Name
Writing about learning theories
Topic
Learning Theory
Learning time
2 hours and 15 minutes
Designed time
2 hours and 15 minutes
Size of class
30
Description
This learning design is based on Diana Laurillard's teaching on the MA module, Education and Technology: Key Issues and Debates. It was motivated by reading too many essays that give very inaccurate accounts of some of the main learning theories
Aims
To articulate individually and collaboratively the key tenets of different theories of learning, and to evaluate the outputs of others
Outcomes
Uncategorised
Editor
EileenKennedy
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Write and discuss individual accounts of learning theories
75 minutes)
  • Produce
    45
    1
    0
    Working on your own, using at least Selwyn (2011) Education and Technology: Key Issues and Debates, Chapter 4, draft a ~50 word description for each of two of the following learning theories: behaviourist, cognitivist, constructivist.
  • Discuss
    30
    5
    0
    Post your draft descriptions to a separate small group discssion forum. Use the following criteria to assess and comment on what your group members have written: Are the descriptions accurate? Do they clarify the contrasts between the theories without overstating them?
Notes:
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Collaborate on group accounts of learning theories
60 minutes)
  • Collaborate
    30
    5
    0
    Work together to combine the descriptions into a ~200 word description of the three theories. Post the agreed description to the whole class forum.
  • Practice
    30
    1
    0
    Read and evaluate the descriptions by rating the contributions in the forum and giving a score on a scale of 1 to 10 for each group, including your own.
Notes:
Resources linked: 0

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