I’ve been following Donald Clark’s blog series on learning theorists and found it enlightening and useful. On March 17th he began a blog marathon of 50 blogs on learning theorists over 50 days. He ‘presents fifty major shapers and movers in learning, theorists, practitioners and those directly relevant to e-learning.’ He started with the Greeks and is just over halfway through his list and about to begin discussing major influencers in the field of e-learning before finishing with some posts on the area of training.
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What I’ve particularly liked is the outline that has been used for each learning theorist. They include an:
- Overview of the individual
- Specific theory and ideas on learning
- Relevance to learning
- Implications for E-learning
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
Where appropriate the author has also provided evidence that highlights the flaws in a particular theory and how it has been proved incorrect.
Any pre-service teacher or learning professional involved at any level, would do well to spend some time absorbing these overviews to help provide a context to what we understand what good teaching and learning might be. Thanks Donald…