Instructional Design/Constructivism/Conclusion & Resources
Conclusion
editConstructivist learning theory is not meant to replace cognitive learning theory, rather it is meant to enhance it. Engaging, collaborative, productive learning activities can enhance even the best of cognitivist instruction. As you continue to explore the best ways to help students learn, keep a copy of this ALE Checklist nearby to ensure that your instruction provides them with an experience to remember.
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Resources
editInstructional Strategies Online http://olc.spsd.sk.ca/DE/PD/instr/index.html
"The last decades of research in human learning have presented new insights into the ways that learners are active in constructing their own understanding. Constructivist learning theories have shown the limitations of viewing 'learning' as something we can 'give' to students that they will 'receive' or learn in exactly the same form, at exactly the given time."
Constructivism Resources http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/w2-resources.html
Constructivism, Instructional Design, and Technology: Implications for Transforming Distance Learning http://ifets.fit.fraunhofer.de/periodical/vol_2_2000/tam.html
To understand constructivism in technology-mediated learning: http://radicalpedagogy.icaap.org/content/issue1_2/02kanuka1_2.html
Constructivism http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~mryder/itc_data/constructivism.html
Constructivist Instructional Design/Models http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~mryder/itc_data/idmodels.html#constructivism
Seven Goals for the Design of Constructivist Learning Environments http://crossroads.georgetown.edu/vkp/resources/glossary/constructivism.htm
Instructional Design Approaches http://depts.washington.edu/eproject/Instructional%20Design%20Approaches.htm
Translating Constructivism into Instructional Design http://www.ifets.info/journals/8_1/5.pdf
Additional Resources http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~haagard/edci591t_web_02/additional/add.htm
This completes the learning module Designing Constructivist Learning Experiences.
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