Learning Theories

Check out a variety of Learning theories with particular attention to how we can use them in designing instructional software. Each topic includes the following: exponent/originator; overview; application; example; principles;refs. some of the topics are anchored instruction (vanderbilt, jasper woodbury), contructivism, multiple intellegences, situated learning, operant conditioning (programmed instruction), etc.

Consult a primer on ISD Methodologies and Techniques - Introduction.

Visit Feedback: Historical Overview of programmed instruction.

If you're interested in how some of the earlier theories originated and evolved over time, visit Historical Timelines:

Programmed Instruction

B.F. Skinner

Teaching Machines

Joe Harless

For more info on programmed instruction, visit the The Programmed Instruction Home Page

page author: Rebecca Vaughan and Bob Hoffman
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