The Missing Link: Cognitive Apprenticeship as a Mentorship Framework for Simulation Facilitator Development

A Design Framework for Electronic Cognitive Apprenticeship

This paper proposes a design framework for constructing a groupware-based learning environment (GBLE) that enables electronic cognitive apprenticeship. The central theme of this framework is that any design of a GBLE must have learning theories as foundations to substantiate the learning effectiveness of this environment. The proposed framework applies the principles of cognitive apprenticeship...

Cognitive Development: The Missing Link in Teaching Information Literacy

They’ll do a database search, and they will invariably choose the first five articles in the list. Doesn’t matter if they’re good or bad, relevant or not. They use the Web for everything. They have no idea that there are better sources out there to use. They want to find that one article that’s going to write their paper for them. They don’t realize that they have to read and synthesize and the...

Bodily mimesis as “the missing link” in human cognitive evolution

Humans: the missing link in manufacturing simulation?

Computer based discrete event simulation (DES) is one of the most commonly used aids for the design of automotive manufacturing systems. However, DES tools represent machines in extensive detail, while only representing workers as simple resources. This presents a problem when modelling systems with a highly manual work content, such as an assembly line. This paper describes research at Cranfie...

Facilitated peer-mentorship: the challenges faced by facilitator mentors

W omen doctors who wish to advance academically face many challenges. The important role of mentorship for female teaching staff who are pursuing such career development has been previously described. However, the current environment in health care has negatively affected the pool of qualified and willing mentors. Confronted with increased demands for clinical productivity, many senior teaching...