Technology-assisted cognitive augmentation: An OLE prototype to nurture cognitive skills in chemistry

Abstract

Since a decade ago, there has been an everlasting manoeuvre to nurture cognitive skills among students across the globe using technology. Technology-assisted cognitive augmentation had crafted an online learning environment (OLE) as one of interactive learning tool equipped with unlimited learning materials for students to learn, engage and ultimately construct their cognitive skills. The dynamic nature of education from being knowledge-centred to nowadays fluidity of cognitive skills further intensifies the role of OLE in information age education ecosystem, as pedagogy per se is seem inadequate to nurture cognitive skills. The purpose of this paper is to present an OLE prototype, designed and developed to nurture cognitive skills among students in chemistry. The design and development process, implantation of 21st-century learning media, data collection enhancement using Internet of Thing (IoT) and the predicted data analysis technique (as the OLE is not yet tested) are presented. The proposed OLE is anticipated capable to nurture cognitive skills in chemistry such as HOTS, critical thinking and problem solving skill.