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1. Connie and Mary Ann EDIT 451:CSULA Positivism & ConstructivismEpistemology and the Design of Learning Environments 1

2. 2 Conceptual Map of Ideas in Chapter 6

3. 3 Questions posed and future approaches

4. POSITIVISM A philosophical and epistemological approach which holds that knowledge is acquired through actual experience http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/positvsm.php http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positivism 4

6. Scientific Method

7. Weber

8. Rationalism

9. Durkheim

10. Science

11. Logical

12. Sensory

13. Concrete

14. Social Research

15. Sociology

16. Simmel

17. Logic

18. Analytical

19. Skinner

20. Facts

21. Testable

22. Behaviorism

23. Social Positivism5

24. AUGUSTE COMTE French philosopher who founded sociology and positivism http://www.d.umn.edu/~jhamlin1/comte.html http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/130750/Auguste-Comte http://membres.multimania.fr/clotilde/etexts/index.htm 6

25. Positivism & Design Framework Knowledgeexists independent of the learner. There is an absolute truth. Design frameworks are based on objectivism. Knowledge is transferred from outside to inside the learner. Conditions are arranged to promote goals. Knowledge is engineered externally. 7

26. Positivism & Design Practices Knowledgeexists independent of the learner. There is an absolute truth. Classroom Directed Teacher-centered Goal predetermined Objectives defined Activities, materials, assessment teacher driven Products given to teacher for assessment. 8

27. Instructional Design Process 9

28. Objectivist Design & Analysis 10

29. Objectivist Design 11

30. Objectivist Development, Implementation & Evaluation 12

31. Technologizing School Systems Robotics in Medical and Dental Instruction, Japan Go to the next slide to watch Simroid 13 Current Trends: Positivism in IDT

32. eLearning (positivist approach) http://www.webbasedtraining.com/home.aspx Go to the next slide to watch the video 14 Current Trends: Positivism in IDT

33. Jonassen, D.H. et al. (1997). “ Certainty, Determinism, and Predictability in Theories of Instructional Design: Lessons from Science”. EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY, VOL 37; NUMBER 1, pages 27-33 ( found on ERIC) http://www.ifets.info/journals/3_2/morrison_book_review.html http://www.stanford.edu/dept/SUSE/SEAL/Reports_Papers/methods_papers/On%20the%20Science%20of%20Ed%20Design%20Studies_ER.pdf Books available at http://www.amazon.com 15 Further reading: Positivism & Instructional Design Application

34. CONSTRUCTIVISM A philosophical and epistemological approach which holds that reality is not directly knowable, and can only be inferred or assigned by convention or consensus http://tip.psychology.org/bruner.html http://carbon.ucdenver.edu/~mryder/itc_data/constructivism.html . 16

36. Construction

37. Multiple meanings

38. Interpretation

39. Representation

40. Piaget

41. Vico

42. Constructionism

43. Social Learning

44. Thought

45. Language

46. Culture

47. Race

48. Gender

49. ZPD

50. Schema

51. Prior knowledge

52. Collaboration

53. Dewey

54. Progressive

55. Scaffolding

56. Active learning17

57. LEV VYGOTSKY Belarusian psychologist who wrote extensively on developmental psychology, child development and education http://tip.psychology.org/vygotsky.html http://www.kolar.org/vygotsky/ . 18

58. Constructivism & Design Framework Knowledge is constructed by the learner. Truth is contextual. Design frameworks are based on constructivism/relativism. Guide the learner in constructing knowledge. Provide a rich context for negotiation and meaning construction. Knowledge constructed internally. 19

59. Constructivism & Design Practices Knowledge is constructed by the learner. Truth is contextual. Environment Learner-centered Teacher facilitating; learner controlling Learning goals negotiated Learning problems and contexts authentic Activities, materials, assessment context driven and individually constructed Artifacts shared and reflected on, collectively and individually. 20

60. Instructional Design Process 21

61. 22 Constructivist Design & Analysis

62. Constructivist Design 23

63. Constructivist Development, Implementation & Evaluation 24

64. 25 Current Trends in IDT: Constructivism in Action eLearning (constructivist approach) University of Leicester Go to the next slide to watch the video

65. Twitter & World Simulation Kansas State University Visit Michael Wesch’s Digital Ethnography site http://mediatedcultures.net/ksudigg/ Go to the next slide to watch the video 26 Current Trends in IDT: Constructivism in Action

66. Virtual Worlds: Second Life California State University, Los Angeles 27 Current Trends in IDT: Constructivism in Action

67. http://gionas.webfactional.com/web/portfolio/pdf/Design_Research.pdf http://www.ifets.info/journals/3_2/tam.html http://www.dirkdavis.net/cbu/edu524/resources/Problem%20based%20learning%20An%20instructional%20model%20and%20its%20constructivist%20framework.pdf http://doc.utwente.nl/26780/1/00650010.pdf Books on http://www.amazon.com 28 Further reading: Constructivism & Constructional Design Practices

68. How do you think our EDIT classes are in terms of epistemological perspectives, instructional design and design practices? What kind of educational technologist or instructional designer will you be? Thank you for going through our slides 29 Questions