Category Archives: Pedagogy for a Digital Age

Learning Theory – What are the established learning theories?

See on Scoop.it – Learning Happens Everywhere! This Concept Map, created with IHMC CmapTools, has information related to: Learning Theory, zone of proximal development The area of capabilities that learners can exhibit with support from a teacher., Montessori constructivism, Lave & Wenger… See on cmapspublic3.ihmc.us

Designing online learning environment – Interactivity

Cognitive Tutor and Problem-based (simulation) learning environments There are links between the Cognitive Tutors learning environment and the simulation-based learning environment from the van der Meij & de Jong study, as both provide learners with guidance and prompts. Suebnukarn & Haddawy (2006)’s Bayesian networks suggests, in problem based learning, learners start with a problem (hypothesis),Continue reading “Designing online learning environment – Interactivity”

Designing online learning environment: Web 2.0 Connected Learning

We’ve looked at interests power the drive and influencing learners to develop their motivation. Hamilton & Jago highlighted interests connected learning does not just rely on the innate interests of the individual learner, but views interests and passions as something to be actively developed in the context of personalised learning pathways that allow for specializedContinue reading “Designing online learning environment: Web 2.0 Connected Learning”

Motivational Strategies

I think every educator knows the challenge of stimulating and sustaining leaner motivation and the difficulty of finding reliable and valid methods for motivating learners. In digital world, technology is making rapid progress reslising the personalised learning dream with adaptive learning technology. Such as Codecademy and Khan Academy as “the future of learning”, these learning platforms primarily offer learnersContinue reading “Motivational Strategies”