AVirtualLearningGuide:TechnologiesandLearning
One further aspect under experimental consideration at present is the use of pre and post-testing of knowledge, not as assessment for credit, but as a motivational approach for self-directed learning. Surveys and interviews conducted in 1999 and 2000 by the researcher (Calway, 2000a) have provided a base line and demographic strategy against which to evaluate any therapeutic actions emanating from identification and investigation of variables that effect the VLGT.
Conclusion:
The researcher is cognisant that learner motivation is paramount for self-directed learning. However, I am reminded of a cereal advert where the punch line is – “Don’t tell them its healthy, and they will eat it by the box full”, perhaps the same is required in instructional design. This paper therefore expresses the need to understand the dichotomy that exists between a learner studying on a “need to know” basis as compared to a student energised with a “desire to know” however that desire may be energised.
While much of the work presented in this paper is in its infancy, there are clear indications, from work to date, that a virtual learning materials approach has no significant (detrimental) difference on student learning and/or motivation from that expressed through extant printed and face-to-face instruction. However, I have argued that this is a poor representation of what could be, or what is desired. In this paper I have expressed the foundation work and the conceptual underpinning of the Virtual Learning Guide Template, I have also argued that pivotal to the expression of the template is the concept of duality of learner and learning, and that this learning is supported by a holistic and adaptive instructional technology and theories.
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