Sink, D (2008), claims that Instructional Design Models and Learning Theories are used after the needs of an organization have been identified (Sink, D. 2008). Instructional Systems Design Models provide designers effective ways to identify solutions to support the needs of an organization. This paper will discuss the characteristics of the Experiential Learning Model, Attention, Relevance, Confidence, Satisfaction Model, and the Gerlach and Ely Models along with providing a comparison and contrast of these models.
Characteristics of ELM, ARCS, and Gerlach and Ely Models
Experiential Learning Model (ELM): Based on early work from John Dewey, Kurt Lewin, and Jean Piaget, ELM was developed in 1974 by David A. Kolb and Ron Fry in 1974. This model emphasizes the idea that learning occurs when the student takes interest in the subject matter and engages in self-initiated learning. Learning is an on-going process that is based on experience, interactions with the environment, and involves obtaining knowledge through social interactions. The ELM is composed of four elements: Concrete experience, observation and reflection, Forming abstract concepts, and testing in new situations and five steps which consist of: Experience, Share, Process, Generalize, and Apply (Moore, Eric T. 2013).
Attention, Relevance, Confidence, and Satisfaction (ARCS) Model: The model was developed by John Keller in 1979 who believed that motivation of students had direct correlation to their ability to
During class, the instructional model I believe matches closely with the instructions we received was the cooperative learning strategy. According to our class readings the instructions given to us possessed the following characteristics; working in small groups, group reports, social skills, as well as individual and group accountability. Students were paired up based on matching numbers; they then went over that specified instructional model. That is where individual accountability and social skills takes part. Groups had to work together to come up with what they thought were the five most important points. Most groups divide the work up. After groups decided what were the most important they then shared with the class.
Experiential learning is a process through which students practice skills, obtain knowledge, and derive values from real-life situations. There are different methods of this type of learning including: field trips, internships, field research, and service learning projects. These assignments and activities give students the opportunity to experience reflective, data-driven, and problem solving scenarios. According to David Kolb's theory on experiential learning, “ Learning is the process whereby knowledge is created through the transformation of experience” (Kolb, 1984, p.38). His theory includes experience, perception, cognition, and behavior. This type of learning is important for business students, university programs, and students to participate in.
4 and Fig. 5 show the drop in total* motivation and types of motivation across marks achieved in the mid-year exams respectively. Fig. 4 shows a strong correlation to a linear regression line with an R2 value of 0.998. This would suggest that motivation has some impact on the process of learning. Fig. 5 shows the same as Fig. 4 except it is divided into both intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. Intrinsic motivation fits a linear regression model to a higher degree than extrinsic motivation, 0.92 to 0.82 respectively. This would suggest that there is more of a correlation between intrinsic motivation and academic learning than extrinsic motivation, however both appear to have some influence on the process of learning. This would suggest that intrinsic motivation has a larger impact on learning than being rewarded extrinsically through means of reinforcement and punishment. However there still appears to be an impact of extrinsic methods of motivation. This suggests that academic learning would be more effective when the person is intrinsically motivated in the learning
Instructional design (ID) can be dated back to World War II, being used for development of military services (Garrett & Benson, 2017). Then adapted to the realm of education in the 1970’s, and is still a large component in education (Garrett & Benson, 2017). Education is an ever-changing field, where there are always new initiatives, some of the core initiatives set forth by the United States Department of Education are: Higher standards of learning, and more useful assessments and data (United States Department of Education, n.d.). “Instruction is a systematic process in which every component (i.e. teacher, students, materials and learning environment) is crucial to successfully learning” (as cited in Isman, 201). Isman stated four principles that played a key roll in the instructional process that helped to
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Motivation learners pay a great attention, which affects their cognitive process because they make more effort to understand and the student will be able to see wider for their learning, which further motivates
The Kolb Experiential Learning theory (1984) drives a large component of my instructional plans. According to Kolb (1984), a person learns through experience and discovery. This theory is built around a learning cycle that involves 4 principles: 1) concrete experience, 2) reflective experience, 3) abstract conceptualization, and 4) active experimentation. Educators initially provide learners with opportunities to use concrete resources in learning about new concepts. Students then review their learning and reflect on the experience. This is followed by the opportunity to form abstract ideas using the new concepts and finally testing the concepts in new circumstances and situations.
In their explanation Ertmer and Newby (2013) point out the essentials of learning theories and how they assists individuals or group of people to learn. Further, Ertmer and Newby (2013) endorses learning theories as foundation and prerequisite for strategies that instructional designers need when developing those techniques that facilitate learning. Many experts has singled out the three learning theories namely; cognitivism, behaviorism, and constructivism which have provided explicit understanding of the learning process. Among the first theories which according to Driscoll (2005) was curved from the field of psychology was behaviorism. Behaviorism right from the 20th century has concentrated on how stimulus together with reinforcement affect
Self-motivation is essential for students to partake in an active and responsible role in their education. Self-motivation allows students to perform at their best and to learn without any sense of limitation. With this, students will find a reason to work — and as a result, they will give their best to every assignment. In addition, students will take an initiative to participate in class. Studies made by Csikszentmihalyi and Nakamura state that, “activities will not continue unless they are enjoyable—or unless people are motivated by extrinsic rewards” (602). Motivated students
For students in an educational environment, they are more likely to succeed and do better if they have an intrinsic motivational approach to their studies. One thing that can be changed or encouraged
Theories of instruction provide criteria that in most cases tries to offer guidelines for educators and policy makers as they deliberate on the best instructional designs to adopt. This means that instructional strategies are well embedded in reputable theories and inquiries when it comes to learning. Consequently this form the foundation for designing different traditional and online learning settings. When evaluating instructional theories two aspects should be well defined. According to Reigeluth (1999) educators should check whether the said theory is actually a theory or it is a list of proposals or a model and whether it is not a learning theory. Ideally, an instructional theory should have characteristics such as internal consistency,
The core purpose of understanding theories of learning is to appreciate that teacher and students have different approaches to adapting to and learning the contents. This understanding facilitates, acquisition of knowledge on a practical and cognitive level. This paper looks at the theory of learning given by ADDIN EN.CITE Kolb1984238Kolb (1984)2382386Kolb, D.A. Experiential Learning: experience as the source of learning and development. 1984New Jersey Prentice Hall HYPERLINK l "_ENREF_5" o "Kolb, 1984 #238" Kolb (1984) and ADDIN EN.CITE Honey P.1982240Honey P. and Mumford (1982)2402406Honey P., Mumford, A.The Manual of Learning Styles1982LondonPeter Honey
Although this limitation can become a barrier for the experiential learning theory Rogers’ developed, it is possible for this to overcome this with patience. As the main purpose of this theory is to allow personal growth within the student, we must note that personal growth appears differently for each individual learner. The role of the facilitator is to help engage all types of students in self-motivated learning to help them improve their overall growth from significant information.
Stage 4 - Companies in this stage have broad analytic capabilities for solving local problems, but not at the organization level. Due to duplication of efforts and lack of appropriate employee skill sets and attitudes, the organization has some work to do to reach this level of analytical maturity. The CEO and executive team are supportive of analytical focus, but are not passionate about competing on this basis.
Organization Development (OD) is a deliberately planned, organization-wide effort to increase an organization's effectiveness and/or efficiency, and/or to enable the organization to achieve its strategic goals (2015, Wikipedia).