Teaching for uncertainty vs. teaching the basics — from davecormier.com by Dave Cormier
Excerpts:
The first question I asked the crowd was what they thought students were learning for…
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On 04/11/2022,
in education, education reform, K-12 related, learning, Learning Experience Design, pedagogy, teachers, teaching & learning,
by Daniel Christian
On 03/30/2022,
in adjunct faculty, colleges, communities of practice, community colleges, corporate universities / corporate training, education, faculty/staff, higher education, homeschooling/homeschoolers, ideas, instructional design, K-12 related, law schools, learning, learning ecosystem, learning preferences, learning theories, lifelong learning, memory, pedagogy, productivity / tips and tricks, student-related, teachers, teaching & learning, training / L&D, universities,
by Daniel Christian
Excerpt:
While studying I misjudged the depth of my knowledge. I confused familiarity with knowing.
When you passively consume information like reading books or watching courses and things start to make sense we often tell ourselves: “Oh, easy. I understand this. Got it.”
But it’s wrong to think you can access something from your memory if you can recognize it.
On 03/11/2022,
in digital learning, education technology, learning, Learning Experience Design, learning theories, memory, pedagogy, tools, vendors,
by Daniel Christian
Sticky learning: Digital brain dumps with Flipgrid and Socrative — from ditchthattextbook.com
Excerpt:
Retrieval practice is powerful. It can be an easy practice to incorporate in class. Plus, there are some great digital tools that are made for this kind of practice.
In this post, you’ll learn …
- What a “brain dump” is and how to do it
- How to do video brain dumps with Flipgrid
- How to do text brain dumps with Socrative
- Why you don’t need tech to do brain dumps
- Where you can find more info and research behind brain dumps
On 02/17/2022,
in business, career development, colleges, community colleges, content development, aggregation, repositories, corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, design, digital learning, higher education, ideas, instructional design, learning, learning ecosystem, Learning Experience Design, learning theories, online learning, pedagogy, teachers, teaching & learning, training / L&D, UK, United States, universities, user experience (UX),
by Daniel Christian
Is there a skills gap in learning design? — from neilmosley.com by Neil Mosley
Excerpt:
Another deficiency in higher education has also been the dearth of support there is for learning design. Roles such as Learning Designer or Instructional Designer have been relatively niche in UK higher education, they have tended to exist only in online or distance education settings.
This seems to be changing a little and there’s been more of these roles created over the past two years. Hopefully, as a result of growing recognition of the design and planning work that’s needed in higher education as the teaching and study experience grows in complexity.
Whilst broadly positive, this has thrown up another problem – the inconsistency and variability of skills amongst those that might refer to themselves as a Learning or Instructional Designer.
From DSC:
Though this is from the UK, these perspectives and the issues Neil raises are also very much present here in the United States. Neil raises some important questions, such as:
- Aare the Learning Designers and/or Instructional Designers getting the training that they need?
- What’s expected of them?
- Are they utilized properly?
- How do you scale their work?
- How do you get professors and teachers to think of *designing* their learning experiences?
Addendum on 2/19/22:
- A time for learning experience designers — from thetechedvocate.org by Matthew Lynch
And if the last two years have taught us anything, it’s that this collective movement toward learning experience design will be essential to help striving students go on better, more productive, and personally meaningful educational journeys. Indeed, we must help spread the word that education is more than a collection of classes. It may include classes, but it is so much more. At its best, it is a carefully and thoughtfully crafted and curated family of experiences that can help striving students change their lives!