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Chart - Comparing Learning Theories

Create a Comparing Learning Theories section or page in your portfolio (if you have not already completed this in your template) . This page will eventually contain a visual that you create to describe and compare all the learning theories. Since we have only learned about behaviorism this week, you will start an overview of the learning theory, connections to teaching and learning, and describe a learning scenario that presents the learning theory in practice. Community, collaboration and peer feedback supports acquisition of knowledge.  It's important to be actively engaged in discussions and provide your thoughts and ideas to peer in a professional manner.  Therefore, you will be asked to return to Week 1 activity, Prepare your Portfolio and review two or three classmates pages.  Feel free to provide feedback or discussion to your peers. Table pros / cons / similarities / differences Behaviorism Constructivism Cognitivism Andragogy see https://d37djvu3ytn
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Activity 2 - Behaviourism - pros and cons

First, provide a brief description of a learning scenario in which behaviorism is the primary learning theory that drives the activity.  This could be something you have experienced firsthand, or an example you create. Remember, behaviorism is focused on an observable behavior. learning new vocabulary  ability to learn basic vocabulary in chunks practicing a basic, fundamental physical skill  hitting a baseball skating cross overs  List the stimulus and the response in the learning scenario.  Describe the types of positive and negative reinforcement in your example. You may want to list the behavior you would observe in order to know if someone learned.  examples matching pictures with words matching sound with text   positive reinforcement?  immediate checkmark  negative reinforcement? attempted match is denied .. and words return to original location List what you believe to be at least one pro and one con of developing instruction that is grounded
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Week 1 - Setting up an eportfolio

A request of the Learning Theories course.. I expect to expand on this to make it a more comprehensive portfolio To include teaching philosophy  edtech philosophy  examples of work done  presentations  workshops  learning communities  multi media  tipsheets- handouts digital lesson plan  communication / collaboration tools  tool reviews
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Activity 1: Behaviorism Learning Theory page

Key items to cover discuss characteristics of behaviorism, identify and describe Pavlov’s and Skinner’s works, and develop examples of Behaviorism in learning environments. What exactly is behaviourism?  Significance of Pavlov  Noteable for his work with dogs, stimulus response (classical conditioning) learning to associate a seemingly unrelated event with another (ringing of a bell with the arrival of food to eat) so that one event signaled a response / anticipation of the other - "Associated learning" . Significance of Skinner  focus only on what is observable we're no different than the dogs ... responding to stimuli if we have a pleasant experience we learn to seek it out again.... if we have an unpleasant experience, we learn to avoid it. role of teacher .. to promote positive / desireable responses to a stimuli and praise to reinforce it typical activities / evidence of this?  repetition, drilling, memorization, question-and-response, and external
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Week 1 - Activity 1 - Learning experiences

Question 1 : Describe in 4 - 5 sentences a memory you recall from when you were learning something in elementary or middle school. topic?                                                                               math multiplication tables / spelling dictation  who was teaching it?                                                      elementary school teacher how did you learn it?                                                     repetition / memorization what type of information / skill were you learning?  b asic math skills why were you learning the information / skill?          acquiring basic math / reading skills that would be required first if we were to succeed in learning more advanced math skills I remember learning my multiplication tables by my elementary school teacher via repetition disguised as competition - likely to motivate us to practice. This would be a basic building block required to learn more advanced math skills in later grades. Q
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Week 1 - Learning theories - A swinging pendulum between many? ... and just how useful are they anyway?

discussion posted a day ago by buckinsand What do you hope to gain from completing this course? I took a learning theories course some time ago as part of my own studies in Online and Distance education so I'm really looking to that this course as a refresher on the basics of learning theory and more specifically as to how they apply or are adapted to online learning. No shortage of material on learning theory in the context of traditional face to face instruction. I'm just hoping to see what changes if any have taken place since I last studied it. What do you know about learning theory prior to taking this course? I'm already familiar with behaviourism (associative), cognitive modelling, constructivism, and even connectivism (George Siemens) What are two questions you have about learning theory? Key questions about learning theory are Ju
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Week 1 - What will I learn? Introducing myself.

What will you learn this week?  By the end of Week 1 , you will be able to: identify requirements of the course, describe your personal formal and informal learning experiences, and reflect on past learning experiences. When should you complete each learning activity? Poll: About You (all)   Discussion: Introduce Yourself (we need to have differentiated discussions for non-verified and verified.  All discussions are the same, just need to be able to track each group separately) What do you hope to gain from completing this course? I took a learning theories course some time ago as part of my own studies in Online and Distance education so I'm really looking to that this course as a refresher on the basics of learning theory and more specifically as to how they apply or are adapted to online learning. No shortage of material on learning theory in the context of traditional face to face instruction. I'm just hoping to see what changes if any have taken pl
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