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Jonassen, David H.; Wang, Sherwood – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2003
Cognitive simulations are runnable computer programs for modeling human cognitive activities. A case study is reported where expert systems were used as a formalism for modeling metacognitive processes in a seminar. Building cognitive simulations engages intensive introspection, ownership and meaning making in learners who build them. (Author/AEF)
Descriptors: Cognitive Mapping, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, Computer Simulation
Burge, Elizabeth J.; Carter, Nicola M. – 1997
At Canada's University of New Brunswick (UNB), adult educators and computer experts jointly identified criteria for designing UNB's new Internet-based distance education delivery system called PSyCo (Presentation System for Courses). The 10 criteria that became the PSyCo blueprint were based on principles from three areas: architecture and design,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Cognitive Structures, Computer Software Development