I am a behaviorist true and true. After reading Driscoll (2005), I believe people learn best when their thinking is stimulated about what emerging technology trends means for an education practitioner. People also, learn best when their ability to manage challenges within the e learning context reduces the impact of issues that surface.
I believe that the purpose of a learning theory in education technology is to provide a framework within which e tools can be used to assist education tech practitioners in their tasks to present their ideas clearly and logically. In other words, a learning theory is the foundation of educational analysis because it comes from perspectives which the practitioner acquires and discovers principles to make effective decisions. Learning theory provides the education tech practitioner with a vehicle to increase learner knowledge and explain how they learn about problems. For instance, from behaviorism I discovered the principle of progressive stimulus. I believe that learning must include progressive stimulation in order to achieve the successful conditioned response. The mind must be stimulated so that it has to expand further than normal. As the mind adapts to a particular stimulus (e.g., accommodate new duties, responsibilities, and dilemmas), the person should progress to a higher order of thinking. For example, to evolve to meet the learning behavior of the learner, the mind must be stimulated beyond its normal parameters. As the mind grows accustomed, the new condition has to be increased to stimulate new knowledge.
Driscoll, M.P. (2005). Psychology of learning for instruction ( 3rd ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc.I believe that the purpose of a learning theory in education technology is to provide a framework within which e tools can be used to assist education tech practitioners in their tasks to present their ideas clearly and logically. In other words, a learning theory is the foundation of educational analysis because it comes from perspectives which the practitioner acquires and discovers principles to make effective decisions. Learning theory provides the education tech practitioner with a vehicle to increase learner knowledge and explain how they learn about problems. For instance, from behaviorism I discovered the principle of progressive stimulus. I believe that learning must include progressive stimulation in order to achieve the successful conditioned response. The mind must be stimulated so that it has to expand further than normal. As the mind adapts to a particular stimulus (e.g., accommodate new duties, responsibilities, and dilemmas), the person should progress to a higher order of thinking. For example, to evolve to meet the learning behavior of the learner, the mind must be stimulated beyond its normal parameters. As the mind grows accustomed, the new condition has to be increased to stimulate new knowledge.
Hello David,
ReplyDeleteWelcome again to our learning community! I read your post regarding progressive stimulus. It was very interested and informative. Do you think that this progressive stimulus is self-motivation within each learner? Any thoughts?
Michele
David:
ReplyDeleteI found your thinking on progrssive atimulus most interesting! You did a fine job of presenting it,as well.I was wondering if you have considered if the human mind has any limits to the effects of progressive stimulation, a threshold, so to speak. I've had friends who excuse their not trying to take a degree online or otherwise because they cannot expand their mind that far.
Your thought?