{"id":56,"date":"2006-10-12T04:18:52","date_gmt":"2006-10-12T04:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.the-wests.net\/rick\/?p=56"},"modified":"2006-10-12T04:18:52","modified_gmt":"2006-10-12T04:18:52","slug":"blogtracks-summary-for-aect-presentation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.byuipt.net\/rickwest\/2006\/10\/12\/blogtracks-summary-for-aect-presentation\/","title":{"rendered":"BlogTracks Summary for AECT Presentation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nThe time has come to give the face-to-face presentation of the activity on this blog as part of the AECT 2006 convention BlogTracks. And as far as the activity outside of my own writing, I can report that \u2026<\/p>\n<p>Nothing happened.<\/p>\n<p>I understand, of course, that folks are busy, and what\u2019s in it for them anyway to engage in the dialogue of this blog? So I am not at all offended. I\u2019ve been blogging in relative obscurity for a couple of years now, content with the benefits I have received personally from writing. <\/p>\n<p>But I am curious about how future BlogTracks presentations can be made more effective, since this is the first one. Like everybody else, I think sitting on my tail and being lectured to all day long at conferences is not very productive, so I applaud AECT for trying to innovate and introduce a new presentation format. Hopefully we can think of some methods for improving the engagement in future BlogTracks. To that end, in this post I will summarize what I have written about during this BlogTracks and my conclusions, and then in my next post I will consider some possible ways we could make future BlogTracks more effective.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Metacognition in TEDLEs<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The use of hyperlinking and repetition that is common in these environments provides cognitive cueing and supports metacognitive awareness<\/li>\n<li>BUT nonlinear environments require more cognitive load to mentally organize material, reducing metacognition.<\/li>\n<li>SO, metacognitive prompting is a helpful strategy.<\/li>\n<li>FUTURE QUESTIONS?: Whether, and in what ways, students are more or less prone to use metacognitive strategies in an information-overload, nonlinear Internet\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Intrinsic Cognitive Load in TEDLEs<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Not very much done!<\/li>\n<li>We could learn from information literacy research. <br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Example: Jones, Ravid, and Rafaeli (2004) reported a trend towards high intrinsic load in informal online spaces, causing less participation.<\/li>\n<li>Future questions <br \/>\n\u00a0Is ICL a predictor of attrition in DE?<br \/>\n\u00a0Can design compensate for high ICL in DE?<br \/>\n\u00a0How can you measure the ICL?<br \/>\n\u00a0Can a strong online community keep participation high in subjects with high ICL? \n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Extraneous Cognitive Load in TEDLEs<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Limited prior knowledge of the technology used to facilitate the distance learning environment could lead to increased extrinsic load<\/li>\n<li>Web-based hyperlinking, in the absence of organizational guides, increased extraneous cognitive load associated with learning. \n<\/li>\n<li>FUTURE QUESTIONS? <br \/>\n\u00a0More replication of studies to verify results<br \/>\n\u00a0How can design improve material organization and lower ECL?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 How can we ease ECL with new technologies? <\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Germane Cognitive Load<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Not very much done in online environments, although heavily researched by many IT and DL folks!<\/li>\n<li>We could learn from communications research on navigation and surfing patterns. <br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Example: Eveland et al. (2004) reported participants learned factual information best from linear websites, but nonlinear sites improved knowledge structure density.<\/li>\n<li>NOW WHAT? <br \/>\n\u00a0How do you use standard GCL-building methods online?<br \/>\n\u00a0How are mental models constructed online?<br \/>\n\u00a0How do you measure GCL online?\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Course Management Systems<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Literature audit found 70+ research articles<\/li>\n<li>Most of these were one-shot, convenience studies<\/li>\n<li>Less than 10 were studies of more generalizable impacts<\/li>\n<li>But 95% of colleges and universities use CMS tools!<\/li>\n<li>Discussion Questions:<br \/>\n\u00a0Why isn\u2019t more research conducted about CMS technologies?<br \/>\n\u00a0What kind of research should we be conducting about CMSs? What outcomes? What measures?<br \/>\n\u00a0Have we missed the opportunity to really see what happens from implementing a CMS because the tools are now ubiquitous?\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other Topics I&#8217;ve been discussing<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0What can we learn from popular social networking sites?<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Are we different personalities online?<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Social Network Analysis and DE<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Can \u201ccool\u201d be created?<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0The Creative Digital Divide<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Educating a global economy<\/li>\n<li>No family left behind<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Digital natives<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Sexy research<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\nI&#8217;d love to have anyone discuss these ideas with me! There&#8217;s still time this week! \ud83d\ude42<br \/>\n<!-- technorati tags begin --><\/p>\n<p>technorati tags:<a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/AECT\" rel=\"tag\">AECT<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/AECT2006\" rel=\"tag\">AECT2006<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/BlogTracks\" rel=\"tag\">BlogTracks<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/distance\" rel=\"tag\">distance<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/learning\" rel=\"tag\">learning<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/education\" rel=\"tag\">education<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- technorati tags end --><\/p>\n<p>Blogged with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flock.com\" title=\"Flock\" target=\"_new\">Flock<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The time has come to give the face-to-face presentation of the activity on this blog as part of the AECT 2006 convention BlogTracks. And as far as the activity outside of my own writing, I can report that \u2026 Nothing happened. 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