“the future belongs to those who prepare for it” Ralph Waldo Emerson Malcolm X “It is in fact nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry; for this delicate little plant, aside from stimulation, stands mainly in need of freedom; without this it goes to wrack and ruin without fail” Albert Einstein “Anyone who tries to draw the future in hard lines and vivid hues is a fool. The future will not sit for a portrait. It will come around a corner we never noticed, take us by surprise” George Emerson

design for contextual learning web-based environments that engage diverse learners rod simselizabeth stork capella universityrobert morris university

context

a connected world a mobile world a technological world an interactive world

learning place teacher learner classroom formal participant informal participant

design + pedagogy = instructional design

if (instruction = delivery) and if (beyond delivery) then (beyond instruction) end if

Analyse DesignDevelopDeployEvaluate instruction assessment

AnalyseDesignDevelopDeployEvaluate media preferences learning styles prior knowledge socio-economic context content culture assessment strategies

AnalyseDesignDevelopDeployEvaluate media preferences learning styles prior knowledge socio-economic context content culture assessment strategies

media preferences culture content socio-economic context prior knowledge learning styles learner

strategies performance environment pedagogy “learning environment”

strategies performance environment pedagogy “learning environment”

what might this look like? rather than teacher-defined content, context with learner-defined content rather than specific objectives, outcomes emerging from learner (course participant) interactions rather than assessment, completion of learning tasks represents successful performance

design for contextual learning a strategy that foregoes assumed learner characteristics and attributes and emphasises the benefits of catering to an 'anyone, anywhere' audience a case for reinventing common instructional design practices by advocating an approach where design focuses on the individual learner achieving meaningful and situated outcomes from their engagement and encounters with a course of study.

an alchemy of learning learners as producers, not consumers learners as creators, not watchers