What is Instructional Design (ID)? I am sure that all of us in the learning business have heard about it…technical writers and instructional designers and content developers, and so on...
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Edward Lee Thorndike(1874-1949) based all his assumptions and formulated his theories based on creating a connection between two variables – stimulus and response (S-R). He encapsulated this entire concept and called it connectionism...
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Often termed as objectivism, reductionism, or associationism, the basic precept of empiricism is that knowledge is attained through experience. The reality constructed basis this knowledge is singular and objective, hence empiricism is also called objectivism...
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Behavior in simple terms is the visible attitude of a person. A good behavior is often rewarded whereas a bad behavior is often punished...
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There are many educational theories we can follow in this instructional design field today. However, there are a couple of them that I would like to discuss with you in the coming posts. I find them relevant to my thinking. I would suggest that you read up on the ones that I do not discuss here, as each one of us should build their own reality...
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This was a concept that was expounded by post-revolutionary Soviet psychologist, Lev Vygotsky. As with individual constructivism, social constructivism also believes that a learner constructs his or her own reality, but now it’s a group of individuals who are working in collaboration to construct multiple realities...
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Pragmatism is a philosophical perspective that takes into account a practical consequence and then traces back the underlying theory that caused this consequence. This underlying theory is then modified or reinterpreted and applied back to the practical application...
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For any learning to take place, the learner should be able to connect to the setting in which learning is expected to happen. For example, if you want to teach a child how to ride a bicycle, you cannot show a simulation or a video tutorial...
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I was reading up on some instructional theories and it was very interesting to see how these theories have influenced and shaped up the way we design and create instructional materials today...
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What makes something tick? What makes us follow our gut or instinct rather than logic and reasoning? It is the limbic part of the brain – that “feels” rather than “reasons”...
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