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About the Course

This course sets out to provide an understanding of theories of learning and development and how these theories relate to educational technology. It has two components. The first is theoretical, in which we attempt to develop an overall frame of reference, locating approaches to the psychology of learning in terms of large paradigm shifts, from ‘behaviorism’ to ‘brain developmentalism’ to ‘social cognitivism’. The second component is practical, in which we will use these theoretical concepts to ‘parse’ a technology-mediated learning environment for its underlying presuppositions. -------------------------------- Recommended Background -------------------------------- This course is designed for people interested in the future of education and the "learning society," including people who may wish to join education as a profession, practicing teachers interested in exploring future directions for a vocation that is currently undergoing transformation, and community and workplace leaders who regard their mission to be in part "educative." -------------------------------- Related Resources -------------------------------- Online resources are available here: https://newlearningonline.com -------------------------------- Join our Online Communities! -------------------------------- CGScholar (Create an account and join the New Learning community) https://cgscholar.com/community/community_profiles/new-learning/community_updates Facebook https://www.facebook.com/newlearningonline Twitter https://twitter.com/neolearning -------------------------------- Take this Course for Credit at the University of Illinois -------------------------------- This course has the same content and anticipates the same level of contribution by students in the Assessment for Learning course offered to graduate certificate, masters, and doctoral level students in the Learning Design and Leadership Program in the College of Education at the University of Illinois. Of course, in the nature of MOOCs many people will just want to view the videos and casually join some of the discussions. Some people say that these limited kinds of participation offer evidence that MOOCs suffer from low retention rates. Far from it – we say that any level of engagement is good engagement. On the other hand, if you would like to take this course for credit at the University of Illinois, you will find more information about our program here: https://ldlprogram.web.illinois.edu/overview/ And you can apply here: https://education.illinois.edu/epol/programs-degrees/ldl -------------------------------- The Learning Design and Leadership Series of MOOCs -------------------------------- This course is one of a series of eight MOOCs created by Bill Cope and Mary Kalantzis for the Learning Design and Leadership program at the University of Illinois. If you find this MOOC helpful, please join us in others! e-Learning Ecologies: Innovative Approaches to Teaching and Learning for the Digital Age https://www.coursera.org/learn/elearning New Learning: Principles and Patterns of Pedagogy https://www.coursera.org/learn/newlearning Assessment for Learning https://www.coursera.org/learn/assessmentforlearning Learning, Knowledge, and Human Development https://www.coursera.org/learn/learning-knowledge-human-development Ubiquitous Learning and Instructional Technologies https://www.coursera.org/learn/ubiquitouslearning Negotiating Learner Differences: Towards Productive Diversity in Learning https://www.coursera.org/learn/learnerdifferences Literacy Teaching and Learning: Aims, Approaches and Pedagogies https://www.coursera.org/learn/literacy-teaching-learning Multimodal Literacies: Communication and Learning in the Era of Digital Media https://www.coursera.org/learn/multimodal-literacies...

Top reviews

RM

Jun 14, 2020

I think it's a great course for people who are interested in Educational Psychology. I recommend it for those who are "beginners" or in other words, who haven't quite studied psychology yet.

DC

Apr 25, 2020

Good course, At first, it través for the básica and educational theories which are great, but at week 3 and week 4 lets you know more current issues in the educational field.

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By Abdul Q

Mar 13, 2023

Thank you

By Marcela M C d l L

Jan 31, 2023

amazing

By Shaniya K

Aug 7, 2024

Good

By Awanda E

Jan 22, 2024

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By Dio W

Jun 27, 2022

Good

By Dangmei D

Nov 28, 2022

I am quiet excited to be a part Coursera family. So blessed working with you all. Good luck everyone.

By محمود ا م ا

Feb 10, 2023

استفدت بالكثير من المعلومات رغم وجود أراء لم تعجبني لكن فكرة التنميه البشريه في حد ذاتها أمر مهم وجيد

By Nayvi P B

Aug 4, 2023

It was a great course to start with some psychological theories related to learning.

By Paula M

Aug 29, 2022

Very insightful course! In my eyes, the last chapter was too in-depth and complex.

By Anica D

Aug 21, 2024

The course is great when it comes to the information provided, however, the peer-graded assessments are ridiculous and should be replaced with AI grading if they don't have better control over grading and retaliation. Many learners submit one sentence and pass, but if you fail them since they didn't meet the criteria, they fail you too, and there is no way to get support and correction of your grade, you have to resubmit and wait for several days again. Another thing is that they submit those reviews anonymously, and refrain from commenting on what is wrong, hence the frustration. I wrote two emails to support but didn't receive a reply, and had to resubmit. I hope people who organized this course will see this comment and apply these suggestions, as these activities are de-motivating and time-wasting. Very disappointed with this part, especially since I took numerous courses on this platform, and many of them had peer reviews, but this is my first time witnessing something like this, even though there is much talk about plagiarism and failing for no reason on the internet.

By William D

Aug 24, 2023

The course began well, with an overview of educational theories, but the second unit on social-emotional learning focused too narrowly on the single issue of bullying, the third unit on quantitative methods focused too narrowly on one case study of the classification of English Language learners. The final unit, on brain development in adolescents and early adults was again interesting.

By Joe C

Aug 16, 2021

I found most of the information interesting and applicable. On the other hand, the material was non-sequential and felt disjointed. Each section had little to do with the previous and it seemed more like a collection of lectures rather than a well-rounded certificate program to introduce the learner to the title topic. Also, the format for submitting work was confusing and was (unnecessarily) linked to another site that made it complicated in reviewing work. And speaking of grading, too often there were not enough peers to review work. This require that sections could not be completed when the learner wanted to put in the time to do the work. Expect to return to this course outside of anticipated times or be ok with moving on to other sections without assurance of completion. Case in point: I finished all of my submitted work on a Thursday but did not receive my completed certificate until the next Monday. On the other hand, it is a short course and can be completed quicker than other certiciates I've worked on.

By Jacob F

Nov 15, 2020

The format of the assignment is really hard to navigate. Also the way questions are formatted they need better structure.

By Scott M

Apr 1, 2020

Dr Kalantzis talks as though she were reading the content on the teleprompter for the first time. A jerky, stuttering delivery that distracts significantly from the content. Unenrolling.