Gee, J. P. (2007) What video Games Have to Teach us about Learning and Literacy (revised edition) New York: Palgrave
Holmes, B. and Gardner, J. (2006) E-learning : concepts and practice London: Sage.
Illeris, K. (ed) (2009) Contemporary theories of learning : learning theorists ... in their own words Abingdon: Routledge
Juwah, C. (Ed) (2006) Interactions in online education : implications for theory and practice Abingdon: Routledge
Smidt, S. (2009) Introducing Vygotsky : a guide for practitioners and students in the early years : Abingdon: Routledge
Smith, L., Dockrell, J., & Tomlinson, P. (Eds.) (1997). Piaget, Vygotsky and beyond : future issues for developmental psychology and education. London: Routledge.
Snyder, I. (Ed.) (2002) Silicon literacies : communication, innovation and education in the electronic age London: Routledge
Somekh, B. (2007) Pedagogy and learning with ICT : researching the art of innovation. London and New York: Routledge.
British educational research journal.
British Journal of Educational Technology.
Computer supported cooperative work.
Educational technology & society
International journal of computer-supported collaborative learning
Journal of computer assisted learning.
Journal of computer-mediated communication [electronic resource].
Learning media and technology.
Technology, pedagogy and education.
Creme, P and Lea M.R. (2008) Writing at University (Third Edition). Milton Keynes: Open Univeristy Press
Deane, M. (2010) Academic research, writing and referencing. Harlow: Pearson (if you are going to buy a book about writing, choose this one)
Wyse, D. (2007) The good writing guide for education students London: Sage
Required reading
Taylor, R. P. (1980). Introduction. In R. P. Taylor (Ed.), The computer in school: Tutor, tool, tutee (pp. 1-10). New York: Teachers College Press. http://www.citejournal.org/vol3/iss2/seminal/article1.cfm
References and further readings
Atherton J. S. (2003) Learning and Teaching: Knowles' Andragogy [On-line] UK. Available: http://www.dmu.ac.uk/~jamesa/learning/knowlesa.htm Accessed: 23 September 2004
Cole, M., and Engeström, Y. (1993) “A cultural-historical approach to distributed cognition”. In Salomon, G. (Ed.) Distributed cognitions : psychological and educational considerations. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Conner, M. L. (2005) "Andragogy and Pedagogy." Ageless Learner http://agelesslearner.com/intros/andragogy.html
Knowles M. S., Holton III E.F. and Swanson R.A. (1998) The Adult Learner (5th Edition) Houston: Gulf Publishing
MacDonald, B. et al. (1979) Understanding computer assisted learning : the final report of the educational evaluation of the National Development Programme in Computer Assisted Learning. Centre for Applied Research in Education. Norwich.
Sewell, D. F., and Rothery, D. R. (1987) “The Application of Computers in Education”. Prospects. Vol. XVII, No. 3. (pp. 379 - 386).
Somekh, B. (1997) “Classroom Investigations: exploring and evaluating how IT can support learning.” In Somekh, B. and Davis, N. (eds.) Using information technology effectively in teaching and learning : studies in pre-service and in-service teacher education. RKP: London
Somekh, B. (2007) Pedagogy and learning with ICT : researching the art of innovation. London and New York: Routledge.
Stevenson, I. (2008) “Tool, tutor, environment or resource: Exploring metaphors for digital technology and pedagogy using activity theory” Computers and Education 51/2 pp 836-853
Required reading
Wood, D., Underwood, J., and Avis, P. (1999) “Integrating learning systems in the classroom” Computers and education. 33, p. 91-108.
References and further readings
Akhras, F.N, and Self, J.A. (2002) “Beyond intelligent tutoring systems: Situations, interactions, processes and affordances” Instructional science. 30, p. 1–30
Bontcheva, K. & Dimitrova, V. (2004) "Examining the use of conceptual graphs in adaptive web-based systems that aid terminology learning" International Journal on Artificial Intelligence Tools, vol. 13, pp. 299-332.
