While doing some exploring last night, I ran into Roger Schank’s latest effort. Although Roger has trouble getting projects implemented, he is a good thinker and develops some good learning projects. One interesting thing about this effort is that while it can use more advanced technology, it can also be very low tech. His samples are, in fact, rather low tech. In any case, it focuses on learning rather than technology (as we all should) and is well work the time to explore.
John Stinson
Comments (2)
John,
It's great that you discovered the E4E site and are able to see its value (it's actually a self-referential example of his "ASK System" concept).
It's important to note that the book, upon which the site is based, was written in the mid 1990's. The web-version isn't new, but was created (as part of my Masters project) in parallel with the "dead tree" release, and has received several awards over the last decade.
This background/history helps to establish some perspective regarding your comments related to the (lack of) tech sophisication of the examples that are embedded. After all, the first release of the book's website was viewable only via Mosaic v1.0, when digital multimedia was just beginning to mature and bandwidth was severly limited!
Posted by Jon Revelos | March 5, 2007 2:35 PM
Posted on March 5, 2007 14:35
Jon
Thanks for the comment. I should have mentioned the age of the hypertext book. I used it as a reference back in the mid-late 90s when it was a part of Northwestern's ILS site, but had lost touch with it. You should take some pride in the value that I perceive the book brings to learning.
My comments related to technology where actuallay focused more on the Vista projects than on the E4E book.
Thanks again for your comment. Drop by anytime and add to what we are trying to share.
John Stinson
Posted by John Stinson | March 5, 2007 3:29 PM
Posted on March 5, 2007 15:29