A virtual learning application of the schoolwide enrichment model and high-end learning theory

2012 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph S. Renzulli ◽  
Sally M. Reis
Keyword(s):  
Learning Theory ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Final Section ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Instructional Communication ◽  
Creative Productivity ◽  
Renzulli Learning ◽  
Schoolwide Enrichment Model ◽  
Enrichment Program ◽  
And Storage

Remarkable advances in instructional communication technology (ICT) have now made it possible to provide high levels of enrichment services to students online. This paper describes an Internet-based enrichment program based on a high-end learning theory that focuses on the development of creative productivity through the application of knowledge rather than the mere acquisition and storage of knowledge. The program, called Renzulli Learning System (RLS), extends the pedagogy of the Schoolwide Enrichment Model (SEM) to various forms of enrichment as well as first-hand investigative and creative endeavors. In this paper, a brief overview is provided about the SEM, the organizational framework upon which the RLS is based. This section will be followed by summaries of the Three-Ring Conception of Giftedness and the Enrichment Triad Model, the two theories underlying SEM, and the final section presents a detailed description of the RLS.

A reflective conversation with Joe Renzulli and Sally Reis

2013 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joe Renzulli ◽  
Sally Reis ◽  
Michael F Shaughnessy
Keyword(s):  
Gifted Education ◽  
New Literacies ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Renzulli Learning ◽  
Schoolwide Enrichment Model ◽  
Reflective Conversation

In this reflective conversation, Dr. Joe Renzulli and Dr. Sally Reis respond to questions about the newly developed Renzulli Learning System. They discuss the system in light of the Schoolwide Enrichment Model (SEM) and provide information regarding it's use with curriculum compacting and Renzulli's “Three Ring Conceptualization of Giftedness”. Lastly, the “new literacies” in gifted education are discussed.

Selected Major Issues in Instructional/Communication Technology

1993 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 312-325
Author(s):  
Dilnawaz A. Siddiqui
Keyword(s):  
Instructional Technology ◽  
Fiber Optics ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Instructional Communication ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Media Communication ◽  
Satellite Television ◽  
Powerful Learning ◽  
Global Power ◽  
Physical Limitations

Instructional/Communication Technology has come to mean, in a narrowsense, media hardware or a set of tools enabling human beings toovercome their physical limitations. Etymologically, it means one or moretechniques, both concrete and abstract, that help human beings solveproblems. By extension, instructional technology (IT) means all tools atour disposal for facilitating learning. Tickton (1971) defines the purporeof IT as making "education more productive and more individual, to giveinstruction a more scientific base, and to make instruction more powerful,learning more immediate, and access more equal." While the technologyitself might be neutral as a medium and as a means of instructional communication,it is the natw of its use, in terms of timely and appropriatemessages, that is the key to understanding its consequences. It is this finalfactor upon which society needs to focus.The tecent combination of computer, video, fiber optics, satellite television,and other state-of-the-art technologies has enabled a small groupto control the lives of billions. Instructional technology has also Meritedits own share of this instantaneous global power. As a result traditionalboundaries between IT and mass media communication have blurred somuch that IT sounds like a misnomer.It has now become a platitude to say that the nation that controlledthe sealanes in the nineteenth century, or that controlled the airways inthe twentieth century, controlled the whole world. In the twenty-first century,it appears that whoever controls the airwaves will control the worldand whatever is beyond it. Thus the most explosive confluence of ...

New Supervised Learning Theory Applied to Cerebellar Modeling for Suppression of Variability of Saccade End Points

2013 ◽  
Vol 25 (6) ◽  
pp. 1440-1471 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masahiko Fujita
Keyword(s):  
Supervised Learning ◽  
Cerebellar Cortex ◽  
Learning Theory ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Learning Ability ◽  
Motor Center ◽  
End Points ◽  
Noise Effects ◽  
End Point ◽  
Control Scheme

A new supervised learning theory is proposed for a hierarchical neural network with a single hidden layer of threshold units, which can approximate any continuous transformation, and applied to a cerebellar function to suppress the end-point variability of saccades. In motor systems, feedback control can reduce noise effects if the noise is added in a pathway from a motor center to a peripheral effector; however, it cannot reduce noise effects if the noise is generated in the motor center itself: a new control scheme is necessary for such noise. The cerebellar cortex is well known as a supervised learning system, and a novel theory of cerebellar cortical function developed in this study can explain the capability of the cerebellum to feedforwardly reduce noise effects, such as end-point variability of saccades. This theory assumes that a Golgi-granule cell system can encode the strength of a mossy fiber input as the state of neuronal activity of parallel fibers. By combining these parallel fiber signals with appropriate connection weights to produce a Purkinje cell output, an arbitrary continuous input-output relationship can be obtained. By incorporating such flexible computation and learning ability in a process of saccadic gain adaptation, a new control scheme in which the cerebellar cortex feedforwardly suppresses the end-point variability when it detects a variation in saccadic commands can be devised. Computer simulation confirmed the efficiency of such learning and showed a reduction in the variability of saccadic end points, similar to results obtained from experimental data.

