Friday, October 26, 2007

Robert Gagne’s Instruction Design Model “The Nine Events of Instructions”


Robert Gagne’s Instruction Design Model; “The Nine Events of Instructions”

Objective
  • What are the Nine Events of Instruction?
  • How are these events related to the learning process?
Robert Gagne
  • American educational psychologist
  • Conditions of Learning
  • Instructional Theory
  • Instructional Design Model
According to Robert Gagne, there are nine events that activate processes needed for effective learning.
Instructional Design Model
  • Gagne created a nine-step process called The Events of Instruction
  • The events of instruction are related to the learning process
  • The events of instruction lead to various learning outcomes
  • The events of instruction support the internal processes of learning
Gain Attention
  • Capture the attention of those learning (animated tutorial)
  • Stimuli that ensure reception of coming instruction
Inform Learner of Objectives
  • Internal process of expectancy
  • List of learning objectives
  • Level of expectation for learning
  • What will the learner be able to perform after the instruction?
  • Motivate the learner to complete the lesson.
Stimulate Recall of Prior Learning
  • Recall of existing, relevant knowledge
  • Retrieval to working, short-term memory
  • Previous experience, previous concepts
  • Correlate new information with prior knowledge
Present Stimulus Material
  • Display the content
  • Pattern recognition; selective perception
  • New content (chunked, explained, then demonstrated)
  • Multimedia (audio, video, graphics)
Provide Learner Guidance
  • Guidance on the new content
  • Chunking, rehearsal, encoding
  • Assist learners in order to encode information for long-term storage
  • Guidance strategies (case studies, examples, mnemonics)
Elicit Performance
  • Practice (new skills or behavior)
  • Confirm correct understanding
  • Demonstrating learning
  • Retrieval, responding
Provide Feedback
  • Specific, immediate feedback on learner's performance
  • Reinforcement, error correction
Assess Performance
  • Post-test, final assessment
  • No additional coaching; feedback
  • Mastery of material
Enhance Retention and Transfer
  • Determine whether or not the skills were learned
  • Apply the skills that were learned
  • Retention, retrieval, generalization
References
Gagne's Learning Outcomes http://online.sfsu.edu/~foreman/itec800/finalprojects/annie/gagne'slearningoutcome.html
Gagne's Nine Events of Instruction --http://online.sfsu.edu/~foreman/itec800/finalprojects/annie/gagne'snineevents.html
Conditions of Learning
http://tip.psychology.org/gagne.html
Conditions of Learning: Exponent/Originator http://www.educationau.edu.au/archives/cp/04d.htm
Gagne’s Nine Events of Instruction
http://ide.ed.psu.edu/idde/9events.htm
Gagne’s Nine Events of Instruction: An Introduction
http://www.e-learningguru.com/articles/art3_3.htm
The Nine Events of Instruction
http://hungary.usembassy.gov/uploads/images/94KMTTRtqw2d0Ii-AmOyeA/gagnes_nine_events_of_instruction.ppt.

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

The Media Revolution

With the evolution of technology education have change. Some people believe that in 2020 traditional schools and colleges will be phased out. But how these Virtual Learning Spaces will look in the future? I was shared this though with a friend that sent me this video. I found it amazing. After you watch it feel free to write comments.