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Invited Speaker
Case-Based Interactive
e-Learning Systems: Toward Real-World Problem
Solving
Ikseon Choi
University of Georgia, USA
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Abstract:
A set of skills and
knowledge learned from students’ experiences with well-structured
problems, which have often been employed in typical college classrooms,
are not enough for them to solve real-world problems, which are often
characterized as uncertain, dynamic, complex, vague, urgent,
time-pressed, and ill-structured. Although the goal of higher education
is to help students be successful professionals who are able to deal
with real-world problems and to make subtle and responsible judgments in
their everyday profession, instructors or trainers are often challenged
to teach these kinds of skills, whether in the existing classroom,
e-learning, and/or blended settings. Can case-based interactive
e-learning systems overcome this kind of challenge? This presentation
will answer the question by proposing a framework integrating three
types of knowledge that helps to diagnose the limitations of existing
learning environments, presenting instructional design models and
development techniques for case-based e-learning systems, and
demonstrating cases which illustrate how case-based interactive
e-learning systems help to facilitate real-world problem solving skills
in college classrooms such as anesthesiology, orthopedic surgery, and
elementary classroom management.
Biographical Information:
Dr. Ikseon (Ike) Choi
is an assistant professor of instructional technology at the University of
Georgia, where he teaches the design and development of interactive learning
environments. Over the last ten years, he has been leading a variety of
research and development projects for designing and implementing case-based
e-learning environments in both corporate and higher education settings. His
recent efforts in renovating college classrooms with e-learning technology
in order to enhance students’ dynamic decision-making skills has been
acknowledged by the 2005 Outstanding Practice Award in instructional design
and development from the Association of Educational Communications and
Technology. He has been collaborating with leading professors in
agricultural science, medicine, veterinary science, teacher education, and
nanotechnology and bioengineering. His one clear goal across different
projects is to find ways to renovate existing college classrooms with
state-of-the-art technology in order to create meaningful learning
environments where students can build real-world problem solving skills more
effectively. He earned his Ph.D. in instructional systems at Penn Sate in
2002, and he also has a background in educational psychology and computer
programming.
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