Theories of Learning and Technology

1. Cognitive Load

1.1. Basic Principles:

1.2. -Long term memory is unlimited and assists working memory.

1.3. -Working memory operates better when the information is presented in meaningful chunks.

1.4. -Repetition is key.

1.5. -Processes images and text separately.

1.6. Implications for Education:

1.7. -Teachers can use these principles to understand how much information to give to their students.

2. Media Ecology

2.1. Basic Principles:

2.2. -Media is part of our environment.

2.3. Implications for Education:

2.4. -Teachers can utilize media in their classrooms.

3. SCOT

3.1. Basic Principles:

3.2. -Human action shapes technology.

3.3. -Analyzes the cause success and failure of tecnology

3.4. Implications for Education:

3.5. -Teachers can use this to present technology to students as social aspect of their lives.

4. TPACK

4.1. Basic Principles:

4.2. -Attempts to identify the nature of knowledge required by teachers to acquire technology integration in the classroom.

5. Philosophy of Teachnology

5.1. Basic Principles:

5.2. -Focuses on using technology as a bridge.

5.3. -Technology can be used for investigation into subjects, and combines the skill of operating interfaces.

6. Connectivism

6.1. Basic Principles:

6.2. -Thinking and emotions influence each other.

6.3. -Learning has an end goal.

6.4. -Knowing where to find information is more important than knowing information.

6.5. -Currency is key.

6.6. Implications for Education:

6.7. -Students take control of their learning through social connections.

6.8. -Students build a personal learning network.

6.9. -Students share ideas through technology.

6.10. -Access multiple sources for information including; google scholar, blogs, and iTunes U.

6.11. -Students organize their own learning through the use of collecting information from multiple areas online.

7. Constructivism

7.1. Basic Principles:

7.2. -Learners build on a foundation of knowledge.

7.3. -Prior knowledge influences the new or modified knowledge that is constructed.

7.4. -Learners must develop metacognitive abilities to monitor and direct their own learning and performance.

7.5. Implications for Education:

7.6. -Guides students to formulate their own ideas and solutions to problems posed.

7.7. -Allows students to share multiple ideas from their own learning.

8. Behaviorism

8.1. Basic Principles:

8.2. -Uses both positive and negative reinforcements to shape behavior.

8.3. Implications for Education:

8.4. -Helps students learn new skills and condition behavior.

8.5. -Teachers can break large tasks into small segments to allow students to ease into the subject and be successful.