Situated Learning, Motivation, and Museums in Education
Channel: E-Learning Corgi
Date: 2015-05-04

Situated learning is a powerful strategy in online, on-site, and hybrid learning programs because it forges connections between the learning objective and the real-life situations that the learner can likely relate to. Situated learning often addresses a specific need or interest, and thus is highly engaging and motivating. Museums provide wonderful opportunities for situated learning because their objects and the underlying concepts often relate in many ways to a learner's prior knowledge. 

Susan Nash stands in front of a lovely sculpture of a bison in front of the Sam Noble Museum of Natural History on the campus of the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma. 
Susan Smith Nash, Ph.D. is your guide.