by admin_tony | Nov 29, 2021 | digital literacies, learning design, learning theories
So what is a ‘creepy treehouse’ in learning design, and how do you know if you’ve built one? When Jeremy Hunsinger talked with Ding on our podcast, he used the phrase ‘creepy treehouse’ to describe the act of ‘building a learning...
by admin_tony | Nov 23, 2021 | learning design, learning theories, thinking tools
In a previous post, we proposed that learning theories are key tools in every learning designer’s toolbox. There are many different theories that attempt to explain how learning happens, and no single theory is sufficient to fully grasp the complexity of...
by admin_tony | Nov 22, 2021 | course design, learning design, learning theories
Everybody knows something. In fact, we all know a great deal – even by the time we’re about three years old. Yet a common problem in learning design is assuming that learners have no ‘prior knowledge’. If we start designing learning without considering what our...