Instructional Designer. Patchwork Academic.
Week 8 – Instructional Design – Theory/Applied Summary: This week we discussed the epistemological assumptions implicit in the design of learning environments and the characteristics of constructivist learning environments. “Aside from a few notable exceptions, the design of most online learning environments is structured around the traditional instructional delivery model…” Quinton, 2010, p. 327 The […]
Continue ReadingWeek 4 Theme – Community of Inquiry Framework/Social Presence The Community of Inquiry Framework is not a new concept for me; however, the readings and discussion this week gave me the opportunity to consider this framework from a new perspective: educational development. The component of the COI framework that was of immediate interest to me […]
Continue ReadingWeek 1 What does the constructivist perspective mean to me and my thinking about teaching and learning in an online context? [include references] I understand constructivism to mean that knowledge and identity are continually reconstructed through social interaction. I particularly like the way that Neil Mercer frames it as ‘interthinking’, or the process through which […]
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