Technology Student Motivation & Adapting Educational Technology Using Elements of Student Motivation

Technology Student Motivation & Using Educational Technology Theory to practice to theory to practice………….

Technology Student Motivation & Instructional motivation Choice 1 – Vicarious Motivation Develop educational technology (web site, learning platform, on line testing etc,) and expect that because its there, students will use it. “Lets run it up the flagpole and see who salutes” Surface & Deep processing students Holistic & Atomistic processing students Entwistle, N. & Ramsden, R. (1983). Understanding student learning. London: Croom Helm, 1983.

Technology Student Motivation & Instructional motivation Choice 2 – Incentive Motivation Develop educational technology (web site, learning platform, on line testing etc,) then develop motivation through course design. “Make it worth their while” - tied to evaluation - credit for utilization - negative reinforcement~

Technology Student Motivation & Instructional motivation Choice 3 – Motivational Design Develop educational technology (web site, learning platform, on line testing etc,) including elements of instructional motivation ~ “Build it and they will come” Field of Dreams

Technology Student Motivation & Focus Questions When “surfing” the Web what entices you to explore a Web site? What frustrates you about trying to explore a Web site? What causes you to “bookmark” or place the site in your preferences. Three months later why would you keep the bookmark?~

Technology Student Motivation & John Keller’s Instructional motivation Attention Does my design maintain attention? Conditions that stimulate attention and arousal: Curiosity – Perceptual – stimulus variance - appealing stimulus - Epistemic – novel content cues that stimulate inquiry~ - recognition of ease of use

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Technology Student Motivation & John Keller’s Instructional motivation Relevance Does this element reflect relevant information to the learner? - subsumptive Does this element accurately reflect learning outcomes? Conditions that establish relevance: Achievement – provides opportunity to achieve standards of excellence under conditions of moderate risk Cognitive level and Conceptual level Choice – provides opportunity for choice Affiliation – cooperative interaction~

Technology Student Motivation & Cognitive Levels – Piaget – preoperational concrete operational formal operational Wadsworth, B. (1978). Piaget for the Classroom Teacher. NY: Longman Conceptual Levels Knowledge hierarchies Blooms taxonomies Reigeluth, C. (1992). Elaborating the elaboration theory. Educational Technology Research & Development,. Ausubel, D., Novak, J., & Hanesian, H. (1978). Educational Psychology: A Cognitive View (2nd Ed.). New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston.. John Keller’s Instructional motivation

Technology Student Motivation & John Keller’s Instructional motivation Locus of control Does the learner feel empowered by learning information this way? Elements of empowerment: Clear outcomes Personal control – perceived success from personal effort Attributional feedback – outcome of involvement with design allows student to connect success with personal effort. Bandura, A. (1997). Self-efficacy: The exercise of control. New York: W.H. Freeman

Technology Student Motivation & John Keller’s Instructional motivation Reward Is the learner rewarded using this element for learning? Elements of Reward: intrinsic and extrinsic - behavioural Intrinsic reward Provides – formative and summative reward Provides – opportunity for response guidance.~

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Technology Student Motivation & John Keller’s Motivation in Instruction Attention Does this element maintain attention Relevance Does this element reflect relevant information to the learner – Subsumptive Does this element reflect information relevant to the learning outcomes of the course. - Objective Locus of Control Does the learner feel empowered by learning information this way – Social Learning Reward Is the learner rewarded for using this element for learning – intrinsic and extrinsic – Behavioural~ Keller J.M. Motivation and Instructional Design: Journal of Instructional Development 1979 Instructional Motivation

Technology Student Motivation & Discussions Student directed Problem based Collaborative learning Quizzing & Evaluation Matching Technology to Student Motivation