PSYC 3410 Study Guide - Ibm Officevision, Marshall Mcluhan, Educational Technology
15 Apr 2013
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Global village and the medium is the message . Been around for 100yrs+ now formal and institutionally based e. g. penn university. Ideas theory was that children could learn to program their own computers & so become more intelligent & creative & and independent learners. His approach was piagetian coz kids could explore the computer on their own and create their own intelligence. Piaget didn"t believe in drills learning on the computer. Felt that mle was impt to teaching computer programming. Personalized system of instruction (psi)- individualized learning step by step. Allows students to study at their own pace. Found that math students learnt better & retained more of the material using psi, than conventional lecture based courses. Eff"s extended guide to the internet-share data, exchange emails as quick as a phone call. Web provides convenient & inexpensive meth of course delivery. Highly stimulating medium allows profs to provide virtual learning environs to local & global educational markets.
