Welcome to EME 2040-008!
Hello everyone, Welcome again to Fall 2024, EME 2040. I am your instructor, Shiyao, for this course. I am a third-year PhD student at ISLT(Instructional Systems and Learning Technology), FSU. My major research interests focus on meaningful learning interactions that occur between individuals in informal environments. Our interaction with information and knowledge has dramatically changed since my childhood. I used to ask for my classmates' home phone numbers to call them for assignments because I always forgot them right after coming home. But today, who asks for another’s home number? It looks weird. Alternatively, I asked for assignments and class details (if it’s not archived digitally) on Messenger and other tools. This is not the only way technology has changed our way of communication; more tools are impacting individuals' daily knowledge and interaction with the outside world. While today's classrooms haven't changed significantly in the past twenty years, the ...