Imported from Diigo

The fields of instructional design, learning & development and learning theory have been shaped by a wide range of people over many years. We decided to study these influences, to get an idea about just how wide-ranging the sources of influence are. In this post, we share a list of 100 people who are some of the most influential people within instructional design, learning and development, and learning theory.

One issue that often arises is the language of the indemnification clause. The reason for this is simple – indemnification clauses can shift significant risks to the design professional, and these risks may not be insurable.

<h1 class="quoteText">“Give the pupils something to do, not something to learn; and the doing is of such a nature as to demand thinking; learning naturally results.” </h1> <br> ― <span class="authorOrTitle"> John Dewey</span>

Sousa was concerned that recording would cause “social decline,” he writes, as people stopped making music together.

This study turns for guidance to the expertise of narrative designers for games, where storytelling for interactive narrative has a long history of testing, iterating and perfecting. A collection of proven techniques described by game narrative practitioners will inform creative writing efforts to craft prototypes to test the transferability of those techniques to interactive narratives in a healthcare education context.

Is it worth trying to promote a growth mindset in students? Yes. The effect may seem small, but it’s in the range of <em>lots</em> of education effects. We know there aren’t any silver bullets. We have to take many small steps with the expectation that each will make a small contribution to greater student success.

<p>Growth mindset suggests three concrete steps for educators when a student suffers an academic setback:</p> <ol><li>Encourage students to seek feedback about what went wrong.</li> <li>Encourage students to analyze these errors and use them as opportunities for learning.</li> <li>Encourage students to think of ways they might do things differently when they try again.</li></ol>

Videos that lack natural pauses or contain a lot of important visual information can be tricky to describe without interrupting the original audio. In these cases, extended audio description is necessary.

<p><strong><em>Descriptive transcripts</em></strong> for videos also include visual information needed to understand the content.</p> <p><img src="/WAI/content-images/wai-media-guide/braille.jpg" alt="" class=" normal right"></p> <p><em>Who:</em> Descriptive transcripts are needed to provide audio and video content to people who are both Deaf and blind. They are also used by people who process text information better than audio and visual/pictorial information.</p>

Perhaps the perfect way to learn is by doing something worthwhile that lines up with the real world, and very judiciously receiving some friendly guidance when we get stuck.

If you’re running a flight simulator and want your pilots to learn how to land an airplane in a snowstorm, Short Sims can only have introductory benefits. They can teach you some of the strategies.

With practice, you should be able to create an entire role-play in about 40 hours over two weeks. If you are going over that, you’re probably overthinking or over-executing it. Remember that you need to keep it simple.