Concept mapping has been used as an educational tool for many years. Students are taught how to create them as part of their pre-writing of essays. Science classes use them to present concepts and systems.
But what about the training community? Ever wondered what your incoming class already knows about your topic? Do you assess their prior knowledge? Adult learning theory posits that how we organize our knowledge will affect what we learn. Do we have ways to assess knowledge organization? Have you ever delivered training and wondered whether the audience got the big picture? Not the isolated facts, but how everything works together as a system? Wish you had an alternative way to assess knowledge other than using multiple choice questions or work samples? Are your experts retiring soon? Need to capture their knowledge?
Presentation topics:
Kurt Steuck will describe concept mapping as a knowledge tool and show several examples. He'll cover a variety of uses of concept mapping to demonstrate its flexibility-capturing expert knowledge, organizing knowledge, delivering training, and assessing what our learners know. Specifically, he'll cover:
About Our Speaker Just In Case You Don't Know Who He is:
Kurt Steuck is the principal investigator in education and training research and evaluation in Steuck & Associates. After receiving his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Educational Psychology, Dr. Steuck taught and conducted research at Trinity University in San Antonio, TX as an Assistant Professor. Dr. Steuck then worked as a federal employee for nearly 15 years in the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) applying principles of educational psychology and artificial intelligence to the design, development, evaluation and technology transfer of intelligent tutoring systems. After leaving federal service, Dr. Steuck has worked in the private sector in small and large businesses. His responsibilities have included research, design, development, and evaluation of learning technologies; evaluation of educational projects; and project management.
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Date: Wednesday, April 23, 2014 Time: 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM Location: County Line Bar-B-Que 10101 IH-10 West (between Wurzbach and Huebner) San Antonio, TX 78230 210-641-1998
