Learning, Motivation & Theory
Utkarsh’s post is very relatable to the experience I had in the same class SENG 275. I absolutely loved that class and that is especially because of the way it is designed. Instructor did great job of using Cognitivism design technique for the course as it makes content more relatable for students and keeps students engaged and interested. This subject is a perfect example of how learning can be sometimes tricky as it needs out of box thinking to find bugs and faults in the behaviour of software also, one will need to keep lot of concepts in mind when deciding tests. I agree with Utkarsh, if this course was designed using Behaviorism technique, I would have not enjoyed the course and also not have gained proper amount of knowledge. Thanks Utkarsh for sharing your valuable experience, it was great to relate this with the article we read.
Breanne, simply the best post on the topic 🎊. I can relate each and every line of your post, reading your post gives me a thought that we are very similar. I am a big believer of constructivism as I experienced that practical knowledge can be retained in brain for longer time, as it is not only learning but in fact it’s an experience that you had. You made a valid point by saying we don’t have to completely break away from behaviourism as it can be useful sometime but we need to careful on when and where to use it. We sometimes remember lot of irrelevant information just as how you know rap till date even though this information is not currently relevant, in the similar way we sometimes need to use this technique to learn something. All three techniques are very important but it is very important to understand each and use it when required to boost learning, just one of them cannot always work. Thanks a lot Breanne for writing a post on this.
Learning Design
Hey Utkarsh👋, you did really great work in researching about Experimental Learning. I totally agree with you, learning comes form experimenting. Learning comes easily when we can relate it to what we did and getting hand dirty by trying things with the knowledge we have or getting can help us remember things for longer time. As I am working with you in making Elementary Mathematics course for Grade 2 students, I would like to go with your suggestions and give our students tasks were they can use what they learned. No matters if they fails, I believe failure brings correctness and that what we want. Even if student fails at this stage, it not a big deal and we are getting the base ready, but if they have good grasp over the concept, it will help them a lot in future. 😊
Inclusive Design
Hey Carla 👋, amazing post. I can relate to this post as me and my pod are developing similar learning resources as you are, we are designing a course for grade 2 mathematics. It was hard to think of a way on how we can make it inclusive for all types of student but this UDL concept is really nice and I will definitely keep this in my mind when designing course. I totally agree when you said “Making sure a classroom is inclusive to diverse learners is the responsibility of teachers at all levels of education.”, if instructors helps special needs then definitely anyone can succeed in the course. Overall great work and thanks for posting it.
