Review of e-learning theories, frameworks and models - Jisc

JISC e-Learning Models Desk Study
1: A PEDAGOGICAL DESIGN FRAMEWORK FOR E-LEARNING.....................................4
2 E-LEARNING THEORIES, FRAMEWORKS, MODELS AND TAXONOMIES...................................5
3 THE ALIGNMENT PRINCIPLE IN EDUCATIONAL DESIGN ...........................................5
4 THE PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY UNDERPINNING EDUCATIONAL DESIGN .................7
4.1 THE ASSOCIATIONIST/EMPIRICIST PERSPECTIVE ..................................................7
4.2 THE COGNITIVE PERSPECTIVE .....................................................................................8
4.3 THE SITUATIVE PERSPECTIVE.......................................................................................9
4.4 ARE THESE PERSPECTIVES JUST DIFFERENT LEVELS OF ANALYSIS? .............10
5 PEDAGOGIC DESIGN: DEFINING LEARNING OUTCOMES........................................11
5.1 LEARNING OUTCOMES IN HE AND FE .....................................................................11
5.1.1 Academic understanding..................................................................................11
5.1.2 Generic Competence (transformative potential) ...........................................12
5.1.3 Reflection.............................................................................................................12
5.1.4 Skill.......................................................................................................................12
5.2 MAPPING LEARNING THEORY TO LEARNING OUTCOMES................................13
6 PEDAGOGICAL DESIGN: DESIGNING THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS ............13
6.1 FROM THEORY TO DESIGN PRINCIPLES..................................................................13
6.2 THE PEDAGOGY DERIVED FROM THE ASSOCIATIVE PERSPECTIVE:
INSTRUCTIONAL SYSTEMS DESIGN (ISD)......................................................................14
6.3 THE PEDAGOGY DERIVED FROM THE COGNITIVE PERSPECTIVE:
CONSTRUCTIVIST LEARNING ENVIROMENTS AND ACTIVITY SYSTEMS.............15
6.3.1 Constructivist Learning Environments...........................................................15
6.3.2 Activity Systems.................................................................................................17
6.3.3 Constructivist learning outcomes: the zone of proximal development.....18
6.3.4 Constructivist LTAs: scaffolding .....................................................................19
6.4 THE PEDAGOGY DERIVED FROM THE SITUATIVE PERSPECTIVE:
COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE ...........................................................................................19
6.4.1 Networked learning in communities of practice...........................................21
7 PEDAGOGIC DESIGN: ASSESSMENT ................................................................................22
8 PRAGMATIC ISSUES IN PEDAGOGIC DESIGN ...............................................................22
9 EXISTING E-LEARNING APPROACHES AND THEIR PEDAGOGICAL ORIGINS............23
10. CONCLUSIONS ...................................................................................................................26
APPENDIX...................................................................................................................................27
A. E-training models .................................................................................................................28
B. Intelligent tutoring systems (ITS) ........................................................................................28
C. Britain and Liber’s Framework .............................................................................................29
D. The Learning Objects model of learning...............................................................................30
E. IMS Learning Design............................................................................................................31
F. The DialogPlus project ..........................................................................................................31
G. The JISC ReLoad project .......................................................................................................32
H. The European CANDLE project...........................................................................................32
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