This week we are looking at learning and motivation – and here is your list of activities to complete prior to next Monday, Jan 19th.
- If you haven’t already, please complete the setup tasks from last week, e.g., WordPress blog set up, joining the Mattermost space, etc.
- Read the post ‘Why is Learning Hard?’ and consider how learning design might be affected by a learner’s past experiences or motivation.
- Read the post ‘Motivation and Learning’
- Reflect on what you have read by completing the “Motivation Autopsy” activity (below)
- Form your learning pods and sign up for a group in the following Learning Pod Sign Up Form
- Meet with your learning pod to introduce yourselves and begin planning a topic for your Learning Design Blueprint and Interactive Resource
Motivation Autopsy Activity
To explore motivation as a design issue, complete this short reflective activity. You can write a blog post about this if you like for your Blog Post #1 (it will be included as one option) or you can just freely reflect on this and share it with our class in the Mattermost Course Discussion channel (or keep it private and personal – up to you!)
Think of a technology-mediated learning experience that you started but didn’t finish. This could be:
- An online course or MOOC
- A professional development module you’ve wanted to complete
- A learning application that you were faced with learnig
- A course delivered through a Learning Management System
- Any open or self-directed learning experience – the possibilities are limitless~
Reflect on the following:
- What initially motivated you to begin?
- When did your motivation start to shift?
- What aspects of the design contributed to disengagement?
- Which learner needs (autonomy, competence, relatedness, relevance) were not well supported?
- How might the experience have been designed differently?
You may want to return to these reflections later in the course as you begin designing your own technology-mediated learning experiences.
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