Online learning has been around for quite some time now, why haven’t we done a whole lot more with it? This was just one of the questions that Rod Sims from Capella University put to the participants at this very thought provoking session called “Reinventing and reinvigorating instructional design: A theory for emergent learning”. Indeed, the participants probably left with a lot more questions than answers, but that was probably the effect that Rod wanted to achieve!
Rod discussed his and Elena Kay’s work in the area of emergence theory as a means to interpret and redefine current approaches and models of instructional design. Rod proposed that with this theory, learning can be understood from more complex and ‘chaotic’ perspectives.
What is currently missing from the current instructional models that can be drawn from multi-disciplinary perspectives? What can we learn from the more organic and self-regulating emergent social, recreational and educational networks?
While this may be a challenging and complex area Rod makes it a not to be missed discussion….
0 responses so far ↓
There are no comments yet...Kick things off by filling out the form below.
Leave a Comment