USMx: LDT100x Instructional Design and Technology: Learning Theories

Course Readings & Activities

Week 1:  Your Learning Environment

• Readings & Multimedia
• Course Welcome video
• Course Preview Materials - all
• Syllabus
• Final Portfolio Guidelines & Rubric

Week 2: Learning Theory: Behaviorism

• Readings & Multimedia

• Learning about Learning
  Are Theories of Learning Necessary?
  How to Train Your Brain
  Behaviorism: Pavlov, Watson, and Skinner
  Behaviorism
  Operant Conditioning
  Behaviorist design characteristics
  Stanford University Behaviorism page

 

Week 3: Learning Theory: Constructivism

• Readings & Multimedia

• Constructivism & Vygotsky
  UNESCO: Constructivism
  Vygotsky and ZPD
  Interaction Between Learning and Development
  Learning Theories: Constructivism
  Zone of Proximal Development
  
  

Week 4: Learning Theory: Connectivism & Cognitivism

• Readings & Multimedia

• Cognitive Load Theory
  Bruner and the process of education
  Bruner  
  Social Cognitive Theory: a summary of the topic
  Bandura: how self efficacy supports a unified theory of behavior change
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqL_lsogeNU
  On the Perception of Incongruity: A Paradigm
  Value and Need as Organizing Factors in Perception
  12 Principles of Multimedia Learning
  Overview of Multimedia Instruction
  A Cognitive Approach to Instructional Design for Multimedia Learning  
   

Week 5: Learning Theory: Andragogy

• Readings & Multimedia

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLoPiHUZbEw
  Wikibook Adult Learning Theory
  Adult Learning
  Malcolm Knowles Informal Adult Education
  The Adult Learning Theory Andragogy
  Andragogy infographic review.
  Formal vs. Informal learning experiences
  Adult Learning Theories every Instructional Designer
  The Adult Learning Theory - Andragogy - of Malcolm Knowles
  No-Nonsense Guide to Basic Instructional Design Theory
  Instructional Design Approaches
  Behaviorism and Instructional Design

Week 6: Complex Learning Theories

• Readings & Multimedia

• Authentic Assessment: https://youtu.be/x-_yX7GbuTY
  Student Centered Learning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rUNqVSQQ3E&t=1s
  Project Based Learning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CRbSR-vrH0
  Experiential Learning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83O3rnJI9EQ
  Indiana University, Bloomington Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning article Authentic Assessment
  What are Formative Assessments and Why Should We Use Them?
  LearnNC article on Summative Assessments
  Edudemic article on Formative vs. Summative Assessments
  authentic assessments in action

 

Week 7: Authentic Assessments

• Readings & Multimedia

• Experiential Learning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83O3rnJI9EQ
  Project Based Learning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CRbSR-vrH0

  Service Learning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFjC5JYAkiw
  Gamification: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49b-eiudIEU
  Gamification Infographic: visually-appealing infographic
  Review Learning-Theories.com succinct overview of gamification
  four-plus ways to bring gamification to the classroom.
  a visually-rich and detailed presentation on gamification.
  Wendy Hsin-Yuan Huang and Dilip Soman published a nearly-thirty-page "Practitioner's Guide to Gamification of Education"
  Why do Achievements work? http://www.psychologyofgames.com/2016/07/why-do-achievements-trophies-and-badges-work/
  Read: Badging Alliance, Why Badges: http://www.badgealliance.org/why-badges/

 

Week 8: Technology’s Role in Learning

• Readings & Multimedia

• Can Technology Change Education? Yes!, by Raj Dhingra at TEDXBend: https://youtu.be/l0s_M6xKxNc
  Brookings Institute article Classroom Technologies Narrow Education Gap in Developing Countries https://www.brookings.edu/blog/techtank/2016/08/23/classroom-technologies-narrow-education-gap-in-developing-countries/
  Technology can empower children in developing countries https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/technology-empower-children-developing-countries
  4 Ways Technology is Making Education Accessible and Affordable https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/243002
  Global Collaborations & Education: https://edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2007/09/global-collaboration-and-learning
  5 ways to use technology for global collaboration http://asiasociety.org/education/five-ways-use-technology-and-digital-media-global-learning
  Technology Apps for People with Disabilities http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/assistive-apps-gadgets/
  The tech giving people power to deal with disability http://www.bbc.com/news/business-35427933
  For People With Disabilities, New Technology Can Be Life Changing http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/05/21/478925944/for-people-with-disabilities-new-technology-can-be-life-changing