Digital transformation of the educational and methodological support of the railway university

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 427-434
Author(s):  
E. V. Boikov ◽  
A. I. Orlenko ◽  
S. V. Domnin
Keyword(s):  
Training Programs ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Interactive Training ◽  
Distance Learning System ◽  
Processing Information ◽  
Processing And Storage ◽  
Independent Work ◽  
And Storage

A full-fledged transformation is impossible without the use of new didactic approaches and without the creation of a qualitatively new educational and methodological support. This is due to the peculiarities of the modern student. Modern students were born and grew up in an information-saturated world and they are dominated by clip thinking, which is focused on processing information in short portions. Based on this, the problem of developing such training programs that would be aimed at independent work, based on game methods of presenting information, would take into account the psychophysiological features of perception, processing and storage of information by a modern person becomes urgent.To solve this problem, the authors analyzed the results of cognitive psychology research, conducted a self-analysis of the experience of developing and implementing three-dimensional interactive training programs in the educational process.The paper reveals the problems and disadvantages of traditional ways of presenting information. Examples of the implementation of interactive training applications are shown. The method of organizing a distributed distance learning system is presented.The conducted research allowed us to outline ways to modernize educational and methodological support by using interactive applications, mobile learning, resource allocation, introduction of modern digital solutions and creation of a comfortable educational environment.

Disaster and Digital Libraries in Developing Countries

2016 ◽  
pp. 534-559 ◽  
Author(s):  
Goodluck Ifijeh ◽  
Jerome Idiegbeyan-Ose ◽  
Chidi D. Isiakpona ◽  
Julie Ilogho
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Digital Libraries ◽  
Prevention And Control ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Information Generation ◽  
And Control ◽  
And Storage

Digital libraries have become a modern day phenomenon. Their roles in information generation,organization, dissemination and storage cannot be overemphasized. This chapter articulates the importance of digital libraries and the need to preserve them from disasters. It highlights the causes and effects of disasters in digital libraries. Prevention and management of disasters were also discussed. Issues and challenges around information and communication technology (ICT), that has direct bearings on digital libraries and disaster management in developing countries were raised. In addition, recommendations were made on how to improve on disaster prevention and control.

scholarly journals Design of Self-practice Listening and Supplementary Vocabulary Exercises for a TOEFL-ITP Preparation Course in Vietnam

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 102
Author(s):  
Duy Ngoc Pham ◽  
Thu Thi Xuan Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Educational Software ◽  
Virtual Learning Environment ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
University Of Technology ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
E Learning

The amount of information to be accumulated at university has been increasing in recent years, so students nowadays are moving towards using computers in the learning process. Application of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), particularly educational software, to facilitate the learning and teaching process has become a more and more popular trend among teachers. In Thai Nguyen University of Technology (TNUT), Vietnam, a multi-disciplinary virtual learning environment (http://e-learning.tnut.edu.vn) has been established on the MOODLE platform. The aim of this paper is to introduce the design of self-practice listening and vocabulary exercises for the TOEFL-ITP preparation course by integrating the exercises designed with the Hot Potatoes and Quizlet into TNUT’s institutional e-learning system. First, the advantages of the e-learning system are discussed. Second, the tools and materials necessary for the design are described. Finally, a suggestion on integrating the listening and vocabulary exercises designed by the Hot Potatoes software and Quizlet into the available e-learning system is introduced.

scholarly journals A3 Learning System: Advanced Active and Autonomous Learning System

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akiko Takahashi ◽  
Yasuhiro Kashiwaba ◽  
Toshiaki Okumura ◽  
Toshihiko Ando ◽  
Kuniaki Yajima ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Software Design ◽  
Educational System ◽  
Mastery Learning ◽  
Progress Report ◽  
Learning System ◽  
The Other ◽  
Generic Skill ◽  
Information And Communication

This paper proposes the Advanced-Active-Autonomous (A3) Learning System, which is an educational system based on the use of information and communication technology. The A3 Learning System is a combination of Active Learning (AL), Project/Problem-Based Learning (PBL) and Mastery Learning (ML). We report some uses of the A3 system and implemented AL and ML in foundational learning in the software/hardware information fields. Additionally, we implemented PBL in software design. We implemented two methods; one involves individual students and the other involves a group. Furthermore, to evaluate the benefits of the A3 Learning System, the Progress Report on Generic Skill (PROG) test was carried out; the results of the test are discussed here.

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