Brusilovsky, P. (2001) "Adaptive Hypermedia", User modeling and user-adapted interaction, Volume 11, Issue 1 - 2, Mar 2001, Page 87
Given, B.K., Wasserman, J.D. Chari, S.A., Beattie, K. and Eden, G.F. (2008) "A randomized, controlled study of computer-based intervention in middle school struggling readers", Brain and language.. Volume 106, Issue 2, Pages 83-97
Hartley, J. & Sleeman, D. (1973) "Towards more intelligent teaching systems." International journal of man-machine studies. 2, 215-236.0
Jervis, A. and Gholia C. (2005) “The Machine Stops”: One School’s Rejection of Integrated Learning Systems” Education and information technologies. 10:4 pp305-321
Mao, X., Li, Z. (2010) "Agent based affective tutoring systems: A pilot study" Computers and education, Volume 55, Issue 1, Pages 202-208Papert, S. (1990) “A Critique of Technocentrism in Thinking About the School of the Future”. M.I.T. Media Lab Epistemology and Learning Memo No.2. Available at: http://www.papert.org/articles/ACritiqueofTechnocentrism.html
Self, J. (2005) Whoever said computers would be intelligent? Drakkar Press Limited: Lancs, UK.
Sarrafzadeh, A. Alexander, S., Dadgostar, F., Fan, C. and Bigdeli A. (2008) “How do you know that I don’t understand? ” A look at the future of intelligent tutoring systems Computers in human behavior., Volume 24/4, pp 1342-1363
Theory into Practice Database: http://www.gwu.edu/%7etip/theories.html
Underwood, J, D. M. and Brown, J. (eds.) (1997) Integrated learning systems : potential into practice Oxford: Heinemann.
van Duijvenvoorde, A. C. K., Zanolie, K., Rombouts, S. A. R. B., Raijmakers, M. E. J., and Crone, E. A. (2008) “Evaluating the Negative or Valuing the Positive? Neural Mechanisms Supporting Feedback-Based Learning across Development ” Journal of neuroscience, 28/September 2008 pp. 9495 – 9503
VanLehn, K, Lynch, C, Schulze, K, Shapiro, J.A. Shelby,R, Taylor,L. Treacy,D, Weinstein,A and Wintersgill, M (2005) "The Andes Physics Tutoring System: Lessons Learned." International journal of artificial intelligence in education., 15(3). http://www.andes.pitt.edu/Pages/AndesLessonsLearnedForWeb.pdf
Wood, D. (1998) The UK ILS evaluations : final report. (Integrated learning systems UK Evaluation Report.) Coventry:BecTa
Required reading
Paulus, T. (2007). CMC modes for learning tasks at a distance. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 12(4), article 9. http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol12/issue4/paulus.html
References and further readings
Asterhan, C. and Schwarz, B. (2010) Online moderation of synchronous e-argumentation. International journal of computer-supported collaborative learning 5/3 pp 259-282
Atherton, J. S. (2005) Learning and Teaching: Conversational learning theory; Pask and Laurillard [On-line] UK: http://www.learningandteaching.info/learning/pask.htm
Bellamy. R. K. E. (1996) Designing Educational Technology: Computer-Mediated Change, In Context and consciousness : activity theory and human-computer interaction. B. A. Nardi. Cambridge, MA, The MIT Press.
Berzsenyi, C. A. (1999). “Teaching Interlocutor Relationships in Electronic Classrooms” Computers and composition. 16(2): 229-246.
