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Hello everyone. This is a forum for discussions. If you have comments or questions about the course, you can use this blog to get in touch with me.
posted by tesl424 at 3:38 PM
A blog for TESL 424 (Winter 2005)
posted by tesl424 at 3:38 PM
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Hello. This is a reply to your posting. Walcir
Great!
I would love it if you could point us to two sites, one that directs us to a "behaviourist" interface and the other to a "constructivist" interface. These terms come up in Beatty's 8th chapter and I'm having a hard time visualizing it.
Thanks!
Julie
Hello Julie. Thanks for your comment on the on the TESL 424 blog. Wow, you're fast!
Re. your question: instead of directing you to "behaviourist" and "constructivist" sites, I will simply distinguish these two approaches to designing learning materials:
A behaviourist design: eliminates extraneous information, simplifies for comprehensibility, reconstructs/replicates knowledge, offers prescriptive sequences of instruction, etc.
A constructivist design: supports natural complexity and content (i.e. uses realia and avoids simplification), presents multiple perspectives, engages reflective practice, offers open learning environments, supports collaboration, etc.
I think that with these definitions in mind you will be able to find websites that follow these approaches. Good luck. See you later in class. Walcir.
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