The Next Generation of Learners 

Anyone using Google’s search engine to find information about anything is shown results that are contextually related.  Unfortunately, when it comes to human beings, we are restricted from making such revelations as we are not taught to creatively generate these kinds of relationships between terms or concepts.  Such ability is stringent and can be unobtainable.  In this presentation, it will be shown that there is a process for identifying, categorizing, and presenting concepts of a subject matter for learning purposes. And that if applied, the process can provide a learner the fundamental background necessary to recognize the precise relationships of a given idea or subject matter to other fundamentally related ideas. Is this the premise for the next generation of learners? You are invited to hear about this very possibility. From this three-part Webinar presentation, you will learn:

Part I

* The uniqueness of primary and related learning theories

* Methods for enhancing conceptual and meaningful learning

* A proposed teaching method and how it is applied

Part II

* Human learning and cognition

* Methods of cognitive science

* Paradigms of cognitive psychology

* Features of primary and related learning theories

* Rationale for my new theory of primary and related learning

Part III

* Google's search engine

* Categorization of Knowledge & Concept Schemas

* Google: An example of the proposed primary and related mechanism?

* Application of the proposed method

* Administrative and instructor support

* Conclusion

Based upon research outcomes which emerged from the study of learning, memory, cognition, conducted by Joseph B. Delphonse (1995, 1996) at the State University of New York at Buffalo, it was found that true cognitive abilities, as well as potential predictors of a learner's success in a particular domain or field of study, are predicated upon specific and distinct architectural, mechanical, and natural instrumentalities.

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International Conference at Niagara University--January 10, 2012

Poster Presentation Author: Joseph B. Delphonse

TITLE: A Theory of Primary and Related Elements

Absract:  We present a theory of primary and related learning that consists of a set of principles for organizing learning objectives into schemes with production operators.  Issues related to performance of an action are addressed through learning research, cognitive analysis methods, research on knowledge organization, contextual interference effects involved in learning both verbal and motor skills, the disadvantages of block practice conditions,and Schmidt’s schema theory.  This proposed learning process is illustrated by explaining the natural learning process, the different solutions to the content problems associated with keyboarding instruction, and the implications of the proposed approach for organizing and developing teaching objectives. In addition, various research findings in the field of cognitive psychology and the short-comings of these findings are discussed.