I had a prior knowledge about Learning Theories that I
studied during my undergraduate degree of Mediated Content Development.
Sunday, March 4, 2018
Monday, February 26, 2018
Fitting the pieces together - Course Reflections
As I was starting the course named ‘Learning Theories and
Instruction’ I declared that I was learning through different methods depending
on the nature of the program, environment or nature of the instructor. I have
come to understand the true definition of the way I have been learning. As
other many people do, I am a person who likes very much to learn through
practical fields. In that essence I cannot say that I am constructivist,
behaviorist or connectivist, but the learning theory applied in my learning may
depend on what I want to learn at that time. It is important for a person to
understand his or her learning style because he or she will be able to take
several certain steps to adjust the materials you need. Overall, I can say that, I depend on multiple theories
on my learning. A good thing I have come to know is the difference between
learning styles, learning strategies and learning theories. They are definitely
confusing terms but at the end we have come to realize that the learning styles
whether kinesthetic, auditory or visual, they all do not exist.
I have been a technology dependent learner for such a long
time now. Technology has almost done everything for me. I use my personal
computer to access my courses and complete all the assignments online. Furthermore,
I use technology as a means of acquiring materials from different web resources
for the justification of my writings. As a learner and Instructional designer as
well, technology has been a critical aspect to work with in all the time. The learning
contents I design they do rely on technology as well. When studying this course,
technology has connected me with colleagues and instructor where we get the
chance to share different experiences in discussion forums and student lounges.
The learning theory named connectivism is highly technology facilitated that
most of us use to get different learning resources from other connected
sources.
By understanding the learning theories, as an Instructional
designer, I have been in a good position of designing instructions that
effectively address specific goal for specific people. Learning theories will
serve as research and organizing frameworks in programs I design. They will
further help me as a designer to categorize my audience as children or adult
learner while aligning my contents with best learning activities.
Finally, I would like to dedicate my sincere thanks to Dr.
Artino and all my colleagues from Walden University who have been helpful to me
during this course. I have been provided with different ideas, different
thoughts and different challenges and experiences that have made me better than
the way I was before.
Monday, February 12, 2018
Connectivism Reflections..
Connectivism speaks that, Learning is a process of
connecting specialized nodes or information sources. I have been learning
through connections with people and other associated resources.
Saturday, February 10, 2018
Sunday, January 21, 2018
Instructional Designers in the 21st Century
Instructional designers have been
working on designing contents for some years to now although the profession is
not defined that much popular in different areas of the world.
Saturday, January 13, 2018
Instructional Design is all about technology
As
instructional designers we need to be aware of different learning and
instructional technologies used popularly today. A good understanding of these technologies
will enable an Instructional Designer to design the learning content that hits
the instructional goals effectively.
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