Technology Enhanced Learning
Mike Sharples
Learning Sciences Research Institute
University of Nottingham
www.nottingham.ac.uk/lsri/msh

http://www.hearcom.org/main.html

below normal
Don’t worry
when you next see your GP
detailed assessment

How can we help people learn
to cope with hearing problems?

Personalised learning
that is part of everyday life
and is motivating

Learning as…
• Changing behaviour
• Enhancing skills
• Storing information
• Gaining knowledge
• Making sense of the world
• Interpreting reality in a different way

Changing behaviour Tone/ syllable/ speech
discrimination
Enhancing skills Sound localisation
Storing information Improving working
memory
Gaining knowledge Knowing when to
wear a hearing aid
Making sense of the Interpreting noisy
world conversation
Interpreting reality in Adjusting socially
a different way

Mobile learning
Taking learning into everyday life

Personalised training
• Matched
– Training matches hearing problem
• Adaptive
– Training continually adjusts to performance
• Contextual
– Training adjusts to location, time available
• Customisable
– User can adjust the visual appearance and
presentation
• Informative
– Gives feedback on performance

Cognitive tutoring
• Mastery learning
– Identifies weaknesses in each person’s
ability to perform tasks
– Customises training
• Open learner model
– Shows progress towards goals

Motivation
• Intention -> action
• Extrinsic motivation
– Graphics
– Feedback
– Reward
• Intrinsic motivation
– Challenge
– Levels
– Cycle of engagement and reflection
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCrd6MV0ehU

Results suggest your
hearing may be below
normal