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2021 Image: Jamie Morrison on Unsplash In this topic we are going to look at some strategies to help you plan your assessments to increase the validity and reliability of the inferences that you draw from the evidence of… Continue Reading →
This week (May 30 – June 5) marks National AccessAbility Week in Canada. We encourage you to share your thinking this week on Twitter, using the hashtags #edci335 and #AccessAbility. Follow the hashtag to observe how businesses and individuals work… Continue Reading →
What is learning? This is the million dollar question that needs to be answered before we can really talk about learning design. To get you started thinking about what it means to learn, please read this post from Clarissa Sorenson-Unruh…. Continue Reading →
Theoretical Perspectives What are some common theories about learning that help us to understand the science behind the action of learning? We will focus on three broad theories. As you read the selection linked below, please consider the following question… Continue Reading →
At this point in your life, you have probably worked your way through close to 15 years of formal learning environments. Some of you have experienced little more than a typical classroom with learners in rows of desks and a… Continue Reading →
Backwards Design Backwards design is the process of designing learning experiences by beginning with identifying the outcomes and planning all resources and activities in direct response to how they will support the learner in meeting the outcomes. It is the… Continue Reading →
You may be familiar with the challenge that it is to change someone else’s mind. If you have ever argued with someone whose beliefs are different from yours, whether they are a friend or a random stranger on the internet,… Continue Reading →
Think of the last time you felt deeply committed to learning something new. What were you learning? WHY were you so invested in seeing it through? Our answers to this question quite often fall under a few categories: the need… Continue Reading →
As we previously mentioned, backwards design begins with the end in mind, and learning designers do that by identifying one or more learning outcomes (also known as intended learning outcomes, objectives, learning goals, or other variations of similar language). Identifying… Continue Reading →
Better Learning Design Rather than focusing on poor learning design, I think it is more beneficial to think about what good learning design looks like. We have encountered some ideas in previous units, such as Derek Muller talking about the… Continue Reading →