- "Learning theory describes how students receive, process, and retain knowledge during learning."
Explores the various theoretical frameworks that support distance education, such as behaviorism, cognitivism, and constructivism.
Behaviorism: A learning theory that focuses on observable behaviors and stimulus-response associations.
Cognitivism: A learning theory that focuses on mental processes such as attention, memory, and problem-solving.
Constructivism: A learning theory that emphasizes the active construction of knowledge through personal experience and interaction with the environment.
Connectivism: A learning theory that focuses on the role of networks and connective technologies in learning.
Adult learning theories: Theories about how adults learn, including andragogy and self-directed learning.
Social learning theory: A learning theory that emphasizes the role of social interaction in learning.
Situated learning theory: A learning theory that emphasizes the importance of context and social practice in learning.
Motivation: The factors that drive learners to engage in learning activities.
Learning styles: The different ways in which learners process and retain information.
Learning objectives: Clear, specific goals for what learners should be able to do or know after completing a learning activity.
Learning outcomes: The measurable results of learning.
Assessment and evaluation: Methods for measuring and evaluating learning outcomes.
Instructional design: The process of creating effective learning experiences.
Learning management systems (LMS): Software platforms used for delivering and managing online learning.
Blended learning: A combination of online and face-to-face learning.
Personal learning environments (PLE): A customizable, learner-driven approach to organizing and sharing learning resources.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs): Online courses that are open to anyone, often taught by experts in the field.
Universal design for learning (UDL): A framework for creating accessible and effective learning experiences for all learners, including those with disabilities.
Cognitive load theory: A theory that explains how the capacity of working memory affects learning.
Multimedia learning: The use of multiple modes of presentation, such as text, graphics, and audio, to enhance learning.
Behaviorism: This theory believes that learning is a result of changes in behavior caused by stimuli in the environment. It believes in rewards and punishments for conditioning behavior.
Cognitivism: This theory emphasizes on the process of cognition, how information is acquired, processed, stored and retrieved by learners. It believes in the use of memory, attention, and perception to facilitate the learning process.
Constructivism: This theory emphasizes on active participation of learners in creating meaning from their experiences. It believes in hands-on learning and learning by doing.
Connectivism: This theory emphasizes on the importance of connections and networks in learning. It believes that learning is constantly changing and evolving through the use of technology and social networks.
Humanism: This theory believes that learning is best achieved when learners are motivated and engaged. It emphasizes on self-directed learning and personal growth.
Situated Learning: This theory believes that learning is best achieved when learners are placed in authentic situations. It emphasizes on social interaction and learning through experiences.
Social Learning: This theory believes that learning occurs through the observation and imitation of others. It emphasizes on modeling, feedback and reinforcement.
Experiential Learning: This theory believes that learning occurs through reflective observation and experimentation. It emphasizes on practical, hands-on learning and feedback.
Transformative Learning: This theory emphasizes on the process of changing one’s perspective or worldview through learning. It emphasizes on critical reflection and personal growth.
Andragogy: This theory focuses on adult learners and emphasizes on the importance of practical learning, self-directed learning and goal-oriented learning.
- "Cognitive, emotional, and environmental influences, as well as prior experience, all play a part in how understanding, or a worldview, is acquired or changed and knowledge and skills retained."
- "Behaviorists look at learning as an aspect of conditioning and advocate a system of rewards and targets in education."
- "Educators who embrace cognitive theory believe that the definition of learning as a change in behavior is too narrow."
- "Cognitive theory study the learner rather than their environment—and in particular the complexities of human memory."
- "Those who advocate constructivism believe that a learner's ability to learn relies largely on what they already know and understand."
- "The acquisition of knowledge should be an individually tailored process of construction."
- "Transformative learning theory focuses on the often-necessary change required in a learner's preconceptions and worldview."
- "Geographical learning theory focuses on the ways that contexts and environments shape the learning process."
- "Outside the realm of educational psychology, techniques to directly observe the functioning of the brain during the learning process, such as event-related potential and functional magnetic resonance imaging, are used in educational neuroscience."
- "The theory of multiple intelligences, where learning is seen as the interaction between dozens of different functional areas in the brain each with their own individual strengths and weaknesses in any particular human learner..."
- "Empirical research has found the theory to be unsupported by evidence."
- "Behaviorists advocate a system of rewards and targets in education."
- "Educators who embrace cognitive theory believe that the definition of learning as a change in behavior is too narrow."
- "A learner's ability to learn relies largely on what they already know and understand."
- "Transformative learning theory focuses on the often-necessary change required in a learner's preconceptions and worldview."
- "Geographical learning theory focuses on the ways that contexts and environments shape the learning process."
- "Techniques to directly observe the functioning of the brain during the learning process, such as event-related potential and functional magnetic resonance imaging, are used in educational neuroscience."
- "The complexities of human memory."
- "Empirical research has found the theory to be unsupported by evidence."