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Welcome to our panel discussion where were will be discussing the

relationship of educational technology and the cognitive mind of the


learners. Today we Anum, Yvette and Armando to give further insight of this
rocky relationship. So lets take a brief look at the history.

Hype:
In 1922 Thomas Edison thought he'd figured out the future of education. I
believe that the motion picture is destined to revolutionize our education
system and that in a few years it will supplant largely, if not entirely, the use
of textbooks.

Disappointment:
Films fizzled out because they were expensive and projectors were
unreliable. It was hard to find the right film for the right class.

Hype: Teaching machines with names like Cyclo Teacher, Instructocard,


and the Edumator were promising with one of the best known was created
by psychologist BF Skinner in 1954.

Disappointment: Turns out buttons and levers were not a great way to learn.

Hype: TV combined sight and sound, and could bring live events like space
missions right into the classroom. It was also seen as one answer to the
teacher shortage and it appeared to be very promising. The Ford Foundation
invested millions into programming and the federal government also pitched
in cash. By 1971 more than $100 million had been poured into educational
TV.
Disappointment: History repeated itself with another medium after another
coming along, a lot of enthusiasm for that medium, followed by
disappointment in the extent to which that medium changed the nature of
the instruction taking place in classrooms, said Reiser.

The problem is that we give too much attention to technology. Learners are
forced to adapt to technology when in reality technology should aid the
cognitive mind in learning.

According to Cuban (1986) instructors are relying on the learners themselves


to adapt to the technology. So, the design of eLearning the technology is not
consistent with how people tend to learn. Unfortunately, research on the
cognitive mind is not taken into account when designing e-learning.

According to Shavelson and Towne No one would think of getting to the


moon or of wiping out a disease without research. Research-based
knowledge is needed as a guidance. In a learner-centered approach the focus
is on how people learn and technology aids the learner in the learning
process (Mayer, 2009).

Research shows the learners cognitive capacity for processing information


is quite limited, therefore, that is the instructional professionals greatest
challenge.(Sweller, Ayres, & Kalyuga, 2011; Mayer 2014)
The theories of:
A. Dual Channels
B. Limited Capacity
C. Active Processing
Need to be taken into account applied when creating e-learning. The
cognitive mind can only focus on 7 items for 20 seconds. Based on cognitive
theories of how people learn, the focus should be on instructional goals
eLearning.
As instructors we need to minimize cognitive processing that is unrelated to
the instructional goal. Keeping the focus on key materials enables a deeper
processing for the learner.

So from this conversation I am hearing that instructors need to:

Take into account the limitations of the cognitive processing for learners, and
this can be accomplished by focusing only key points that support the
instructional goals.

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