Week 6

For this week, it is still in the planning process of E-Learning.

We were taught how to distinguish fuzzies in our goal statements and how to avoid them. Some of the important words that we should avoid would be KNOW, UNDERSTAND and COMPREHEND.

Writing our Learning objectives, we would have to have these four components in it.
Audience
Behaviour
Condition
Degree

This week is rather important since we were taught how to write or create the curricular map. Basically we just need to create a task listing first. Then after that create a task detailing of the steps/decisions required for the tasks. After which we need to jot down the knowledge required for the individual tasks. Remove the repeated knowledges and create a learning outcome with the remaining ones. But before which you mus sort the knowledges according to requirements first. Like how we need to know how to read english before learning how to complete a form.

In this week we are also introduced to the different levels of learning. Bloom's hierachy of learning is as follows

Knowledge
Comprehension
Application
Analysis
Synthesis
Evaluation

I agree with these levels of learning stages and similar to these are Gagne's categorisation of learning.

Verbal Information
Intellectual Skills
-Discrimination
-Concepts
-Rules
-Higher order Rules
Cognitive
Affective
Psychomotor

Gagne's categorisation are important since they allow us to plan wat kind of learning activity we can have in our learning design. We can also place them in accordance to the levels of application/exposure such as we need to explain to them the basic terms and knowledges before introducing them the concepts and distinguishing one concept from another. After which we need to allow them to put it into application and apply it to case studies. Placing them in real life scenarios such as role playing/simulations/internships allow them to use higher order skills to creatively apply their knowledge to use.

For learning, we mus first expose them to the knowledge and information first. By exposing them, they would be more aware of the information and it depends on them if they are willing to receive/respond to it. If they are willing to respond, this means their affective level is being changed. This means the internal value system they hold are changing already and this would lead to the decision of accepting the values or not.

Psychomotor skills are body coordination skills we pick up at the end of the learning design. Putting things into action.