Abstract
Remote learning solutions should account for important yet neglected aspects of contemporary learning environments, such as the activities that occur during mentor relationships, or the affect of community on cognition. It may be possible to partially replace the learning and motivation ordinarily provided by mentors and community through the marriage of a constructivist cognitive teaching model and contemporary delivery platforms, such as cognitive apprenticeship and multimedia. This approach is used in Convection Initiation, a multimedia training course designed to help weather forecasters interpret Doppler radar. The course is discussed in this paper to illustrate how cognitive apprenticeship can be used as a framework for designs that address the needs of a distributed learning environment.
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Casey, C. Incorporating cognitive apprenticeship in multi-media. ETR&D 44, 71–84 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02300327
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