Cognition and Computers

Thinking in levels - Uses in Education Date:22nd March 2020/Sunday This blog post discusses a new topic about thinking in levels and why it is necessary to think in levels. I found about levels in the paper "Thinking in level: a dynamic systems approach to making sense of the world" by Wilensky , u , & Resnick (1999). The first part of the blog talks about levels in depth, the second part takes you through sample project involving levels and the last part explains why thinking in levels is necessary. Lets begin by exploring what do we mean by levels. The better understanding of the levels would lead to better understanding of the how different phenomenon occur in the world and how different patterns emerge. By levels here the writer means the description we use to categorize a system where there may be many interacting agents. The issue was noticed when two students working on a simulation found that when the cars move forward in a traffic, the traffic jam seems to...

Knowing and Understanding Types of Knowledge: How they effect the choice of an education technology tool? Date: 4th March 2020/Wednesday This blog post is interesting in the sense that it provided an opportunity to connect the ideas in the reading with the tools we use in classrooms. It was an opportunity to analyze the education technology tools we use from different angles. To begin with what are the different types of knowledge that the tool possesses and how does it benefit the user or the learner. How is knowledge represented in the tool. We all know that knowledge is a collection of facts about a particular concept gained through some sort of experience educational, vocational, technical etc. This knowledge can be divided into different types, these include conceptual knowledge, procedural knowledge, strategic knowledge and situational knowledge. One thing that needs to be understood here is that not every tool will have all types of knowledge and this may vary depending on ...