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Organización/Lugar de trabajo
Greater Boston Area, California United States
Ocupación
VPAL Online Education Research Group
Sector
Education
Sitio web
www.josephjaywilliams.com/
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I do human-computer interaction and cognitive science research to understand and improve how people learn and reason using online software and technology.
My focus is on designing MOOClets (tiny.cc/moocletframework) that allow collaborative and automatic personalization and experimentation with digital interactive online resources.
For example, I work on studies that investigate how to promote students' construction of explanations when solving mathematics exercises (e.g. on www.khanacademy.org), how to measurably increase students' motivation and grades with web lessons that teach students that intelligence is malleable, and how to change metacognitive habits and behaviors in MOOCs u...
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learning theories
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analogy
psychology
business
online education
mixing effects
retrieval practice
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teaching google search
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hci
edx
interventions
transfer
experimental psychology
cognitive psychology
mooclet
a/b testing
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cognition
causal learning
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google
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Organización/Lugar de trabajo
Greater Boston Area, California United States
Ocupación
VPAL Online Education Research Group
Sector
Education
Sitio web
www.josephjaywilliams.com/
Acerca de
I do human-computer interaction and cognitive science research to understand and improve how people learn and reason using online software and technology.
My focus is on designing MOOClets (tiny.cc/moocletframework) that allow collaborative and automatic personalization and experimentation with digital interactive online resources.
For example, I work on studies that investigate how to promote students' construction of explanations when solving mathematics exercises (e.g. on www.khanacademy.org), how to measurably increase students' motivation and grades with web lessons that teach students that intelligence is malleable, and how to change metacognitive habits and behaviors in MOOCs u...
Etiquetas
education
cognitive science
educational technology
learning
online teaching and learning
explanation
research
education and training
higher education
online training
e-learning
electronic learning
learning theories
training and development
analogy
psychology
business
online education
mixing effects
retrieval practice
experiment
teaching google search
testing effects
testing
mooc
online
online learning
question
hci
edx
interventions
transfer
experimental psychology
cognitive psychology
mooclet
a/b testing
student
cognition
causal learning
questions
training
google
motivation
teacher
mindset
intelligence
teaching
virtual learning environment
Ver más