This is your first required post for EDCI 335 and will be assessed for your Individual Community Contributions grade (each worth 5%). After completing the activities for this unit, including reading Chapter 11, ‘Behaviorism, Cognitivism, Constructivism‘ from Foundations of Learning and Instructional Design Technology and Chapter 17 (Connectivism) from 25 Years of EdTech, please complete the following task:

  • Create a post on your own blog and address one or more of the prompts below.
  • Make sure you do not simply restate the views of the authors of the readings, but try to write about how you would apply what you read about to your own context.
  • Make sure you use the category edci335 and Post 1 on your post!
  • Make sure to visit your peers’ posts to comment on their ideas (at least one-two).
  • Aim for 300-400 words in your post.

Blog Prompt

  • What is one idea from the readings or videos we’ve looked at so far that you disagree with, and why?
  • What concept did you find difficult to understand? How did you approach learning the concept?
  • Share a story about how you overcame a learning challenge. Why was it a challenge? What strategies did you use?  Use the language you learned in this unit.
  • Share a story about your best learning experience (could be a formal course or something more personal). Why did you enjoy it?
  • Complete the “Motivation Autopsy” activity/post from last week that is related to your reflection  of a technology-mediated learning experience that you started but didn’t finish.
  • How would the learning be designed differently by a behaviorist, a cognitivist, a constructivist or a connectivist? Scenario: A high school social study teacher is planning a class on climate change.
  • Describe an example from your life of when you were taught using one or more of the methods described in the reading: behaviorism, cognitivism, constructivism and connectivism.
  • Based on your reading, would you consider your current instruction style more behavioralist, cognitivist, constructivist or connectivist? Elaborate with your specific mindset and examples.