Byman, A., Järvelä, S., and Häkkinen, P. (2005) “What is reciprocal understanding in virtual interaction? ” Instructional science. 33/2 pp 121 – 136
Cole, M. and Engeström, Y. (1993). A Cultural-Historical Approach to Distributed Cognition. In Distributed cognitions : psychological and educational considerations G. Salomon. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press: 1-47
Ekeblad, E. (1998). Contact, Community and Multilogue. Fourth International Congress of the International Society for Cultural Research and Activity Theory (ISCRAT1998), Denmark. http://lchc.ucsd.edu/MCA/Paper/eva/Contact,%20Community%20and%20Multilogue.htm
Farooq, U., Schank, P., Harris, A., Fusco, J. and Schlager, M. (2007) Sustaining a Community Computing Infrastructure for Online Teacher Professional Development: A Case Study of Designing Tapped In. Computer supported cooperative work. (CSCW) 16/4 pp 397-429
Gee, J. P. (2005) “Semiotic social Spaces to Affinity Spaces: from The Age of Mythology to today’s schools”. In D. Barton and K. Tusting Beyond communities of practice Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Herring, S. (1999). “Interactional Coherence in CMC” Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication 4(4): http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol4/issue4/herring.html (last accessed 02/10/07)
Lave, J. and Wenger, E. (1991). Situated learning : legitimate peripheral participation. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
McAlister, S., Ravenscroft, A. and Scanlon, E. (2004) “Combining interaction and context design to support collaborative argumentation using a tool for synchronous CMC” Journal of computer assisted learning. 20/3 pp. 194-20
Mercer, N., Wegerif, R. and Dawes, L. (1999). Children’s Talk and the Development of Reasoning in the Classroom. British educational research journal. 25(1): 95-111.
Nardi, B. A. (1996). Activity Theory and Human-Computer Interaction. In Context and consciousness : activity theory and human-computer interaction. B. A. Nardi. Cambridge, MA, The MIT Press.
Palloff, R. M. and Pratt, K. (2001). Lessons from the cyberspace classroom : the realities of online teaching San Francisco, Jossey-Bass.
Pilkington, R. M. and Walker, S. A. (2003). “Facilitating Debate in Networked Learning: Reflecting on Online Synchronous Discussion in Higher Education” Instructional science. 31: 41-63
Puntambekar, S. (2006) “Analyzing collaborative interactions: divergence, shared understanding and construction of knowledge” Computers and education. 47/3 pp. 332-351
Ravenscroft, A. (In press) “Promoting thinking and conceptual change with digital dialogue games” Journal of computer assisted learning. (OnlineEarly Articles).
Salmon, G. (2003). E-moderating : the key to teaching and learning online. (2nd Edition) London, Kogan Page.
Scheuer, O., Loll, F, Pinkwart, N. and McLaren, B. M. (2010) Computer-supported argumentation: A review of the state of the art. International journal of computer-supported collaborative learning 5/1 pp 43- 102
Schwarz, B.B. and Glassner, A. (2007) The role of floor control and of ontology in argumentative activities with discussion-based tools. International journal of computer-supported collaborative learning 2/4 pp 449-478
Standage, T. (1998). The Victorian internet : the remarkable story of the Telegraph and the nineteenth century's online pioneers London, Phoenix.
Swales, J. M. (1990). Genre analysis : English in academic and research settings Cambridge, Cambridge University Press
Tuckman, B. W. (1965) Developmental Sequences in Small Groups. Psychological bulletin. 63(6).
Veerman, A. L. (2000). Computer-supported Collaborative Learning through Argumentation. Published PhD thesis. University of Utrecht, Utrecht. PDF Link http://igitur-archive.library.uu.nl/dissertations/1908992/full.pdf
Veletsianos, G. and Miller, C. (2008)”Conversing with pedagogical agents: A phenomenological exploration of interacting with digital entities” British Journal of Educational Technology. 39/6 pp 969-986
Walker, S. A. and Pilkington, R. M. (2001). Facilitating Computer-mediated Discussion Classes: Exploring Some Teacher Intervention Strategies. IEEE international conference on advanced learning technologies : issues achievements and challenges..
Wallace, P. (1999). The psychology of the Internet Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
Warschauer, M. (1996). Comparing Face-to-Face and Electronic Discussion in the Second Language Classroom. CALICO journal. 13(2): 7-26.
Werry, C. C. (1996). Linguistic and Interactional Features of Internet Relay Chat. In Computer-mediated communication : linguistic, social, and cross-cultural perspectives. S. Herring. Amsterdam/Philadelphia, John Benjamins.
