Martin Owen (t.m.owen@bangor.ac.uk)
Wed, 13 Oct 1999 10:33:27 +0000
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 10:33:27 +0000 From: Martin Owen <t.m.owen@bangor.ac.uk> Subject: Re: IFETS-DISCUSS Digest - 8 Oct 1999 to 9 Oct 1999
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Alan writes:
>We also need to develop more sophisticated models of learning and
>instructional design to exploit the full capabilities of these new tools,
>however the learning needs should determine the choice and use of the tool
>not vice versa.
>
I do not think we need more sophisticated models of learning. We need more
sophisticated reflection on practice. Educational Technology has been
plagued over the years by appeals to a rationale that has been determined
by adherence to some theory of learning or other.
The joys of "flexible learning" in most of the institutions I have worked
with since the phrase became vogue in the UK 12 years ago is its very
ecelecticism. Teachers and educators have learned from the practice of
others and applied it well in their own contexts.
This does not deny the need for frameworks of analysis and a set of
linguistic tools to describe what we are doing ( which may be called
theory).
If you need to ask why use web when print works well... you have missed the
point of the WWW. Its cheap, its available everywhere and everyone can
contribute to the knowledge of others wherever they are. It busts open the
need to have tight structured learning systems because the learner can
access what they want ... not just what some "instructional designer" has
programmed for them.
MArtin
Martin Owen
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