This week we are focusing on theories of learning, a subject I find fascinating. Within this course and the courses we have taken so far, we are developing a good baseline of knowledge from many sources describing the various learning theories; however, not everyone that we work with has this broad baseline nor has the time to study different theories. So, I am sharing with you links to quick, fun youtube videos given by “Crash Course” that explain some of the important concepts related to these theories. As an Instructional Designer, you can use these videos to help a Subject Matter Expert you are working with understand the basis of the approach that you are taking with respect to course design. You can also use these quick 10 minute videos to re-energize your interest in a topic. They are peppy, interesting and informative!
Behaviourism: How to Train Your Brain – Explains the origins and basics of behaviourism
Social Cognitivism: The Bobo Beatdown – Albert Bandura’s Theory of Observational Learner
Cognitivism: The Growth of Knowledge – Discusses Piaget’s 4 stages of development
How We Make Memories – Encoding and storing memory, effortful encoding and long term storage
Remembering and Forgetting – How memory is fallible and how retrieval works
Cognition – How thinking, communicating and problem solving works
Intelligence – Different kinds of intelligence and how they have been measured
I hope one or more of these videos can help you tie together some of the learning that you have already experienced or reflect on specific aspects of your learning.