80-292 Learning Science Principles
12 units, Carnegie Mellon University
The ability to learn that is, to change and adapt to ones environment is one of the hallmarks of intelligence, whether in humans, animals, or machines. In this course, we will examine the nature, components, and significance of learning in many different manifestations, with a particular focus on the fundamental concepts that underlie the ways in which we understand the concept of learning in different disciplines. This course will thus focus more on concepts and foundations, rather than technical aspects of learning, whether mathematical, experimental, or computational. This course will be almost entirely projectbased you will work in groups with students from different backgrounds to identify opportunities for learning media, and then develop designs that appropriately address those opportunities. In the course of developing these media designs, you will learn, and come to understand, concepts and principles of learning from different disciplines. The emphasis throughout will be on careful conceptualization, description, and design of the learning through and about media. This course will work in tandem with 05292 Learning Media Methods. To waive an IDeATe portal course requirement, students should have prior projectbased coursework in design, social science research methods, or interactive prototyping experience.
Prerequisites: none listed
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