This is an easy week for me. I don’t need to write much because the blogosphere is writing it for me.
Learning 2.0 and Learner 2.0
Gagne claimed to have found the Nine Commandments of learning. A single method of instruction setthat applies to all five categories of learning, the secret code for divine instructional design. Follow the recipe and learning will surely follow.
Read the whole thing. It’s worth it.
And then write about whether or not you think there’s a “recipe for learning” …
September 30th, 2006 at 6:12 pm
Sorry Dr. Lowell but I couldn’t get my blog up to commen about this so I thought I would just leave a comment.
I believe there is a recipe for learning but it is different for everyone. I think there are some simple things that can be followed that will reach most but not all. The biggest concern (especially with high school age) is motivation just like the author said. I doesn’t matter how good of a lesson it is if the students aren’t motivated to do it.
October 1st, 2006 at 12:45 pm
Cannot gain access to this site… I will try again later.
October 1st, 2006 at 11:32 pm
Sure, I believe there could be a recipe for learning. A recipe indicates required ingredients and specific instructions on how to receive the finished product. Whether we are baking or designing a lesson plan it is important to receive the anticipated outcome.
Gagnes theory of finding the Nine Commandments of learning that applied to the five categories of learning.
The Nine Commandments of learning include: gain attention, inform learner of objectives, stimulate recall of prior learning, present stimulus material, provide learner guidance, elicit performance, provide feedback, assess performance, and enhance retention and transfer. These reflect a recipe for learning.
What do we want our users to do? This may require a change in behavior.
How do we motivate them to do it? The learning experience needs to be engaging. The students must be interested or learning will not take place. Require that students interact. Interaction brings forth motivation which increases their learning success.
October 5th, 2006 at 6:07 am
Thanks Dr. Lowell - for linking to my post.
In my opinion - I would rather prefer the terminology - ‘framework’ rather than recipe! Problem with recipe is - it’s just too rigid. Our cognitive behavioural patterns are formed and shaped by western education style - which makes us think ‘within the box’. We learned to like process, uniformity and check-lists and all other predictability.
Just came in mind - Dave Snowden the founder of Cynefin Framework - mentioned this in a workshop. Simple question - take the odd man out - “Cow”, “Chicken”, “Grass”. Most of the people went into traditional ‘categorization mode and took “grass” out, because both Cow and Chicken are animals. Almost none of us in the room thought about the contextual relationship between Cow and Grass! Because we learned to follow structured information processing methods.
So when comes to instructional design - we like to have a certain check list to follow. That’s where the problem starts!
BTW: Tried to add your blog feed in my RSS reader - but that doesn’t seems to be working. If possible - please look into that.