Learning Design & Technology

Dr. Julia Parra

Science & Art of Learning

• Pedagogy – structured, formal K12 learning• Andragogy – structured, formal adult learning• Heutagogy –study of self-directed learning;

includes unstructured, self-directed & self-determined learning; focus on metacognition, knowledge sharing, creativity, original works, etc. (Hase & Kenyon, 2000; Blaschke, 2012)

Learning Theories• Learner & Learning Centered• Transformative Learning, Learning Community• Constructivism & Social Constructivism• Connectivism – Learning Theory for the Digital

Age – “the thesis that knowledge is distributed across a network of connections, and therefore that learning consists of the ability to construct and traverse those networks. It shares with some other theories a core proposition, that knowledge is not acquired, as though it were a thing. Knowledge is, on this theory, literally the set of connections formed by actions and experience.” (Siemens & Downes, 2011)

Learning Technology Trends• All things mobile - mobile devices (apps & sms) and tablet

computing (i.e. Chromebooks)• Cloud computing• Free and open educational resources - ebooks/digital

content, video, courses, journals, etc.• Synchronous and collaboration technology, emerging/web

2.0 and social media technology• Augmented reality, gesture-based computing, wearable

technology, and the Internet of things• Games, gamification, and game-based learning• Horizon Reports 2011 & 2012,

http://elearningindustry.com/trends-learning-technologies-2013

References• Blaschke, Lisa Marie. "Heutagogy and lifelong learning: a

review of heutagogical practice and self-determined learning." The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning 13.1 (2012): 56-71. Retrieved April 23, 2013 from http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/1076/2087

• Hase, Stewart, and Chris Kenyon. "From andragogy to heutagogy." Ultibase Articles 5.3 (2000): 1-10. Retrieved April 23, 2013 from http://www.psy.gla.ac.uk/~steve/pr/Heutagogy.html

• Siemens, G. & Downes, S. “Connectivism & Connective Knowledge 2011.” This is a MOOC retrieved April 23, http://cck11.mooc.ca/index.html

Learning & Technology Models

• Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) • Flipped classrooms (use of online materials

such as videos) for main content and hands-on work in classroom

• Self-Organizing Learning Environments (SOLEs)• Blended, Hybrid, HyFlex (different blends of

online & face-to-face)• Massive Open Online Course (MOOCs)

Social Media?

• Just-in-time information• Personal and professional learning networks• Global perspective