What if we applied the psychology of what makes technology attractive to students...to our face-2-face practices in the classroom?
Using this idea, instead of using more technology in the classroom, why not design the traditional human / face-to-face classroom experience to be more like what makes technology so engrossing to modern students?
Do these principles sound familiar...
Deliver information in bite sized chunks,
Create mental models,
Use short stories to help process information,
Learning happens and is remembered through repetition,
People are motivated by Progress and Mastery,
Sustained attention lasts 10 minutes,
and the use of Progressive Disclosure.
Progressive Disclosure an interaction design technique often used in human computer interaction to help maintain the focus of a user's attention by reducing clutter, confusion, and cognitive workload. This improves usability by presenting only the minimum data required for the task at hand.
Here are 100 little articles that could have big implications in the classroom.