Promise 2
Promise 2 - Engagement in Learning
So then, how do we assure optimal learning? For one, we should look at the human cognitive processes that are involved in learning, and adopt a learner-centered approach to the development and delivery of the course.
In this promise, it is also important that I analyze my own personal view of how learning works, as this will/may heavily influence my development strategy. In this case, I strongly adhere to the "knowledge construction" view. This view consists of three principles: people have separate channels for processing visual and verbal material, they can only process a limited amount in each channel at one time, and people learn best when they actively engage with the content, processing it, and connecting it with previous experiences and knowledge.
This then forms a format around which to initially build a course: provide various channels, with a moderate number of impressions, and provide opportunities to process, organize, connect and internalize the newly gained knowledge before proceeding to the next component in the course. By applying the Segmenting and Pretraining principles as stated in chapter 10, we can break down complex information into bite-size pieces, ensuring that we don't lose them in the process.