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INVITED SPEAKER
REAL Strategies and Distributed Learning:
Conflict or Synergy?
Scott Grabinger, University of Colorado at Denver, USA
Rich environments for active learning (REALs) are student-centered learning environments that rely on authentic contexts, collaboration, generative learning, and reflection. They are highly interactive depending on a great deal of intellectual probing by the teacher/facilitator and collaboration among students to be successful. Distributed learning, on the other hand, usually focuses on information delivery to single users working alone. Can REALs (e.g., problem-based learning, anchored instruction, intentional learning, and others) be replicated using distributed learning technologies such as the world wide web? The purpose of this session is examine this apparent conflict between REALs and Distributed Learning. In the process, the session will define REALs and distributed learning, summarize research findings related to the effectiveness of distributed learning programs using REALs, and suggest opportunities for additional research.
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Scott
Grabinger Associate Professor, Information and Learning Technologies Program Division of Technology and Special Services University of Colorado at Denver http://ceo.cudenver.edu/~Scott_Grabinger |
Scott Grabinger is an associate professor at the
University of Colorado at Denver. He is currently on special assignment coordinating the
Technology and Learning Team (TLT) and the Faculty Technology Lab (FTL). The TLT a group
that consults with university faculty on integrating technology in their instruction. It
works both on instructional design and production of materials. The Faculty Technology Lab
serves
as both a training facility and as a facilty for digital production.
Scott also teaches several courses in the Information and Learning Technologies Program including message design, student-centered learning environments, and doctoral seminars. He conducts workshops on using problem-based learning (along with Tom Duffy) and conducts research in the area with his doctoral students.
His most recent book is an edited book, Hypermedia Learning Environments, Kommers, Grabinger, and Dunlap (Erlbaum).