The schema theory was one of the leading cognitivist learning theories and was introduced by Bartlett in 1932 and further developed in the ’70s by Richard Anderson. Bartlett advanced this concept to provide a basis…
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One of the most difficult questions for a course developer to answer is which instructional design theory or theories is best suited to the course being developed. To answer this question, it is important to…
Written by Jessica Cole and Robert Behnke. The benefits of instructor-created video in online courses include increased student engagement and learning, increased instructor presence, and a greater student-to-instructor connection.[1-3] If you teach online but do…
The major growth in online education over the last several years has underscored the importance of instructional designers and their role at institutions of higher education across the country. As the industry has evolved to…
The Gestalt Theory of the psychology of learning states that every stimulus in learning is perceived by humans in its most simple form, also known as the Law of Simplicity. Gestalt Theory provided the 20th-century…
Connectionism theory is based on the principle of active learning and is the result of the work of the American psychologist Edward Thorndike. This work led to Thorndike’s Laws. According to these Laws, learning is…
What makes a learning experience for online students truly remarkable? We recently surveyed a group of ASU faculty to identify course design and facilitation elements they believe help to create remarkable learning experiences for online…
Classical conditioning is a learned reflex or response that is evoked through a stimulus. Ideas of Classical Conditioning originated from old philosophical theories, but the Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov was the first to define Classical…
What makes a learning experience for online students truly remarkable? We recently surveyed a group of ASU faculty in order to identify course design and facilitation elements they believe help to create remarkable learning experiences…
Over a series of ten-minute learning sessions, we will discuss the history of instructional design, its models, and theories, along with its uses.
Course Stories podcast
In this podcast, we tell an array of course design stories alongside other ASU Online designers and faculty.
