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A model is a mental picture that helps us understanding something we cannot see or experience directly.
(Dorin, Demmin & Gabel, 1990)
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Instructional Design Models
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Linear Model by Dick & Carey (1990)
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Spiral Model by Romiszowski (1981)
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Rapid Prototyping Model by Tripp & Bichelmeyer (1990)
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Oval Model by Kemp (1985)
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Technology Instructivist Models
- Drill and Practice
- Computer-based Tutorials
- Intelligent Tutorial Systems
- Gange's 9-events of Instruction
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Reusable Learning Objects
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Technology Constructivist Models
- Learning environments
- Technology as a tool in a learning activity
- Inquiries and problem solving
- Cognitive tolls
- On-line collaboration and knowledge building
- WebQuest and ActiveLesson
- Interactive Learning Objects
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A theory
- provides a general explanation for observations made over time;
- explains and predicts behaviours;
- can never be established beyond all doubt;
- seldom has to be thrown out completely if thoroughly tested,
- but sometimes may be widely accepted for a long time and later disproved.
(Dorin, Demmin & Gabel, 1990)
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The Basics of the Learning Theories
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Behaviourism
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Based on observable changes in behaviour; it focuses on a new behavioural pattern being repeated until it becomes automatic.
- Key players in the development of the behaviorist theory
- Pavlov (1849-1936)
- Classical conditioning/Stimulus substitution
- Experiment of food, a dog and a bell
- Stimulus Generalization
- Extinction
- Spontaneous Recovery
- Discrimination
- Higher-Order Conditioning
- Thorndike (1874-1949)
- Apply "the methods of exact science" to educational problems by emphasizing "accurate quantitative treatment of information".
- Connectionism theory
- learning was the formation of a connection between stimulus and response.
- Laws based on the stimulus-response hypothesis
- The "law of effect"
- The "law of exercise"
- The "law of readiness"
- Watson (1878-1958)
- Humans are born with a few reflexes and the emotional reactions of love and rage. All other behaviour is established through stimulus-response associations through conditioning.
- Experiment of a young child and a white rat
- The role of conditioning in the development of emotional responses to certain stimuli
- Skinner (1904--1990)
- Changes in observable behaviour, ignoring the possibility of any processes occurring in the mind
- Walden Two (1948)
- A utopian society based on operant conditioning
- Science and Human Behaviour (1953)
- How the principles of operant conditioning function in social institutions
- Operant behaviour
(voluntary behaviours used in operating on the environment)
- Operant Conditioning Mechanisms
- Positive Reinforcement/reward
- Negative Reinforcement
- Extinction/Non- Reinforcement
- Punishment
- Difference between Classical and Operant Conditioning
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Cognitivism
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Base on the thought process behind the behaviour; changes in behaviour are observed, and used as indicators as to what is happening inside the learner's mind
- Key Concepts of Cognitive Theory
- Schema - an internal knowledge structure
- Three-Stages Information Processing Model
- Sensory Register
- Short-Term Memory (STM)
- Long-Term Memory and Storage (LTM)
- Meaningful Effects
- Serial Position Effects
- Practice Effects
- Transfer Effects
- Interference Effects
- Organization Effects
- Levels of Processing Effects
- State Dependent Effects
- Mnemonic Effects
- Schema Effects
- Advance Organizers
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Constructivism
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Based on the premise that we all construct our own perspective of the world, through individual experiences and schema; it focuses on preparing the learner to problem solve in ambiguous situations.
- Realistic VS. Radical Construction (Cobb, 1996, in Smorgansbord, 1997)
- Realistic constructivism
- cognitions is the process by which learners eventually construct mental structures that correspond to or match external structures located in the environment.
- Radical constructivism
- cognition serves to organize the learners experiential world rather than to discover ontological reality.
- The Assumptions of Constructivism (Merrill, 1991, in Smorgansbord, 1997)
- - knowledge is constructed from experience
- - learning is a personal interpretation of the world
- - learning is an active process in which meaning is developed on the basis of experience
- - conceptual growth comes form the negotiation of meaning, the sharing of multiple perspectives and the changing of our internal representations through collaborative learning
- - learning should be situated in realistic settings; testing should be integrated with the task and not a separate activity
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The History if Learning Theories in ID
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Behaviourism & ID
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Behavioural Objectives Movement
- Taxonomic Analysis of Learning Behaviours
- Bloom's Taxonomy of Learning
- - knowledge
- - comprehension
- - application
- - analysis
- - synthesis
- - evaluation
- Gagne's Taxonomy of Learning
- - verbal information
- - intellectual skill
- - cognitive strategy
- - attitude
- - motor skill
- Mastery Learning
- "Pretest, teach, test the result, adapt procedure, teach and test again to the point of actual learning." (Morrison, 1931, in Saettler, 1990)
- Military and Industrial Approach
- Gagne's and Brigg's Model
- - Action
- - Object
- - Situation
- - Tools and Constraints
- - Capability to be Learned
- Accountability Movement
- The standards and direction of education should stem from the consumer-society. (Bobbitt, 1900s)
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Teaching Machines and Programmed Instruction Movement
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- Pressy
- Peterson
- W.W.II
- Crowder
- Skinner
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Individualized Approaches to Instruction
- Keller Plan (1963)
- - individually paced.
- - mastery learning.
- - lectures and demonstrations motivational rather than critical information.
- - use of proctors which permitted testing, immediate scoring, tutoring, personal-social aspect of educational process.
- Individually Prescribed Instruction (IPI) (1964)
- - prepared units.
- - behavioural objectives.
- - planned instructional sequences.
- - used for reading, math and science.
- - included pretest and posttest for each unit.
- - materials continually evaluated and upgraded to meet behavioural objectives.
- Program for Learning in Accordance with Needs (PLAN) (1967)
- - schools selected items from about 6,000 behavioural objectives.
- - each instructional module took about two weeks instruction and were made up of approximately five objectives.
- - mastery learning.
- - remedial learning plus retesting.
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Computer-Assisted Instruction (CAI)
- Very much drill-and-practice - controlled by the program developer rather than the learner
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Systems Approach to Instruction
- Focus on language laboratories, teaching machines, programmed instruction, multimedia presentations and the use of the computer in instruction
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Cognitivism & ID
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Cognitivism and Computer-Based Instruction
- Programming a computer to "think" like a person:
Artificial intelligence
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Constructivism & ID
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"...purposeful knowledge construction may be facilitated by learning environments which:" (Jonasson)
- - Provide multiple representations of reality - avoid oversimplification of instruction by representing the natural complexity of the world
- - Present authentic tasks - contextualize
- - Provide real-world, case-based learning environments, rather than pre-determined instructional sequences
- - Foster reflective practice
- Enable context- and content-dependent knowledge construction
- - Support collaborative construction of knowledge through social negotiation, not competition among learners for recognition
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"...a constructivist design process should be concerned with designing environments which support the construction of knowledge, which..." (Jonasson)
- - Is Based on Internal Negotiation
- - Is Based on Social Negotiation
- - Is Facilitated by Exploration of Real World Environments and Intervention of New Environments
- - Results in Mental Models and provides Meaningful, Authentic Contexts for Learning and Using the Constructed Knowledge
- - Requires an Understanding of its Own Thinking Process and Problem Solving Methods
- - Modeled for Learners by Skilled Performers but Not Necessarily Expert Performers
- - Requires Collaboration Among Learners and With the Teacher
- - Provides ana Intellectual Toolkit to Facilitate and Internal Negotiation Necessary for Building Mental Models
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Some Strengths and Weaknesses of Learning Theories
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