Three learning-theory areas organize cyberlearning theory work: collaborative learning, embodied learning, and identity¶

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Description¶

The report's learning-theories theme treats three areas: collaborative learning, where people 'learn socially through shared words, actions, and meanings' with social tools; embodied learning, where theories 'seek to understand how movements, gestures, and actions influence learning' and design integrates gesture with technology; and identity, where sociocultural theories examine how a person forms identity situationally and learning is about developing identity, not just knowledge or skill.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Learning theories are interwoven with emerging technology and research methods to uncover processes of how learning unfolds

Constraints¶

• Cognitive theories and neuroscience theories also inform the work but are treated in other themes or overlaps

Target Learners¶

• Learners from young children to adults in the workforce, including ELL students

Target Learning Objectives¶

• STEM topics, language learning, reading, writing, and workforce skills

Claims¶

• Collaborative learning appeared in 36 funded projects, embodied learning in 15, and identity theories in 9 [+W]

Related Theories¶

• Ambitious mashups: cyberlearning projects combine novel technologies, theories, methods, and equity goals in frontier-oriented integrations
• Four most common AI technology types in cyberlearning: intelligent tutoring systems, machine learning, speech/vision/natural interaction, and social robotics and avatars
• Six emerging design genres organize cyberlearning design research

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Center for Innovative Research in Cyberlearning (2020). Ambitious mashups: Reflections on a decade of cyberlearning research. [Report]. Digital Promise. https://circlcenter.org/resources/reflections-report/