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Minimalist Educational Materials for Distance Delivery
Minimalist Educational Materials - Ken McKee 3/22/2017 Minimalist Educational Materials for Distance Delivery Ken McKee - BEd, BSc, PTC Northern Alberta Institute of Technology 3/22/2017
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Minimalism / Education
I hear, I forget I see, I remember I do, I understand ~Confuscious Education should be useful. If it is not, what is it? ~Whitehead 3/22/2017
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Overview Traditional delivery problems Distance delivery problems
How does Learning occur? What is Education? What is Minimalism? Minimalist Solutions 3/22/2017
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Traditional Delivery Problems
Books Too thick Not directly applicable Students Very busy with time restraints Don’t, won’t, can’t read Technology More time requirements Different platforms 3/22/2017
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Problems with Traditional Delivery
Teachers Lecture Control concerns Class size, ability levels, interest Content applicability 3/22/2017
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Distant Delivery Problems
Materials make or break technology solutions No teacher in sight Technology to overcome Texts too thick, where do I look? Questions via can be numerous 3/22/2017
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What is Education? “Education is the acquisition of the art of the utilization of knowledge” ~Whitehead "Develop the best pedagogy you can. See how well you can do. Then analyze the nature of what you did that worked." ~ Jerome Bruner 3/22/2017
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Who decides what is usable?
Students should experience the joy of discovery and understand the application here and now in the circumstances of his/her life ~Whitehead Appreciation by use The external connections of the subject drag thought outwards 3/22/2017
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Ideas, which are not utilized, are positively harmful (inert)
Ideas, which are not utilized, are positively harmful (inert) ~Whitehead 3/22/2017
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The problem of keeping knowledge alive, of preventing it from becoming inert, is the central problem of all education ~Whitehead 3/22/2017
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Education is the evocation of curiosity, of judgment, of the power of mastering a complicated tangle of circumstances, the use of theory in giving foresight in special cases 3/22/2017
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Romance Stage of Education
First stage of apprehension Appreciation of connections Education must essentially be a setting in order of a ferment already stirring in the mind 3/22/2017
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Precision Stage of Education
Represents an addition to knowledge Analyzing the facts, bit by bit 3/22/2017
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Generalization Stage of Education
Return to romanticism with the added advantage of classified ideas and relevant technique 3/22/2017
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What is Minimalism? Brevity of materials www.GetToThePoint.ca
Materials that work and work well Self paced Applicable 3/22/2017
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Minimalist Solutions Create the best applied materials you can
Work as if you were a student Test the materials with students Questions indicate areas to adjust Rework, test materials again Could students write an introduction at end of chapter? Rework, test, rework, test 3/22/2017
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Minimalist Strategies
All learning tasks should be meaningful and self contained Learners should be given realistic projects ASAP Instructions permit self-directed reasoning and improvising Increase the number of active learning activities 3/22/2017
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Minimalist Strategies
Training materials and activities should provide for error recognition and recovery Close linkage between the training and the actual system (job) Minimize instructional materials which obstruct learning 3/22/2017
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Applying Minimalist Principals
Action centered tasks Focus on what user needs Omit long introductions Omit repetition and verbiage Exploit what user already knows Rely on users to think and improvise 3/22/2017
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References Carroll, J.M. 1990. The Nurnberg Funnel
Carroll, J.M Minimalism Beyond the Nurnberg Funnel Eiler, M.A Minimalism and Documentation Downsizing Reddish, J A Practical Guide to Useability Testing Reddish, J Building usability into your documentation, Interfaces and websites Whitehead, A.N The Aims of Education
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Minimalist Websites and Links
Minimalism (J. Carroll): Minimalism and Documentation: Cognitive Approaches to Instructional Design: Achieving Minimalism Through Interactive Multimedia: Technical Writers of India (TWIN): Usability Testing: 3/22/2017
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