Edsurge

JULY 19, 2023

He’s spent his 25-year career working for social change and transformation within public education, in part through what he calls “humanizing mental models and systems.” Antonio Vigil is director of innovative classroom technology at Aurora Public Schools in Colorado.

Knowledge 147

Knowledge Educational Technologies Technology Education 147

Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2019

Frameworks provide mental models, but “don’t usually help educators know what to do differently,” argues technology leadership expert Scott McLeod in his latest book, Harnessing Technology for Deeper Learning.

Skills 168

Skills Critical Thinking Gamification Communication 168

EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

We've got to change that mental model. EDTECH: What do you see as the biggest challenge schools have in implementing modern learning environments? DILLON: If you ask anyone over the age of 30 to draw a classroom, we know what they would draw: desks in rows.

Technology 119

Technology Learning Spaces Mental Models STEM 119

Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 17, 2015

There is a wealth of research on the TPACK and SAMR frameworks, Bloom’s taxonomy, Webb’s Depth of Knowledge, the Authentic Intellectual Work framework, the Instructional Practices Inventory, the Florida/Arizona Technology Integration Matrices, and other mental models of technology integration and/or higher-order thinking work.

Mental Models 97

Mental Models Participation Coaching Questions 97

Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 6, 2019

Tom and Eric do a great job of citing research in their book, but it would be helpful to have some research-based frameworks and mental models that tie the list items together. It’s not that the ideas or items are wrong or incorrect, it’s just hard to see how they all fit together.

Learning 87

Learning Schools Mental Models Discussions 87

Lab to Class

MARCH 31, 2024

The researchers found that the style of drawing and mental model used to solve the problem was highly predictive of whether the student was able to find the faster way to solve the problem or not.

Math 52

Math Mental Models Textbooks Study 52

Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2020

What kind of mental models do humans build of AI agents? You can build an agent and introduce it, but humans will immediately build a mental model of that AI agent. And the mental model is not going to be the one that you, as a designer, has.

Mental Models 183

Mental Models Education Ethics Learning 183

Edsurge

DECEMBER 8, 2016

The mental model of the traditional classroom is obsolete,” he told the crowd of college technology leaders. “It That’s a big problem that is slowing change in college teaching, argued Wind, a professor of marketing at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and one of the organizers of the conference.

Textbooks 158

Textbooks Mental Models Lecturing English 158

Dangerously Irrelevant

OCTOBER 20, 2020

He offered a different mental model through a new metaphor. With a chuckle, Sir Ken was able to cut through the dominant narratives of education and insert a new notion that we might be capable of schools in which all children can flourish. Schools in which each child can find their Element. .

Mental Models 131

Mental Models Achievement Failure Art 131