TECFA

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• TECFA
• Research and Teaching unit in
• Educational and Learning technologies

January 2004
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PSYCHOLOGY
EDUCATION
TECFA
COMPUTER SCIENCE
COMMUNICATION
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Teaching units in undergraduate studies
Human computer Interaction
Mediated Communication
Learning computer environments
Master diploma STAF (next MALT)
Blended and integrated learning
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What does it change to use technologies in
education
In the way one learns?
In the way one teaches?
In the relations between learners -teachers-other
actors ?
Three levels of analysis
Micro level individual and collaborative
learning processes
Meso-level institutional and organisational
issues
Macro-level economical and developmental impact
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Innovative Information and Communication systems
Learning and practice community portals
Web-based environment that provides support for
collaborative learning activities
See affective psychology portal
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Cognitive tools for learning
How do we learn from multimedia and hypermedia
document ?
How to design more effective multimedia and
hypermedia documents ?
Ex. CLEAP Project Collaborative Learning from
Animated Pictures
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