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Perspectives and Principles for Designing Learning


Perspectives and Principles for Designing Learning - instructional design can be daunting, especially when undertaken in a whole new environment. Read an excerpt from the forthcoming second volume of the Faculty Guide for Moving Teaching and Learning to the Web, and get some practical advice from the experts in the June Learning Abstracts.

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Perspectives and Principles for Designing Learning by Judith V. Boettcher and Rita-Marie Conrad

Many faculty in higher education have a great deal of experience in designing and delivering instruction, but they might not have had the time or opportunity to learn about teaching and learning research in any formal way. Rather, postsecondary faculty generally come to the teaching experience with a high level of competence in a content area. They then learn about teaching and learning through peer observation, collegial discussion, trial and error, and their own educational experiences. Many faculty are unconscious competents in the discipline of instructional design. We know how to teach and have good intuition about what works, but we don't necessarily know why. Given the need to adapt to a new environment, it is important to learn the why of what we know.

 
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Dr. Susan Salvador
Office for Student Services
07/08/2004