HMI661. Cognition, Learning, Instruction and Computers, 5p
Instructor

Robert Ramberg robban@dsv.su.se
Klas Karlgren klas@dsv.su.se and invited speakers.

Semester

Prerequisites Graduate student status or advanced undergraduate.
Goals
Content Views/theories of cognition (traditional/situated/social), theories of learning, approaches to instruction, design of IT-tools for learning.
Literature
  1. Gardner, H, (1985).The Mind's New Science: A history of the cognitive revolution. Basic Books Inc.
  2. Cognitive Science special issue on Situated action. vol 17, nr. 1, 1993.
  3. Suchman, L. (1987). Plans and Situated Actions: The problem of Human Machine Interaction, Cambridge University Press,
  4. Lave & Wenger, (1991). Situated Learning: Legitimate Peripheral Learning, Cambridge University Press.
  5. A collection of articles
Examination Home work (paper) and a written test.
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