Category: Peer Responses

EDCI 335 Blog #2 Learning Design I-II

Hi Leah!

I really enjoyed reading your blog. The way you connected inquiry-based learning to constructivism made it easy to understand, especially when you talked about students leading their own learning and building understanding through exploration. I totally agree with what you said about how inquiry-based learning isn’t just about getting to the right answer, its about the process of thinking critically and making real-world connections.

The quote from Merrill really stood out to me about how “information alone is not instruction.” I fully agree with that because I’ve found that I learn the most when I’m being creative and coming up with topics or ideas on my own. In university, a lot of my learning has actually happened outside of the classroom. For example I have developed many leadership and teaching skills while being the captain of the UVic tennis team. It’s shown me that real learning often happens through experience, not just lectures or textbooks. Reading your blog made me reflect on how important it is to bring that kind of creativity and ownership into the classroom. Inquiry-based learning seems like such a great way to foster that. Thank you for your post!

Learning, Motivation, and Theory

Hi Chad!

I really enjoyed reading your post. The way you introduced each theory and connected it to a personal example made it super engaging, it kept me interested the whole way through. I thought your sticker example was a great way to show behaviorism in action. It reminded me of our class discussion about extrinsic motivation.

It also made me wonder how behaviorism would handle intrinsic motivation. Since it’s so focused on rewards and consequences, how would it support or measure motivation that comes from within?

Your example for cognitivism was also really strong. I liked how you showed the process of breaking down complex information to really understand it. It made me think about how important that kind of learning is in subjects like math or science, where just memorizing isn’t enough. Thank you for your post!