1. Authenticity, Simulation and Metacognitive Learning
Robert Clapperton
August 19th, 2015

3. Authentic Learning “Kinds” of Authenticity:
Materials and activities aligned with the world outside the classroom
Assessment aligned with instruction – open ended inquiry
Topics of study aligned with what learners want to know – self-direction
Methods of inquiry aligned with the essential practices of a discipline

4. Thick Authenticity Applicable Authenticity Assessment Authenticity
Personal Authenticity
Disciplinary Authenticity
Thick description

5. Metacognitive Skills: The Goal of Authentic Learning
Metacognition refers to higher order thinking which involves active control over the cognitive processes engaged in learning.
Activities such as planning how to approach a given learning task, monitoring comprehension, and evaluating progress toward the completion of a task are metacognitive in nature.

6. Metacognition

7. Thick Simulation
A pedagogical strategy that has the primary goal of fostering thick authenticity

8. Simulations
Foundational:
Freewriting Simulation Brand You
Extended:
Real Client Simulation Allstream Communications
Immersive Thick Simulations:
Digital Simulation CMN 279 Simulation

9. Simulation=Authenticity=Metacognitive Learning

10. References
Schaffer, D. W. How Computer Games Help Children Learn. New York: Palgrave, 2007.
Schaffer, D.W. "Computers and the End of Progressive Education." Digital Simulations for Improving Education: Learning through Artificial Teaching Environments. Ed. Gibson, D. Hershey: IGI Global, 2009.
Schaffer, D.W., and M. Resnick. "Thick Authenticity: New Media and Authentic Learning." Journal of Interactive Learning research (1999):