The challenge of moving instruction and content to the Web continues. Other faculty are more fortunate, finding some level of support, training, and infrastructure tools in campus faculty support centers. This article discusses the time involved with developing an online course. As instructors, we all employ one or more learning theories, whether we consciously know it or not. Still others prescribe to the Generative Learning Theories.
TIP is a tool intended to make learning and instructional theory more accessible to educators.
The database contains brief summaries of 50 major theories of learning and instruction. These theories can also be accessed by learning domains and concepts. A great site for exploring various learning styles, including cognitive organizational styles, multiple intelligences, and cultural learning styles. Primarily aimed at K-12 instructors. These were the questions explored in a collaborative course design project involving an economics lecturer and the instructional designer at Murdoch University.