Rik Min

Flexible web-Technology
for
e-learning Environments




24 september 2001





Why and How?

Problem:

Figuur 1: The principle of parallelism. The mean attention area: a working-, doing- or problem solving environment (A); the instruction, information or reference area (B); and the distance between them (x). The research question is: "What is the optimum of x?"




Theory

the dual-code theory (of Paivio, 1990)

the split-attention theory (of Chandler & Sweller, 1991)

the cognitive load theory (of Sweller, 1990 - 1994)

the multimedia learning theory (of Mayer, 1995)

the parallel instruction theory (of Min, 1992 - 1994)




Problems

Hypermedia

cd-i and cd-rom media

Screen-by-screen media

Instruction versus Learning Environments

Learning versus Problem Solving Environments

e-learning Problem Solving Environments

Complexity




Solutions

Simplicity (in use) & Simplicity (in design)

Parallelism & Virtual parallelism in Web-pages

Parallelism in Working-, Doing- and Learning Environments

the Split Attention theory & the Cognitive Load theory (CLT)

the Parallel Instruction (PI) theory

Building blocks & the page-by-page philosophy

SimLib (for smart objects) & WebLib (for silly objects)




Parallelism and 'virtual parallelism'

in a browser on a web-page:

Figuur 2: the surface of a web-page is bigger than the surface of the screen: so a web-page has a lot of virtual parallelism. That is a fantastic advantage compared with cd-rom and cd-i stuff




Demo's

in a browser on a web-page:

Diffusion

Koopkracht

- o -

Finally: Parallel Instruction or Parallel Information?




References

Lecture ORD Amsterdam
Poster ED.MEDIA Tampere & EARLI Fribourg
Types of parallelism





Enschede, 24 sept. 2001