Introduction to Learning Theory and Design for Learning

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Introduction to Learning Theory and Design for
Learning

• George Roberts
• Development Director
• Off-Campus e-Learning
• 23/06/2005

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Welcome and Introduction

• Housekeeping
• Schedule
• Introductions

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Schedule

• 0930 - 1000 Registration
• 1000 - 1015 Welcome housekeeping George
• 1015 - 1100 What is learning and how do we learn?
• Introduction to three types of learning theory
  Helen
• 1100 - 1115 Coffee
• 1115 - 1200 How does theory work in practice?
• Using theories to build frameworks and tookits
  George
• 1200 - 1245 Introduction to the design of
  learning activities
• Using frameworks to design for learning Helen
• 1245 - 1330 Lunch
• 1330 - 1415 How do learners differ? George
• 1415 - 1500 What are the differences that are
  significant?
• Exploiting the affordances of different media
  Helen
• 1500 - 1515 Tea
• 1515 - 1600 Deconstructing design
• What does it mean to design well for flexible and
  distributed learning?
• How can learners be involved as designers of
  their own learning? Helen George
• 1600 - Close

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Scenarios and Roles

• Three (or more) principal actors
• Teacher
• course leader, facilitator, mentor, tutor,
  paedagog
• Learning Technologist
• instructional designer, training consultant
• Learner
• adult returner, student, professional, delegate,
  person
• Other Roles
• administration, management, estates facilities,
  networking
• Role names change as contexts change
• Roles may be shared or duplicated
• Role boundaries are porous
• People may change roles often
• Consider INSET or staff development

pedaGODDESS and pedaGOD
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Introductions

• Activity
• Turn to the person beside you and in one minute
  each say what your role is and categorise it
  according to the typology just given teacher,
  learning technologist, learner, other role
• Show of hands
• Teacher (pedagoddess, etc)
• Learning Technologist (instructional designer,
  etc)
• Learner (student, etc)
• Other role (admin, etc)
• All of the above
• None of the above?