The Activity System http://www.edu.helsinki.fi/activity/pages/chatanddwr/activitysystem/
*** There is no Unit Five – week 5 is a reading week ***
Required readings
Papert, S (1999) “What is Logo and Who Needs It? ” : the introduction (pages iv to xvi) to “Logo Philosophy and Implementation”, a downloadable book available at: http://www.microworlds.com/company/philosophy.html
Papert S. (1991) “Computer Criticism vs. Technocentric Thinking” available at: http://www.papert.org/articles/ComputerCriticismVsTechnocentric.html
References and further readings
Agalianos, A., R. Noss, and G. Whitty (2001) “Logo in Mainstream Schools: The Struggle over the Soul of an Educational Innovation”, British journal of sociology of education. 22/4: 479-500.
Agalianos, A. Whitty, G. and Noss., R, (2006) “The Social Shaping of Logo” Social studies of science. 36/2 241-267
Ainley, J., Pratt, D. & Hansen, A. (2006). Connecting engagement and focus in pedagogic task design, British educational research journal. 32.1, 21-36.
Boden, M. A. (1979) Piaget London: Fontana
Donaldson, M., (1978) Children's minds, London: Fontana
Edwards, L. (1995) Microworlds as Representations. In A. diSessa, C. Hoyles and R. Noss (eds) Computers and exploratory learning. NATO ASI Series F, Vol 146. Springer-Verlag
Hoyles, C, Adamson, R.. and Noss, R. (2002). “Rethinking the Microworld Idea.” Journal of Educational Computing Research. Special issue on Microworlds in mathematics education. Available at http://www.ioe.ac.uk/playground/RESEARCH/PAPERS.HTM
Khasawneh, A. (2009) Assessing Logo programming among Jordanian seventh grade students through turtle geometry International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology., Vol. 40, No. 5. (January 2009), pp. 619-639.
Nanjappa, A. Grant, M (2003) “Constructing on Constructivism: The Role of Technology” Electronic Journal for the Integration of Technology in Education 2/1 pp38-56. Available at: http://ejite.isu.edu/volume2no1/nanjappa.pdf
Noss, R., and Hoyles, C. (1996) Windows on mathematical meanings : learning cultures and computers. Dordrecht. Kluwer Academic Publications.
Papert, S. (1980) Mindstorms : children, computers and powerful ideas Brighton. Harvester Press.
Papert, S. (2005). You Can’t Think About Thinking Without Thinking About Thinking About Something. Contemporary issues in technology and teacher education 5/3, pp. 366-367. AACE.
Papert, S. & Harel, I. (1991) “Situating Constructionism”. In Papert, S. and Harel, I. (eds.) Constructionism (Ablex Publishing Corporation, 1991). Available at http://www.papert.org/articles/SituatingConstructionism.html (last accessed 01/11/07)
Sarama, J. and Clements, D.H. (2002) Special Issue on Microworlds. Journal of Educational Computing Research V.27 (1&2) http://www.ifets.info/journals/13_1/ets_13_1.pdf
Sutherland, P. (1992) Cognitive development today : Piaget and his critics London: Chapman.
Tuckle, S and Papert, S. (1991) “Epistemological Pluralism and the Revaluation of the Concrete” available at http://www.papert.org/articles/EpistemologicalPluralism.html (last accessed 01/11/07)
Von Glaserfeld, E. (1995). Radical constructivism : a way of knowing and learning London: Falmer.
Weir, S. (1987) Cultivating minds : a Logo casebook London. Harper & Row.
Useful Websites
An introduction to MSW Logo http://www.ecawa.asn.au/home/jfuller/logotut/menu.htm
Logo Foundation http://el.media.mit.edu/logo-foundation/index.html
Logo Programming by Mike Koss http://mckoss.com/logo/
Logo Resources http://land.salzburg.at/hs-neukirchen/links/logo.html Warning - I have not checked all the links on this site but I know that at least one is out of date.
