E-learning papers: learning design
Gráinne Conole,
e4innovation.com,
Dec 15, 2011
With a pretty informal photo (above) Gráinne Conole announces the launch of a special issue of eLearning Papers on learning design. "In a world where content and services are increasingly free," she asks, "what is the role of formal education? What new teaching approaches and assessment methods are needed? How can we provide effective learning pathways to guide learners through the multitude of educational offerings now available?" There's some good stuff in the issue, including a paper on typologies of learning design that distinguishes between "TLD as a concept (LD Type 1), LD as a process (LD Type 2), and LD as a product (LD Type 3)," and in one of particular interest to me, a paper on students designing their own learning. "It was not just a matter of helping the students think up relevant and authentic learning tasks [but] to provide students with carefully considered scaffolds that enabled them to achieve beyond what they could as individuals..." In related work, Gráinne Conole summarizes a learning design conference in Sydney, and Clint Lalonde ponders universial instructional design principles for Moodle.
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