Below are a few assignments I have completed during my tenure at Cal State L.A.:
A Powerpoint-based Interface about Constructivism
Download Constructivism Prototype
A mock interview with Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky:
Download Piaget/Vygotsky Interview
A mock interview where Vygotsky and Piaget have a conversation about the tenets of Constructivism:
Link to an interview that looks at the arguments surrounding Objectivism and Constructivism:
http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/6179123
Link to slide show we did on holistic design and complex learning:
http://www.slideshare.net/secret/8xlEhIO4FcsvhJ
Note: The Future Show is not an actual show, but rather a project I completed for EDIT 451. I opted to use a radio talk format to project my thoughts and ideas for the future of education.
Music by: Cletus Ganschow
Podcast Editing/Mixing/Everything by: Cletus Ganschow
This podcast discusses the possible futures for education and what the positives and negatives of each scenario will be. While each scenario implements the Core4 (see below) they each do so in drastically different ways. Each “path” the future takes is described in brief detail and corresponds with a possible novel. The three paths are: 1984, Brave New World/The Giver, and Utopia.
The possible futures of education will all include what I consider the Core4:
1. Tools for e-learning
2. Technology reform (drift to simulations/real-world application)
3. Data management
4. Communities of Practice
Information found in: Trends And Issues In Instructional Design And Technology- Reiser, Robert; Dempsey, John V.
Excerpts or the entirety of the podcast may be published provided credit is given.
A time line of people, places, and things in instructional design:
| Time Line of People, Events, Theories and Definitions of Instructional Technology | ||||
| Year | Status of Media | Instructional Design | Learning Theories/Other theories | Definition of the field (Instructional Technology) |
| 1900 | First school museum- could be considered first form of media-centered instruction Films, pictures, lantern slides | Visual education movement begins and grows. Teacher training institutions offer visual instruction courses | Visual education movement begins Thomas Edison proclaimed, “Books will soon be obsolete in schools.” | Consists of everything that is NOT orthodox teaching which includes teacher, textbook, etc. |
| 1920’s | Visual aids become an important part of education- this includes charts, graphs, maps, pictures, radios, sound recording, etc. | Education and entertainment become intertwined. | Individualized instruction plans were developed that allowed learners to progress at their own pace with minimum teacher direction. | The enrichment of education through seeing experience. Visual/audio learning. |
| 1930’s | Slow progress. | ormative evaluation used for the first time during study. | 5 professional organizations for visual instruction are established | Slow progress. |
| 1940’s | Audiovisual devices extensively used for military. | Audiovisual enthusiasts hail radio as a medium that will revolutionize education The role of “instructional technologist” emerges. | Focus on training, military recruits for combat. | |
| 1950’s | FCC sets aside 242 television channels for educational purposes Increased interest in the television as a medium to deliver instruction | Research studies developed to determine the impact of audiovisual education. Attributes are identified which best facilitate learning. | B.F. Skinner- theory of reinforcement Bloom’s Taxonomy. | Instructional Technology is seen as not just the utilization of media, but a process as well |
| 1960’s | Rapid development of public (educational) television stations. Ford Foundation focuses its support on public television to educate. | Instructional Design is applied in some higher education settings | James Finn-Seals comes up with a system approach to designing instruction. | Emphasis on learning rather than instruction. |
| 1970’s | General use computer for widespread applications. Media still has limited impact on classroom instruction | Educational technology has shifted from media to process | “Educational technology” and “instructional technology” are the terms that replace “audiovisual instruction” | |
My first Flash-based game:
http://megaswf.com/serve/1054244
My first fully completed assignment:
Download my PowerPoint on conducting a Performance Analysis:
