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You may be surprised to learn that the ASSURE methodology has it’s roots located the behaviorist-influenced Events of Instruction, devised by Robert M. Gagne

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The Kemp Model defines different elements of an instructional design, and emphasizes the adoption of continuous implementation in the design process.

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The Dick and Carey model is “very popular” in current ISD development.

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Continuing this E-Learning Curve Blog series on Instructional Design. Today I’m going to discuss Describing the Target Audience and Objectives Writing.

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As discussed in a previous post, Driscoll (1994) outlines five conditions for learning (p.382-3). Very much like the multiple approaches and interpretations that exist in constructivism, a number of conditions must be met for the approach to be implemented. The conditions are:

Providing complex learning environments that incorporate authentic activity. Constructivists argue that learners should learn [...]

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Here’s an unusual but potentially very useful instructional strategy, one that takes advantage of peoples’ need for resolution or for closure. The Zeigarnik effect states that people remember uncompleted or interrupted tasks better than completed ones.
Russian psychologies Bluma Zeigarnik first studied the phenomenon in the late 1920’s after her professor, Gestalt psychologist Kurt [...]

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Here’s an unusual but potentially very useful instructional strategy, one that takes advantage of peoples’ need for resolution or for closure. The Zeigarnik effect states that people remember uncompleted or interrupted tasks better than completed ones.
Russian psychologies Bluma Zeigarnik first studied the phenomenon in the late 1920’s after her professor, Gestalt psychologist Kurt [...]

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Today’s post is really a (very) mini case study in the power of integrated corporate social networks, the benefits of long tails in learning, and the strength of weak social ties.
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If you’re not familiar with the latter two concepts here’s a little background: the idea of the strength of [...]

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Today’s post is really a (very) mini case study in the power of integrated corporate social networks, the benefits of long tails in learning, and the strength of weak social ties.
Now read on…
If you’re not familiar with the latter two concepts here’s a little background: the idea of the strength of [...]

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There are a range of views on what the term ‘constructivism’ means in the context of learning, but it can be said that most definitions would agree that it has these characteristics:

Learning is an active process of constructing rather than acquiring knowledge and
Instruction is a process of supporting that construction rather than communicating [...]

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