Sunday, September 24, 2006
In Foundations of Educational Theory for Online Learning, Mohamed Ally argues that no one school of thought on learning is used exclusively in online design, and that an online developer must know the different approaches to learning in order to select the appropriate instructional strategies (p. 6). What do you think of this claim?
Ally goes on to says that "Learning strategies should be selected to motivate learners, facilitate deep processing, build the whole person, cater for individual differences, promote meaningful learning, encourage interaction, provide feedback, facilitate contextual learning, and provide support during the learning process.” I agree with Ally regarding his learning strategies. Learner need to be motivated, and in order to stay motivated it is important to create strategies that appeal to all types of learners. You need to make sure that the message is understood by everyone in your audience. I know that in order to achieve this takes a lot of ingenuity on the part of the developer but it also allows for a richer online experience for the learner.
Ally goes on to says that "Learning strategies should be selected to motivate learners, facilitate deep processing, build the whole person, cater for individual differences, promote meaningful learning, encourage interaction, provide feedback, facilitate contextual learning, and provide support during the learning process.” I agree with Ally regarding his learning strategies. Learner need to be motivated, and in order to stay motivated it is important to create strategies that appeal to all types of learners. You need to make sure that the message is understood by everyone in your audience. I know that in order to achieve this takes a lot of ingenuity on the part of the developer but it also allows for a richer online experience for the learner.
# posted by Michie @ 7:44 PM 
