knowledge

• Practical application

Intelligent Adaptive Tutoring System

ENGAGE, CHALLENGE, ASSESS, LEARN, INVOLVE

Difference between ITS and IATS

• Rule based system – set rules based on expert knowledge

• Follow rules

• Various examples

• Hopefully learn content

Need for IATS• One on one attention

• Emotions and Motivation

• Cater to individual learning style of each student

Design of IATS• Different learning strategies/ styles

• Pedagogies

• Different pace

• Content in different Pedagogical Framework

• Different ways of presentation

• Social interaction

• Feedback from facial expression

• Assessment for learning, Assessment as learning, Assessment of learning

• Multiple opportunities to learn

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