Shirley J. Caruso, Ed.D. As you integrate emerging technology into your classrooms, in your course syllabus you should (1) communicate a list of tools that will be used and your reason(s) for using each, (2) include a list of required supplemental equipment, and (3) articulate access expectations and resources (Pacansky-Brock, 2013). Upon entering a class, students should have an opportunity … [Read more...]
Adult Learning Style Preferences
Shirley J. Caruso, Ed.D. What Is Learning Style? Learning Style is a composite of the cognitive, affective, and physiological factors that serve as relatively stable indicators of how a learner perceives, interacts with, and responds to the learning environment. Learning Style Preferences Learning Style Preferences are preferred methods of learning for an individual. Most adult learners … [Read more...]
Assessing Training Effectiveness – The Legacy of Donald Kirkpatrick
Shirley J. Caruso, Ed.D. Donald Kirkpatrick (March 15, 1924 – May 9, 2014), Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin and past president of the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD), which is now known as Association for Talent Development (ATD), first published his Four-Level Training Evaluation Model in 1959, in the US Training and Development Journal. Assessing training … [Read more...]
Constructivism
By Shirley J. Caruso, M.A., Human Resource Development Constructivism is a branch of cognitive psychology that has greatly impacted the thinking of instructional designers (Dick, Carey & Carey, 2005). The fundamental point of constructivism is that the learner as an individual combines existing knowledge and experiences with new learning. Constructivism lies within rationalism, which … [Read more...]
Using Brainstorming as an Approach to Creative Problem Solving
Brainstorming was created by Alex Osborn of the advertising firm Batten, Barton, Durstine, and Osborn to increase the quantity and quality of advertising ideas. The process became known as brainstorming because the participants’ brains were used to “storm” a problem. Some people want to discount brainstorming because it is a simple process. Brainstorming is not to be … [Read more...]
The ADDIE Instructional Design Model: Discussion of the Design, Develop, Implement, and Evaluate Phases
This video discusses the events that take place during the Design, Develop, Implement, and Evaluate phases of the ADDIE Instructional Design Model. For more information on the ADDIE Model, please click the following link: http://hrdevelopmentinfo.com/adult-learning/the-addie-instructional-design-process/ … [Read more...]
Instructional Strategies for Teaching Adults
“Pedagogy is the art and science of teaching children” (Knowles, 1984, p. 13). This type of learning promotes dependency of the learners on the educator or instructor. With its content-based methodology, pedagogy is the fundamental component of school education. The counterpart of pedagogy is “Andragogy” which is “the art and science of helping adults learn” (Knowles, 1984, p. 13). Wit its … [Read more...]
The Social and Situation Theory of Learning
The social and situation theory of learning was advanced by Bandura, Lave and Wenger, and Salomon. It views the learning process as interaction and observation in social contexts. It sees the process as movement from periphery to the centre of a community in solving the practical issues that the people are facing. It views the learning process as a social process that must be relevant to the … [Read more...]
The Cognitivist Theory as An Adult Learning Model
The cognitivist theory of learning was advanced by Koffka, Kohler, Lewin, Piaget, Ausubel, Bruner, and Gagne. It views the learning process as an internal intellectual process which includes the aspects of insight, processing of information, memorizing and conceiving a certain perception about what is learned. Its locus of learning is internal cognitive structuring unlike the external stimuli in … [Read more...]
The Behaviorist Theory as An Adult Learning Model
Behaviorists view learning as a change in behavior. This is based on behavior theory as proposed by Thorndike, Pavlov, Watson, Guthrie, Hull, Tolman and Skinner. This theory sees locus of learning as the stimuli in external environment. It is the need of the people that drives them to learning. Adult education is especially driven by the need of people to solve the problems that surround them. … [Read more...]