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1. Situated Learning:
Case, Story, Place
David Gagnon
Pedagogy Team Lead

2. Contextualized
Case
Problem-Base d Scenario
Authentic Place Base d
“Real” World Story
Mobile / Genuine
Augmente d

12. Language
Learning
Miller, G. A., Gildea, P. M. (1987). How children learn words. Scientific American. 257,
(3), 94-99.

13. "Me and my parents
correlate, because
without them I wouldn't
be here."
Language
Learning
Miller, G. A., Gildea, P. M. (1987). How children learn words. Scientific American. 257,
(3), 94-99.

14. "I was meticulous about
falling off the cliff."
Language
Learning
Miller, G. A., Gildea, P. M. (1987). How children learn words. Scientific American. 257,
(3), 94-99.

15. "Mrs. Morrow stimulated
the soup."
Language
Learning
Miller, G. A., Gildea, P. M. (1987). How children learn words. Scientific American. 257,
(3), 94-99.

16. Concept as Tool
Brown, J. S., Collins, A., & Duguid, P. (1989). Situated Cognition and the Culture of Learning. Educational
Researcher, 18(1)

17. 1.)
If you don’t know how to
use it, it is useless
Concept as Tool
Brown, J. S., Collins, A., & Duguid, P. (1989). Situated Cognition and the Culture of Learning. Educational
Researcher, 18(1)

18. 2.)
Its purpose depends on
context
Concept as Tool
Brown, J. S., Collins, A., & Duguid, P. (1989). Situated Cognition and the Culture of Learning. Educational
Researcher, 18(1)

19. "Activity, Concept and Context
are interdependent.”
Situated
Learning
Brown, J. S., Collins, A., & Duguid, P. (1989). Situated Cognition and the Culture of Learning. Educational
Researcher, 18(1)

20. Cognition in the
Wild
Pea, R. D. (1988). Distributed intelligence in learning and reasoning processes. Cognitive Science Society,
Montreal.
Lave, J. (1988). Cognition in practice. Boston, MA: Cambridge.
Hutchins, E. (1996) Cognition in the Wild. Cambridge, MA, US: The MIT Press.

21. “Cognition” is distributed -
It extends beyond a single
mind
Cognition in the
Wild
Pea, R. D. (1988). Distributed intelligence in learning and reasoning processes. Cognitive Science Society,
Montreal.
Lave, J. (1988). Cognition in practice. Boston, MA: Cambridge.
Hutchins, E. (1996) Cognition in the Wild. Cambridge, MA, US: The MIT Press.

22. Students Vs.
Practitioners
Brown, J. S., Collins, A., & Duguid, P. (1989). Situated Cognition and the Culture of Learning. Educational
Researcher, 18(1)

23. Students Practitioners
Reason With: Laws/Principles Experiential Models
Act On: Symbols Situations
Resolve: Contrived Problems Complex Problems
Assessment: Solo Performance Team Performance
Students Vs.
Practitioners
Brown, J. S., Collins, A., & Duguid, P. (1989). Situated Cognition and the Culture of Learning. Educational
Researcher, 18(1)

24. Concept as Tool
Brown, J. S., Collins, A., & Duguid, P. (1989). Situated Cognition and the Culture of Learning. Educational
Researcher, 18(1)

26. “Learning is simply the product
of Activity, Concept and
Context."
Situated
Learning
Gagnon, D. (2012) Right in front of you.

27. Now ENGAGE
Abstract Concrete
Procedural Iterative
Defined Multidiscipline
Clean Messy
Principled Experiential
Focused Complex
Summary Example

30. Now Case Scenario
Principles Stories
Best Practices Decisions
Consequences

33. Now Situated Documentary
Facts Places
Happenings Roles
Decisions
Consequences

35. Now Field Research
Definitions Values
Attributes Practices
Methods Experiences

36. Situated Learning:
Case, Story, Place
David Gagnon djgagnon@wisc.edu