NetLogo – a more recent version of Logo http://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/
http://www.papert.org Site devoted to Seymour Papert
http://www.piaget.org The Jean Piaget Society. Links and Resources
http://tip.psychology.org/ This is a database of learning theories
http://carbon.ucdenver.edu/~mryder/itc/constructivism.html Site devoted to ConstructivismWindows users can download a free copy of MSW Logo from http://www.softronix.com
Mac users can obtain a version of UCB Logo and documentation from http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~bh/
Required readings
Jones, A. and Issroff, K. (2005) “Learning Technologies: Affective and Social Issues in computer-Supported Collaborative Learning” Computers and education. 44/4: 395-408
OR
McCarthy, C., Bligh, J., Jennings, K. and Tangney, B. (2005) “Virtual Collaborative Learning Environments of Music: Network Drumsteps" Computers and education. 44/2:173-195
References and further readings
Ausubel, D. (1985). Learning as Constructing Meaning. In New directions in educational psychology. 1, Learning and teaching N. Entwhistle. London, The Falmer Press.
Austin, Roger , Smyth, Jane , Rickard, Angela , Quirk-Bolt, Nigel and Metcalfe, Nigel(2010) 'Collaborative digital learning in schools: teacher perceptions of purpose and effectiveness', Technology, pedagogy and education., 19: 3, 327 — 343
Brown, A. L. and Palincsar, A. S. (1989). Guided Co-operative Learning and Individual Knowledge Acquisition. In Knowing, learning, and instruction : essays in honor of Robert Glaser L. B. Resnick. Hillsdale, N.J., Lawrence Erlbaum.
Bruner, J. S. (1978). The Role of Dialogue in Language Acquisition. In The Child's conception of language A. Sinclair, R. J. Jarvella and L. W.J.M. New York, Springer-Verlag.
Burnett, R. E. (1993). Decision-Making During the Collaborative Planning of Coauthors. In Hearing ourselves think : cognitive research in the college writing classroom A. Penrose and B. Sitko. Oxford, Oxford University Press: 125-146.
Choi, H. and Kang, M. (2010), Applying an activity system to online collaborative group work analysis. British Journal of Educational Technology., 41: 776–795.
Cole, M. and Engeström, Y. (1993). A Cultural-Historical Approach to Distributed Cognition. In Distributed cognitions : psychological and educational considerations G. Salomon. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press: 1-47.
Cooper, B. and Brina P. (2002) Supporting High Quality Interaction and Motivation in the Classroom Using ICT: the social and emotional learning and engagement in the NIMIS project. Education, communication and information., Volume 2, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 113 – 138.
Cress, U., & Kimmerle, J. (2008). A systemic and cognitive view on collaborative knowledge building with wikis. International journal of computer-supported collaborative learning, 3, 105–122.
Crook, C. (1997). Children as Computer Users: the Case of Collaborative Learning. Computers and education, 30 (3/4), 237-247
Engelmann, T. and Hesse, F. (2010) How digital concept maps about the collaborators’ knowledge and information influence computer-supported collaborative problem solving. International journal of computer-supported collaborative learning 5/3 pp 299-319
Flower, L. (1994) The construction of negotiated meaning : a social cognitive theory of writing Carbondale, Illinois, Southern Illinois University Press.
Flower, L. and Hayes, J. R. (1980/1994). The Cognition of Discovery: Defining a Rhetorical Problem. In Landmark essays on writing process P. S. Davis, California, Hermagoras Press. 7: 63-74.
Grant, Lyndsay(2009) ''I DON'T CARE DO UR OWN PAGE!' A case study of using wikis for collaborative work in a UK secondary school', Learning media and technology., 34: 2, 105 — 117
Halverson, C. A. (2002) Activity Theory and Distributed Cognition: Or What Does CSCW Need to DO with Theories? . Computer supported cooperative work. (CSCW) 11/1 pp 243-267
Jones, A. and Issroff, K. (2005) “Learning Technologies: Affective and Social Issues in computer-Supported Collaborative Learning” Computers and education. 44/4: 395-408
Kershner, R., Mercer, N., Warwick, P. and Kleine Staarman, J. (2010) Can the interactive whiteboard support young children’s collaborative communication and thinking in classroom science activities? International journal of computer-supported collaborative learning 5/4 pp 359-383
Larusson, J.A. and Alterman, R. (2009) Wikis to support the “collaborative” part of collaborative learning. International journal of computer-supported collaborative learning. 4/4 pp 371-402
Lundin, J. and Magnusson, M. (2003) Collaborative Learning in Mobile Work. Journal of computer assisted learning, 19 273-283
McCarthy, C., Bligh, J., Jennings, K. and Tangney, B. (2005) “Virtual Collaborative Learning Environments of Music: Network Drumsteps" Computers and education. 44/2:173-195
Roschelle, J. (1992). Learning by collaborating: convergent conceptual change. Journal of the learning sciences, 2: 235-276.
