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Organización/Lugar de trabajo
Greater Boston Area, California United States
Ocupación
VPAL Online Education Research Group
Sector
Education
Sitio web
www.josephjaywilliams.com/
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I do human-computer interaction and cognitive science research to understand and improve how people learn and reason using online software and technology.
My focus is on designing MOOClets (tiny.cc/moocletframework) that allow collaborative and automatic personalization and experimentation with digital interactive online resources.
For example, I work on studies that investigate how to promote students' construction of explanations when solving mathematics exercises (e.g. on www.khanacademy.org), how to measurably increase students' motivation and grades with web lessons that teach students that intelligence is malleable, and how to change metacognitive habits and behaviors in MOOCs u...
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education
cognitive science
educational technology
learning
online teaching and learning
education and training
research
explanation
online training
higher education
online education
business
psychology
analogy
training and development
learning theories
electronic learning
e-learning
mixing effects
retrieval practice
experiment
mooc
teaching google search
testing effects
testing
a/b testing
mooclet
cognitive psychology
experimental psychology
interventions
edx
hci
online learning
online
student
training
google
teacher
teaching
virtual learning environment
intelligence
mindset
motivation
questions
causal learning
cognition
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transfer
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