User:LSRI Rap

Welcome to the LSRI RAPPERS WIKI. The RAP (Research and Publications) Group has been set up to support and advance LSRI research activities (Learning Sciences Research Institute, University of Nottingham).

The RAPPERS series was kicked off on Tuesday, April 4th, 2006 @ 1pm in the PhD room, Exchange Building, Jubilee Campus. The topic of the first RAP was conceptualising 'mobile learning', based on Mike Sharples' paper "A Theory of Learning for the Mobile Age".

Schedules:

2009:

Feb 04th : Development and Learning, from Cognitive Development in Children: Piaget (originally published in 1964)

Jan 21st :“Insights from the past”, and the first paper is from 1950, Bertrand Russell’s “The Functions of a Teacher”.

2008:

Dec 3rd: Perspective Making and Perspective Taking in Communities of Knowing. Richard J. Boland, Jr. and Ramkrishnan V. Ten

Nov 12th: Cognitive Tutor: Applied research in mathematics education. Steven Ritter

Nov 5th: Rethinking Transfer: A Simple Proposal With Multiple Implications. JOHN D. BRANSFORD AND DANIEL L. SCHWARTZ

Oct 22nd: David Hartley’s Personalisation: the emerging 'revised' code of education?

Oct 8th: Making Sense of Instructional Devices: The Emergence of Transparency in Mathematical Activity. Luciano Meira

July 2nd: Secondary Emotions Deduction from Context. Iulian Benta

2007:

2006:

Sept 5th : The user as wizard: A method for early involvement in the design and evaluation of adaptive systems.", by Judith Mastoff

July 5th: Why Minimal Guidance during Instruction Does Not Work: An Analysis of the Failure of Constructivist, Discovery, Problem-Based, Experiential, and Inquiry-Based Teaching (Kirshner et al)

June 6th: Rochelle, J. (1995) Learning in Interactive Environments: Prior Knowledge and New Experience.

April 4th: A Theory of Learning for the Mobile Age. Mike Sharples