Leveraging Contexts, Expertise, and Instructional Design in Educational Technology Research

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Speaker
David F. Feldon
Assistant Professor of Educational Studies, University of South Carolina

When
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Where
Newell-Simon Hall 1305 (Michael Mauldin Auditorium)

Description

Instructional design and user experiences of educational technologies typically compete for exclusive focus in mediated learning research. However, these two facets of human-computer interaction are interdependent. This seminar introduces a new model of research that integrates both perspectives and provides a framework for synthesizing findings from each aspect to derive design principles for maximally effective instructional technologies Data and implications from studies of virtual environments, simulations, and instructional design studies are presented in this context.

Speaker's Bio

David Feldon is an Assistant Professor of Educational Studies at the University of South Carolina. His research integrates principles of human cognition with instructional design methods and educational technologies to optimize the contributions of experts to the instructional process. Funded by the National Science Foundation, Dr. Feldon’s current work analyzes the effects of online instruction derived from experts’ cognitive task analyses for undergraduate science majors.

Host
Albert Corbett