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Improving Learning Technology Design through the Identification of Anthropologically Invariant Learning Behaviors in the Adoption of Educational Technology

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Conference

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Location

San Antonio, Texas

Publication Date

June 10, 2012

Start Date

June 10, 2012

End Date

June 13, 2012

ISSN

2153-5965

Conference Session

Engineering and Technological Literacy: Past and Future

Tagged Division

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

Page Count

8

Page Numbers

25.746.1 - 25.746.8

DOI

10.18260/1-2--21503

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https://peer.asee.org/21503

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346

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Steven R. Walk Old Dominion University

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Steven Robert Walk, P.E., is an Assistant Professor of electrical engineering technology in the Frank Batten College of Engineering and Technology at Old Dominion University. He is Founder and Director of the Laboratory for Technology Forecasting. His research interests include energy conversion systems, technology and innovation management, and technological forecasting and social change. He is owner and founder of Technology Intelligence, a management consulting company in Norfolk, Va. Walk earned B.S.E.E.T. and M.S.E.E. degrees at the University of Pittsburgh, where he was a University Scholar.

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Abstract

Improving Learning Technology Design through the Identification of Anthropologically Invariant Learning Behaviors in the Adoption of Educational TechnologyAbstractThe goal of this proposed research is to identify invariants in human learning behavior throughaccumulation and categorization of learning behaviors found independent of culture and throughquantitative analysis of the historical records of technological selection and rejection. Theresults of this research may be used to improve the design criteria for more effectivedevelopment and application of learning technologies, such as deployed in on-line courses and inemerging high immersion game-based learning systems. Furthermore, with better-designedlearning technology systems and devices, leading to broader diffusion and successfulimplementation, then the criteria for technological literacy may more effectively be determined.Objectives of this research include: 1) identifying anthropological invariants in early learning; 2)identifying invariant learning behavior in later stages of learning, including identifying vestigesor artifact behaviors from early learning; 3) documenting the adoption rates, performance, andsubstitution of major learning technologies in technologically advanced societies; 4)demonstrating through the historical record of education technology adoption and rejectioninvariant learning behaviors as cause for the selection and rejection of educational technologies;5) identifying design criteria and potential improvements in the ongoing development andapplication of select learning technologies based on the research results.The initial goal of the research is to achieve preliminary results in each of the proposedobjectives, demonstrate the scholarly and practical merits of such research, and to positionresearch teams to attract continued research funding.

Walk, S. R. (2012, June), Improving Learning Technology Design through the Identification of Anthropologically Invariant Learning Behaviors in the Adoption of Educational Technology Paper presented at 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, San Antonio, Texas. 10.18260/1-2--21503

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