Category Archives: Learning Design

Pros and Cons to Mastery Paths

This post discusses the use of mastery paths in teaching. It explains the benefits, challenges, and reasons for their limited adoption by university professors. Continue reading

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3 Ethical Alternatives to Asking Interviewees to Perform Lengthy Design Exercises

Figure out what the requirements of a job should be and the corresponding attributes candidates must have (objective), THEN use backward design to come up with assessments and activities to tailor to identifying those attributes. Continue reading

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How Adults Learn Differently Than Children

For many scholars, the terms andragogy and pedagogy are synonymous. In this piece, I attempt to tease out assumptions and principles that apply to andragogy (the art and science of adult learning), that do not apply as much to pedagogy (the method and practice of teaching children). Continue reading

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