Schwartz, D. L. (1995). The Emergence of Abstract Representations in Dyad Problem Solving. Journal of the learning sciences. 4(3): 321-354.
Silverman, B.G. (1995), Computer Supported Collaborative Learning, Computers and education, 25(3): 81-91
Wegerif, R. and Scrimshaw, P. (Eds) (1997) Computers and talk in the primary classroom Clevedon, Philadelphia : Multilingual Matters
Useful Websites
Collaboration: http://www.lgu.ac.uk/deliberations/collab.learning/
http://www.criticalmethods.org/collab/v.mv? d=1_23
Vygotsky: http://mathforum.org/mathed/vygotsky.html
http://www.marxists.org/archive/vygotsky/ http://www.kolar.org/vygotsky/
Activity Theory: http://www.edu.helsinki.fi/activity/pages/chatanddwr/chat/
http://www.ics.uci.edu/~redmiles/activity/final-issue.html
http://www-sv.cict.fr/cotcos/pjs/TheoreticalApproaches/Actvity/ActivitypaperBannon.htm
Community: http://www.infed.org/biblio/communities_of_practice.htm
Required readings
Squire, K. (2005) “Changing the Game: What Happens When Video Games Enter the Classroom? ” Innovate 1 (6). http://www.innovateonline.info/index.php? view=article&id=82
References and further readings
Ackermann, E. (1991) “From Decontextualized to Situated Knowledge: Revisiting Piaget’s Water-Level Experiment”. In Harel, I., and Papert, S. (eds.) Constructionism in practice : designing, thinking, and learning in a digital world New Jersey. Ablex Publishing Co.
Bennett, S., Maton, K. and Kervin L. (2008) The ‘digital natives’ debate: A critical review of the evidence. British Journal of Educational Technology, Vol. 39, No. 5. (February 2008), pp. 775-786.
Berger, P., and Luckmann, T. (1966) The social construction of reality : a treatise in the sociology of knowledge London: Penguin.
Bliss, J. (1994) “From Mental Models to Modelling”. In Mellar, H., Bliss, J., Boohan, R., and Tompsett, C. (eds.) Learning with artificial worlds : computer-based modelling in the curriculum (pp. 27-32). London: Falmer Press.
Boulos, M. N. K., Hetherington, L. and Wheeler, S. (2007) “Second Life: an overview of the potential of 3-D virtual worlds in medical and health education” Health information and libraries journal. 24/4 pp. 233-245
Childress, M.D. and Braswelll, R. (2006) “Using Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games for Online Learning” Distance education. 27/2 pp. 187-196
Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly (1990). Flow : the psychology of optimal experience. New York: Harper and Row
Devisch, O. (2008). `Should Planners Start Playing Computer Games? Arguments from SimCity and Second Life'. Planning Theory & Practice 9 (2):209-226.
Gee, J.P. (2003/2007) What video games have to teach us about learning and literacy New York: Palgrave
Gee, J.P. (2004) Situated language and learning : a critique of traditional schooling New York/London: Routledge
Gee J.P. (2005) “Semiotic social spaces and affinity spaces: from The Age of Mythology to today’s schools” in D Barton and K Tusting (eds) Beyond communities of practice Cambridge, Cambridge University Press
Helsper, E.J. and Eynon, R. (2009) Digital Natives: Where is the evidence? British educational research journal 36 (3) 503-520
Harel, I, & Papert, S. (1990). Software design as a learning environment. Interactive Learning Environments, 1(1), 1-32.
