Through analysing the four learning theories you begin to develop and understanding of how a student can best learn. It does be come difficult to select the right theory to work by as all have positives and negatives but I have found over my time teaching that you select parts from each theory that suit your situation.
By this stage in the learning management degree almost every educational subject has focused highly on these theories. Instead of outlining each theory for this post I thought it would be more useful to apply the type of digital tools that would be effective to each theory. These were found on the elearning pedagogy site.
Behaviourist
Breaking learning into smaller steps and providing positive and negative feedback
eg: Quiz
Cognitive
Learning through specific differences. Organize
eg: Mental maps (concept maps), making the links : media presentations
Constructivism
Processes involved with learning
eg: Real world simulation and collaborating with other ( blogs, skype, wiki)
Through out this course I hope to add more digital activities that could apply to the different learners.
Ash,
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing the e-learning site. It will be a useful tool for this course :)
I like how you have given examples for your learning theories. It helps define what each of them is about and how it can be used/ seen in the classroom.
Thanks
April