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Creative Approaches to Online Learning Design
David Guralnick, Ph.D.Kaleidoscope Learning, Columbia University, & the International E-Learning Association
New York, NY, USA
A Well-Designed Learning Experience
The Goal:
Choose a U.S. state, and put together a scrapbook that describes, shows, and explains key facts about the state (from what the state bird is to the governmental agencies).
A Well-Designed Learning Experience
A Well-Designed Learning Experience
Project Logistics:
• 1 teacher, 15 students.
• Did have some budget (not a problem to pay
for stamps, supplies, long-distance telephone calls).
• Students were encouraged to talk with each other
about their projects.
A Well-Designed Learning Experience
Why Was This Project Assignment So
Successful?
Key Features:
• Learning by Doing
• One-on-One Coaching/Mentoring
• Collaboration with other students
→ Emotional connection to the project
A Contrasting Learning Experience
Memorizing the 12 Rules of Capitalization
• No realism or application
• A negative emotional connection
• No guarantee—or even reason to believe—that
people who memorized the rules could apply them.
Compelling Experiences:
Underlying Themes
Common Themes of Successful Learning Experiences
• Learning by doing
• One-on-one coaching/mentoring
• Collaboration with peers
• Learner choice
• Storytelling
• Personal impact and relevance
• Imagination and creativity
• Easy to see the connection between the
learning experience and real-life problems
→ Emotional connection to the experience
Taking Advantage of New Technologies
With the help of technology—learn-by-doing simulations,
virtual reality, augmented reality, holograms, artificial
intelligence techniques, and more—we can create learning
experiences that have these qualities but are accessible to
large numbers of people!
A Few Examples
A GAME-LIKE TRAINING SIMULATION FROM 1991!
A Course for Lawyers:
Working with Survivors of Domestic Violence
DEMONSTRATION
A Course for Lawyers:
Working with Survivors of Domestic Violence -
Another Activity
DEMONSTRATION
A Second Course for Lawyers:
Representing Domestic Violence Survivors in
Court
DEMONSTRATION
The CAMT Course:
Soft Skills for Maintenance Technicians
DEMONSTRATION
One More Course for Lawyers:
Time Management for Attorneys
DEMONSTRATION
Common Themes of Successful Learning Experiences:
Revisited
• Learning by doing
• One-on-one coaching/mentoring
• Collaboration with peers
• Learner choice
• Storytelling
• Personal impact and relevance
• Imagination and creativity
• Easy to see the connection between the learning experience
and real-life problems
→ Emotional connection to the experience
Using Technology to Create New
Learning Experiences
What’s Next?
To me, our goal is to reimagine education,
training, and performance via creative and
research-based uses of technology.
New technologies such as virtual reality (VR),
augmented reality (AR), holograms, and new
artificial intelligence (AI) techniques allow us
to create all sorts of new experiences!
Steve Jobs on Technology
“…technology alone is not enough.
It’s technology married with liberal
arts, married with the humanities
that yields us the result that makes
our hearts sing.”
--Steve Jobs
Thank You!
I’m happy to discuss any questions and comments!
David Guralnick, Ph.D.Kaleidoscope Learning
Columbia University
International E-Learning Association
New York, NY
@dguralnick_IELA
www.davidguralnick.com
Kaleidoscope Learning: www.kaleidolearning.com
IELA: www.ielassoc.org
ICELW conference: www.icelw.org