Herman, A., Coombe, R. J. and Kaye, L. (2006) “Your Second Life? Goodwill and the Performativity of Intellectual Property in Online Digital Gaming” Cultural studies. 20/2-3 pp184-210
Lave, J. (1988) Cognition in practice : mind, mathematics and culture in everyday life Cambridge UK. Cambridge: University Press.
Lave,J., and Wenger, E. (1991) Situated learning : legitimate peripheral participation Cambridge: University of Cambridge Press.
Mellar, H., Bliss, J., Ogborn, J., And Tompsett, C. (eds.) (1994) Learning with artificial worlds : computer-based modelling in the curriculum London: Falmer Press
Norman, D. A. & Draper, S. W. (eds.) User centered system design : new perspectives on human-computer interaction, p. 87-124, Hillside New York. Lawrence Erlbaum.
Prensky, M. (2001a) “Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants” On the Horizon 9/5 available online from http://www.marcprensky.com/writing/Prensky%20-%20Digital%20Natives,%20Digital%20Immigrants%20-%20Part1.pdf
Prensky M. (2001b) “Do They Really Think Differently? ” On the Horizon 9/6 available online from http://www.marcprensky.com/writing/Prensky%20-%20Digital%20Natives,%20Digital%20Immigrants%20-%20Part2.pdf
Prensky, M. (2003) “Escape from Planet Jar-Gon Or, What Video Games Have to Teach Academics About Teaching And Writing. A Review of What Video Games Have To Teach Us About Learning and Literacy by James Paul Gee” On The Horizon 11/3 available online from: http://www.marcprensky.com/writing/Prensky%20-%20Review%20of%20James%20Paul%20Gee%20Book.pdf
Smith, M. K. (2003, 2009) 'Communities of practice', the encyclopedia of informal education, http://www.infed.org/biblio/communities_of_practice.htm
Tuzun,H., Yilmaz-Soylu, M., Karakus,T., Inal, Y. and Kizilkaya, G. The effects of computer games on primary school students' achievement and motivation in geography learning. Computers and education., Volume 52, Issue 1, January 2009, Pages 68-77
Underwood, G., Underwood, J., Pheasey, K., Gilmore, D. (1996) “Collaboration and discourse while programming the KidSim microworld simulation”. Computers and education, 26, 143-151.
Warzel, A. (1989) "General Theory of Modelling and Theory of Action - A Solution for the Educational Situation in School? " In Blum, W., Berry, J., Biehler, R., Huntley, I. D., Kaiser-Messmer, G and Profke, L.(eds.) Applications and modelling in learning and teaching mathematics Chichester: Ellis Horwood Ltd.
Williamson, B., and Facer,K. (2004) “More Than 'Just A Game': The Implications For Schools Of Children's Computer Games Communities” Education, communication and information. 4/2-3, pp. 255-270 also available from: http://www.futurelab.org.uk/resources/publications_reports_articles/external_publications/External_Publication638
Games and Learning resources and papers: http://www.e-learningcentre.co.uk/eclipse/Resources/games.htm
These readings are not tied to the theme of any particular unit but you will find them useful when you come to write your assignment.
The Experiential Learning Cycle http://www.learningandteaching.info/learning/experience.htm (last accessed There is also an excellent animated tutorial about the experiential learning cycle at http://www.ldu.leeds.ac.uk/ldu/sddu_multimedia/kolb/kolb_flash.htm
Howard Gardner and Multiple Intelligences http://www.infed.org/thinkers/gardner.htm
Coffield, F., Moseley, D., Hall, E. and Ecclestone, K. (2004) Should we be using learning styles? : What research has to say to practice London: Learning and Skills Research Centre, available from http://www.lsda.org.uk/files/pdf/1540.pdf
Greenagel, F. L. (2003) Lead Balloons, Stone Canoes, and Learning Styles http://www.learningcircuits.org/2003/sep2003/greenagel.htm
Multiple Intelligences - ERIC http://digest http://www.ericdigests.org/1998-1/multiple.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_styles Remember! Wikipedia is not a reliable academic source but it often provide useful overviews and links that you can follow up.