Learning Theories, Pedagogic Strategies and Instructional Design: an Overview.
I found this learning object on the Merlot depository. It is an Articulate presentation that provides an overview of the three main learning theories, that is, behaviourism, cognitivism and constructivism, and pedagogic strategies (ISD, Dick and Carey, Gagne's 9 events of instruction, Problem and Project based Learning). The presentation also lists components of the theories and strategies that teachers might use as guides when designing their lessons. Some of the Articulate files have some interactive activities and external links that provide a more engaging experience to students when they are exploring concepts like Gagne's 9 Events of Instruction.
This learning object can be used in any educational course, including courses about adult education and online teaching and learning. Students can use it as reference material. It can also be used to trigger asynchronous discussions about educational theories and/or pedagogy.
To find a relevant learning object for this task I went straight to Merlot because I knew that it was a huge depository and chances were I would find a reusable learning object in a relatively short time. In fact, it took me only an hour to find the presentation and review it before writing this posting.
One suggestion I would share with the students for a more efficient viewing of the presentation is for them to pause the timed slides, particularly those slides that contain a lot of content.
A final note. This learning object (like many other freely available objects) is not ADA/508 complaint. Adding a recorded a voice-over would make the presentation accessible to students with sight impairments. However, at this stage, this is difficult to achieve since only its creator could have integrated voice with the slides. One way out of this impasse is to offer persons with sight impairments an audio recording of all the text-based slides in the same order as the timed presentation.
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