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Adult learning theories for instructional designers: Andragogy

Matrix

In a series of articles, I will take a closer look at three modern adult learning theories that are not only relevant but highly applicable. The relevance of adult learning theories. Being familiar with these theories will help you build learning strategies, design coherent learning paths courses that make a difference.

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3 Steps to Transition From Teacher to Trainer (and One Word of Caution)

Learningtogo

Now is a good time to review the differences between andragogy (adult learning) and pedagogy (teaching children) and learn some techniques to offer to those of us making the transition or supporting colleagues who are making the journey. As an adult, the sharp distinction some professionals make between andragogy and pedagogy trouble me.

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5 Advantages of Custom Elearning Development for In-House Learning Teams

Learnkit

The advances in technology, as well as teaching theory about how to best apply technology to increase learning effectiveness, have given way to numerous benefits for corporate training and employee education. Create pedagogically sound elearning courses that go beyond instructional design.

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How the 8 Effects of Arts Education Are Changing Online Pedagogy, Part 3

Kadenze

Do any of these terms sound familiar? It draws from Information Theory where redundancy refers to effects which deliberately seeks to produce ‘a surplus of signal over message’. It advocates that learning is best presented and stripped back to 3-7 minute chunks which match the attention span of most humans.

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Instructivism, constructivism or connectivism?

E-Learning Provocateur

The popular sequence of events that I have recounted is often represented pictorially as a gradient, accompanied by that ubiquitous table comparing various aspects of the three pedagogies. Sure, the gradient reflects a wonderful growth of ideas, but I think it’s a trap to conclude that the latter pedagogies supersede the former.

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Adult learning shminciples

E-Learning Provocateur

The theory. Since the 1960s, he articulated a distinction between pedagogy (the teaching of children) and andragogy (the teaching of adults). In many ways, Knowles’ description of pedagogy approximates instructivism, while his description of andragogy approximates constructivism. The way forward.

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Digital age learning

Learning with e's

In my Learning is learning post yesterday, I started a debate about andragogy and pedagogy. I held the position that the theory of andragogy (Malcolm Knowles) adds very little to our understanding of learning. But there is still a self-determined purpose underlying the actions of the learner. Unported License.

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