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the importance of a constructivist learning theory

15/11/2014

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Cognitive constructivism tells us that people won’t immediately understand the information they are given;  they will need to ‘construct’ their own knowledge through experience.   

Constructivists see knowledge construction as a dynamic process that happens through the interactions between the learners’ internal and external environments
  • The internal environment meaning cognitive abilities, values and beliefs, emotions, perceptual filters, personality, confidence and current state of knowledge.  In short, the learners acquired frame of reference.  
  • The external environment meaning the social and cultural structures and the traditions of thought and language where the learner lives and learner.  It is the external environment that sets the nature of knowledge, what knowledge is worth knowing and what is not.  
For social constructivists knowledge comes out of the dialogue in the learners communities of practice because they also believe that there is no way to know reality.  The focus is on the importance of the learners’ social interactions, explorations and negotiations to enable them to develop the knowledge they need to work and live effectively.

Help your learners construct the knowledge they need.

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The Power of Blended Organisational Learning PROGRAMS

2/11/2014

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Organisations have high expectations of their learning and development.  But too often they are only understand learning in terms of the training room.  What is not very well understood is that it takes a blended learning approach to enable a person to become competent, develop proficiency and become expert.

The Five Stages to becoming an expert
William Winn, in his article, ‘Cognitive Perspectives in Psychology’ (1996, p.92) discusses the five stages to becoming an expert:
  1. Novices learn objective and unambiguous facts and rules about the area that they are beginning to study (unconscious incompetence)
  2. Advanced beginners learning becomes more contextualised.  The learning of objective facts and rules continues with advanced beginners developing their experience and their understanding of the larger context that their developing skills and knowledge operates (conscious incompetence)
  3. Competence includes an increasing awareness of the potentially overwhelming amount of facts and information.  Competence involves the development of effective decision making skills to enable the learner to discern which facts and information to draw on for the particular situation they are dealing with (conscious competence)
  4. Proficiency is when the learner has internalised their skills and knowledge and starts making quick, effective decisions that are often unconscious (unconscious competence)
  5. Expertise is described by Winn as the complete fusion of decision-making and fusion (unconscious competence on steroids? J)

Looking at learning in this way highlights the complex interplay between instruction, practice, context, experience and individual efficacy.  And then there’s the eternal challenge that all organisational learning faces:  time and expectations.

Blended learning is often thought of as computer assisted learning.  While there is no doubt that technology plays a valuable role, there is a lot more to blended organisational learning than just the technology.  For example face-to-face training, coaching, group projects, individual projects, on-the-job opportunities, self-directed, conversations, dialogue, reflection, role plays, simulations, games, puzzles, quizzes, debates, research, job rotations, mentoring, shadowing, discovery, problem solving, eLearning and webinars.

Designing a blended organisational learning is about incorporating a range of purposely selected theories, methods and tools based on the context of the organisation and the learner to create an effective learning experience that moves the learner from novice to proficient as effectively and efficiently as possible.

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