Invited Speaker

 

Case-Based Interactive

e-Learning Systems: Toward Real-World Problem Solving

 

Ikseon Choi
University of Georgia, USA

 

 


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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