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This document outlines key points and insights from recent faculty visits, including Dr. Rand Spiro and Dr. Sara Bolt Witmer, who contributed to discussions on educational psychology and technology. Highlights include a commentary on recent school psychology research by Dr. Tom Power, reflections on the evolution of cognitive science, the role of technology in shaping cognition, and the challenges of learning in complex, ill-defined domains. It emphasizes the necessity for a new research philosophy to keep pace with rapid advancements and promotes seeking diverse perspectives in education.
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cep900 10.25.11 • Faculty visit. Dr. Rand Spiro, Educational Psychology & Educational Technology • Assignments • Discussion • RPD working groups
assignments Faculty visit – Dr. Sara Bolt Witmer, School Psychology Read & Annotate 2 • Wikipedia link on school psychology • Commentary on last five years of research by Dr. Tom Power (former lead editor of one of the major school psychology research journals - School Psychology Review • Commentary by Dr. Matthew Burns on directions for moving forward with research efforts in school psychology (Dr. Burns recently assumed lead editorship of School Psychology Review) • Skim the chapter titles from Best Practices in School Psychology V
faculty visit Dr. Rand Spiro, EPET
public intellectual 3 In 30 seconds, describe an interesting connection between your “home” experience and something discussed by Dr. Spiro.
rdp working groups Autism MQM – seeing MQM issues Motivation
notes: dr. rand spiro New Gutenberg Revolution • All information available easily • Randomly accessible • Kuhn, Structure of Scientific Revolution (normal and revolutionary science). You are a doctoral student in a time of revolutionary change. You can shape the future rather than build on the past.
notes: dr. rand spiro The world is • non-linear • non-chapterized The Web is similarly organized Transfer - The largest problem in learning
notes: dr. rand spiro Background • cognitive psychologist, schema theory • building schema in the moment, rather than retrieving schema • computers were a good way to do this
notes: dr. rand spiro Cognition/Technology • old model – cognition should shape technology environments • now – technology shapes cognition. Example, information access and searching with technology. • What about the cognitive quality about seeking certainty? NGR requires that we seek multi-perspective, appreciate complexity • only see this multiple perspective seeking on shopping or medical problems
notes: dr. rand spiro Richard Mayer – good research, but instantly outdated Serious games – good idea, but not much good research Need a new philosophy of research to keep up w/ fast pace. In AI, demo or die.
notes: dr. rand spiro Q (Luke): Are there kinds of thinking that technology doesn’t support? Managing complexity.
notes: dr. rand spiro 21st Century Learning complex ideas in ill-defined domains. • What might it look like? Search for different perspectives on a given issue • -
notes: dr. rand spiro Q (Marla): What was ed tech before computers? • TV, other media, materials • Computer assisted instruction • Calculators • Teaching machines • Tutors, self-paced modules • Simulations
notes: dr. rand spiro Q (Liz) – Will learning change to producing Q (Rachel) – Long term memory changing? Q (Jiyoung) – How to select among information?
