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What is the difference between Curriculum Design and Instructional Design. Curriculum design is "what" the learner will learn, while instructional design is "how" they will learn it. Generally speaking, curriculum relates to the content of an institution's programs and its course structure. Curriculum developers assemble content that meets specific standards, for example, to accomplish a specific degree. They make sure the dentist student takes that course entitled "Administering Novocaine" e.g. because that course is part of that program's core curriculum.
Curriculum designers often work in academic institutions. Instructional designers develop courses of instruction on specific topics, for example. Design Principles for PowerPoint. Why Your Students Forgot Everything On Your PowerPoint Slides. Don’t fret, we’ve all been there: You’re up late the night before Thursday and you have to teach a lesson at 8 AM the next day. So, what do you do? Throw some text on a PowerPoint and get ready to talk through your points. Couldn’t hurt, right? You might not always read straight off of the slides--they’ll just help keep your lecture on track, and if you lose your place, the text is right there for you.
Unfortunately, whether you’re discussing Columbus with 4th graders or quantum physics with college freshmen, you may be hurting your students’ learning more than helping them. Let’s explore what instructional design doesn’t typically work with students, or anyone’s learning for that matter, when you teach with PowerPoint--as well as how you can avoid it. Too Much for the Student to Process Imagine your student’s brain as a container. The Redundancy Effect Here’s why: it’s called the the redundancy effect. Consider, for instance, a science lesson on food chains. How to Lighten the Load. Learning Styles - A Grand Myth. Guess what? There’s no such thing as "learning style" (the theory that each of us has a preferred way to learn new ideas. There are many supposed kinds of learning styles, such as a visual learning style, an auditory style, kinesthetic, etc.). Don’t believe it? Neither did I at first. I was sure for a long time that I personally had a visual learning style.
Now I’m not so sure anymore. Why Do We Still Believe in Learning Styles? If there is no scientific support for learning styles then whey do we believe they must exist? That being said, not all methods of teaching information to today’s youth (and adults) are equal. Recommended Book I have read Willingham’s book, Why Don’t Students Like School and I can tell you that it is excellent.
Resources for this Episode Here is a link to professor Daniel Willingham’s website where you can download many of his articles on teaching and learning.An article by Steven Stahl entitled, “Different Strokes for Different Folks?” The Cone of Learning. Active Learning Online - Why Use Active Learning? (continued) Why use Active Learning strategies to teach any subject? Active Learning leads to effective and efficient teaching and learning. The diagrams below help to further illustrate Active Learning's research-proven effectiveness: Dale's Cone Dale's Cone diagrams effectiveness of learning according to the media involved in learning experiences. Birmingham Grid for Learning - Multiple Intelligences (Secondary) What is Universal Design for Learning.