Course Description
This course introduces students to current perspectives on the nature of human learning and cognition, including situated learning, distributed cognition, and other constructivist approaches. An understanding of these perspectives is used to address the design of technology enhanced learning, including multimedia learning environments and e-learning. The emphasis of the course is on pedagogy and learning design.

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MLT801: Foundations of Learning and Knowledge Building

Course Description
How do people learn? How do I teach to help learners construct knowledge and engage in the knowledge building process? Various theoretical principles and models of learning will be discussed to address how human learning takes place and to explore how these principles and models could be applied to the design of teaching and learning. Topics such as neuroscience, novice–expert cognitive differences, and situated and socio-cultural perspectives to learning will be covered.

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