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Crafting the Learning Experience

Crafting the Learning Experience. Based on conversations with students at South Alabama and Hawaii Brent G. Wilson September 2008. Why did you choose this field?. Good blend of my tech skills with preference working with people. Help people. Like making things.

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Crafting the Learning Experience

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  1. Crafting the Learning Experience Based on conversations with students at South Alabama and Hawaii Brent G. Wilson September 2008

  2. Why did you choose this field? Good blend of my tech skills with preference working with people Help people Like making things Technology can transform learning

  3. My Own Winding Road… 70s…. Instructional theory – from behaviorism to cognitivism 80s… Performance improvement and expert systems 90s… Constructivism and postmodern critique 2000s… Practice, values, and the learning experience

  4. Do we have a quality problem? eLearning - rise and fall - rise again? Templates and Repurposing Professionalism - everyone’s a designer Evaluation - impact, cost control, ROI

  5. “Nobody ever set out to make a bad picture” …or a bad course!

  6. Why do poor courses get made? Lack of knowledge/skill Lack of tools Overriding constraints Don’t really care Notice: NOT lack of theory!

  7. Leaving out the learner No real voice Input Ownership Meaningful participation

  8. Videogame Envy Why can’t we make instruction as compelling as Halo? Heard this before? It’s partly a red herring, and partly true.

  9. Three ways to think about ID practice Scientific Theory Tools and Processes Dedicated Craft

  10. The Hegemony of Psychology Learning theory is privileged over design practice Science over everyday craftsmanship Learning Sciences over IDT Research over contextualized reasoning Engineering is over art

  11. Practitioners Using Theory South, Yanchar, & WIlson- Theory is barely on the radar! Irene Vissher report of reflection training Design grounded in theory (Hannafin) or problem (Wilson) Restoring the parity between practitioners and theorists

  12. Designing what? Activity Behavior Learning Materials Programs Programs Learner Experience Thoughts

  13. Experience Mediates Learning Experience Learning Plans

  14. Two Senses of Experience Immediate “lived experience” and Constructed experience - stories used to interpret our lives

  15. Lived experience Engagement Challenge Suggestive, evocative Invitation Compelling Flow Pacing Heightened Awareness

  16. Constructed experience - rising to the story level What learning experience explains something about you? These can be transforming - shaping your sense of self; community membership; vocation

  17. Experience as Transaction Our Bodies Physical World Our Minds Other People Virtual Worlds See Parrish & Wilson (2008)

  18. The Living Dead Our students are often in need of redemption!

  19. Bringing the Dead Back to Life Aesthetic qualities - heightened experience, drama, challenge Mythic qualities - hero’s journey, ritual, symbols Surrender to the situation - beyond teacher/learner control

  20. Examples Scott Switzer’s management course Joni Dunlap’s Comp-Sci capstone course Sasha Barab’s Quest Atlantis Kathy Sierra’s blog and Head First programming books Aaron Doering Adventure Learning Charlie Miller’s ASL Tutoring Materials

  21. Good vs Great Design Everyone loves good design But NOT everyone loves GREAT design Don Norman, Emotional Design (2004)

  22. Holistic Practice Theory AND Practice Research and Design Engineering and Art Psychology and Design Craft Efficiency, Impact, and Quality Experience

  23. Fin Questions? Thank you!

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