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Through Learning Design
DRIVING TECHNOLOGY USE
Dr. Jerome Terpase Dooga
University of Jos
e/Merge Africa Seminar
5-9 December, 2016
The goal of education is “to create men and women who are capable of
doing new things, not simply repeating what other
generations have done.”—Jean Piaget
The world is changing, creating new possibilities, bringing new affordances
and affecting how people learn
Learning Design helps you reflect on what you want to do, what
results you hope to achieve and paves the way for
which tools will best contribute to the outcome
Technological
affordances
are what you employ strategically to achieve your
learning objectives. They are defined by your
learning design
Summary: Have a clear goal, know your learner and the context,
design (can use a storyboard), choose what
affordances to use.
Technology is
neither good nor
bad. It is like a gun,
a knife, etc. Just a
tool. It’s
effectiveness lies in
the purpose for
which it is used and
the skill with which
it is used.
Technology: not an end in itself, but a means to various ends
Teaching Starts with Learning Design
What this means is: Every learning
design must lean towards one or more
theories of learning. The designer must
hold a position regarding how in his/her
view people learn.
This will help link theory with practice
Content & Activities Are Driven by the Goal
Content should be such that will
create a learning pathway
leading to robust activities
Technological Affordances Are Driven by the Activities & the Context
Usually, the choice of
affordances should be made
by or in collaboration with an
instructional designer, not
the non-expert teacher
Teaching Online Is More Than Transfer of Content to Online Environment
“If your aim is to create a meaningful
online learning experience with long-
lasting effects, you will have to rethink the
way you teach.”—Janice Florent ‘Going from Face to
Face to Online Teaching’ (2016)
Online Content Should Facilitate Learning
Nicki Monahan recommends taming the
content monster by careful organization,
curation & use of technology.
Some Useful Websites
Magna Publications: Professional Development for Higher Education: http://www.magnapubs.com/
CAT FooD (for thought): http://cat.xula.edu/food/
Faculty Focus: Higher ED Teaching Strategies from Magna Publications: http://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/online-education/from-f2f-to-online-getting-it-right/