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Alfred Bork (bork@binky.ics.uci.edu)
Thu, 14 Jan 1999 10:13:54 -0800 

Subject: [ifets] comments on this?
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 10:13:54 -0800
From: Alfred Bork <bork@binky.ics.uci.edu>

The following is an abstract for a talk. I would appreciate any
comments from members of this list.

Alfred
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A MODEL OF LEARNING FOR THE 21ST CENTURY

Alfred Bork
Information and Computer Science
University of California, Irvine
bork@uci.edu

January 13, 1999

ABSTRACT

Education has growing worldwide problems. These problems occur at all
ages; learning is now a lifelong activity. It is unlikely that current
approaches will solve these problems.

The interactive computer allows new goals for future learning, Three
factors are critical, all exhibited in the work of an excellent tutor,
but seldom present in learning today. The first is that we
need to look, on a moment to moment basis, for learning problems for
individual students, to offer interactive help for these problems, to see if
this help has been effective, and to offer additional help if necessary.
All students should master everything, including important human capabilities
like problem solving.

The second critical factor is that the program should frequently save
and use information about each student about progress made and problems
encountered. As we become more skillful, we should save information
about learning style.

The third factor is that students, as far as possible, construct their own
knowledge. We want discovery! Students should become imaginative, creative,
independent thinkers.

All this is possible with current highly interactive technology, in distance
learning environments. The panel will explore this further.

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