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Transactional learning & knowledge objects

Some of the evaluation outcomes of the SIMPLE project are very interesting indeed. A group of them stem from the concept of transactional learning that drives much of the simulation activity. A key question that arose as the sims proceeded related to how students actually formed knowledge through simulation activities. How did that happen, if at all? How did it related to the pre-existing literature on how students did that in more conventional learning environments? The questions resolved themselves into the polar opposite below the fold...

SIMPLE final report

The SIMPLE Project final report is now complete, and can be downloaded from the SIMPLE community site. Click on 'The SIMPLE Project' and below the project summary is a link to the report; or just click here. Below the fold is a summary of the project findings. I'll be posting extracts on this blog in the coming days...