Structures & Functions:How emerging technologies complement pedagogies and

practices

Eric Wignall

Governors State University

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There’s a lot here

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Media

Tokens -- moneyLists -- writingWireless telegraph -- radioComputers…Network packet transmission --

emailHypertext -- World Wide WebDatabases -- coalescence

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What is here?

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What is here?

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Why use Web N+1?

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WikinomicsWealth of NetworksHere Comes Everybody

9Friendster sponsored

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Media depends on agency

IntrapersonalInterpersonalSmall groupLarge groupMassCoalescent

Intrapersonal Recognition, identification

Interpersonal Shared recognition

Small group Agreement of identification

Large group Clear distinctionsDrawn from shared knowledge base

Mass Clear, simple distinctions using valued phrases or icons

Coalescent Matching keywords, phrases, or metatags

Agency and scale

Declarative knowledge

Content, declarative“It is…”Concrete representation

Procedural knowledge

Processes“How does…”Schematic application and

representation

Contextual knowledge

Context, schema driven“When and why does…”Connection and interpretation

Synthetic knowledge

Prediction, estimation, etc.“What of, will…”Creation

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Types of Instruction

Direct instruction

Modeling

Discussion

Cases and experiments

Scott, A. C., Clayton, J. E., & Gibson, E. L. (1991). A practical guide to knowledge acquisition. Reading, Mass: Addison-Wesley.

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Matching Instruction

Direct instruction

Modeling

Discussion

Cases

•Declarative•Procedural•Contextual•Synthetic

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DeclarativeProceduralContextualSynthetic

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Declarative

Text, hypertext

Repetition

Procedural Images, stages

Recursion

Contextual Multimedia Connection

Synthetic Simulations Creation

Brachman, R. J., Levesque, H. J., & Reiter, R. (Eds.). (1992). Knowledge representation. Cambridge, Mass., London: M.I.T. Press.

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Declarative

Repetition

Procedural Recursion

Contextual Connection

Synthetic Creation

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Declarative

Text, hypertext

Procedural Images, stages

Contextual Multimedia

Synthetic Simulations

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Declarative

Text, hypertext

Repetition

Procedural Images, stages

Recursion

Contextual

Multimedia Connection

Synthetic Simulations Creation

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Structures & Functions:How emerging technologies

complement pedagogies and practices

Eric Wignall

E-wignall@govst.edu