Common Adult Learning Theories
A popular term coined by Malcolm Knowles, meaning "the art and science of helping adults learn"
What is Andragogy?
Online learning allows students to view instructional materials each week at any time they choose and does not include a live video lecture component.
What is asynchronous learning?
This principle is described when stating, "adding graphics to words can improve learning."
What is the multimedia principle?
Analyze, design, develop, implement, and evaluate are all steps of what Instructional Design model?
What is the ADDIE model?
Learning theory developed by Jack Mezirow, focuses on changing the way learners think and view the world around them, and how they think about themselves.
What is transformative learning?
Online learning where students are required to log in and participate in class at a specific time each week.
What is synchronous?
When talking about this principle, it is best to place text near graphics to improve learning.
What is the contiguity principle?
Starting by gaining the learner's attention and ending with extension and transfer, this model progresses through a series of stages during the learning experience.
What are Gagne's 9 Events of Instruction?
The process where individuals take initiative in their learning—they plan, carry out, and evaluate their learning experiences without the help of others.
What is self-directed learning?
A software tool that allows you to create, deliver, and report on training courses and programs.
What is a Learning Management System, or LMS?
This principle states that explaining graphics with audio improves learning.
What is the modality principle?
Remembering, understanding, applying, analyzing, evaluating and creating are all stages of learning in this Instructional Design model.
What is Bloom's Taxonomy?
A theory that focuses on the idea that adults are shaped by their experiences, and that the best learning comes from making sense of your experiences.
What is experiential learning?
Used primarily for remote work in the corporate world, to educate staff about company protocols and procedures, via an online system housing instructional material
What is virtual training?
Explaining graphics with audio and redundant text can hurt learning, just like using excessive visuals, text and sound can hurt learning.
Within this model, also known as a simplified ADDIE, the repetitious steps are evaluate, design, and develop.
What is the Successive Approximation Model, or SAM?
This type of learning utilizes real-world scenarios and creates projects for students that they could encounter in a job in the future.
What is project-based learning?
Making websites, content, applications, and platforms–like your Learning Management System—usable to people of all abilities and disabilities.
What is accessibility?
The principle covers the use of conversational tone and pedagogical agents to increase learning
What is the personalization principle?
This instructional design model contains five principles: task/problem-centered, activation, demonstration, application, and integration.
What are Merrill's First Principles of Instruction?