This week's reading wiki is based on
Dr. Peg Ertmer's contrast/comparison of three major learning theories:
Behaviorism,
Cognitivism &
Constructivism - a veritable "where the rubber meets the road." I like this "engineering analogy" as a metaphor
And now - I shall used Google's brilliant speech-to-text engine in a metacognitive, EdTech application:
Linking science - middleman position - engineering analogy = and Aid for translating Theory into practice
Translate relevant aspects of the learning theories into optimal instructional actions
Instructional designers charged with translating principles of learning and instruction into specifications for instructional materials and activities
What are the situational and contextual constraints of the application?
What is the degree of individual differences among the Learners?
What form of solutions will or will not be accepted by the Learners as well as by those actually teaching the materials?
Learning theories are a source of verified instructional strategies, tactics and techniques.
Learning series provide the foundation for intelligent reasons strategy selection.
Integration of the selected strategy within the instructional context is of critical importance.
***The ultimate role of a theory is to allow for Reliable prediction.
Each Theory still describes the same phenomena - learning.
Understanding of the theories can provide you with a canny strategy whereby you could know a great deal about a lot of things will keeping very little in mind.
Learning is an enduring change in Behavior, or in the capacity to behave in a given fashion, what results from practice or other forms of experience.
Definitive questions that serve to distinguish each learning theory
How does learning occurs?
Which factors influence learning?
What is the role of memory?
How does transfer occur?
What types of learning are best explained by the theory?
What basic assumptions / principles of this theory are relevant to instructional design?
How should instruction be structured to facilitate learning?
Historical Foundations
Where does knowledge come from and how do people come to know it?
Empiricism and rationalism
Empiricism - experience is the primary source of knowledge
organisms are born with basically no knowledge and anything learned his game through interactions and associations with the environment
Aristotle
Knowledge is derived from sensory Impressions
when Associated continuously and time and/or space can be hooked together to form complex ideas
Manipulate the environment in order to improve and ensure the occurrence of proper associations
Rationalism
Knowledge derives from reason without the aid of the senses
Plato
Humans learn by recalling or discovering what already exists in the mind
A reflection on one's ideas
Knowledge arises through the Mind
Behaviorism
Cognitivism
Constructivism
Woah, that was a messy one & I really think that either Google's got bad ears or I'm slurring my speech at this late hour.
Spent most of my Foundations of Instructional Design studytime budget this weekend on a Nearpod presentation for the article by Dr. Ertmer.
And just for good measure, I'll attach the PDF
