Week 7 - Instructional Strategies for Fact and Concept Knowledge

This week we covered the "Planning E-Learning process" aspect. It focuses on verbal information, proposed by Gagné. Verbal information may lead to the formation of Facts.

The first part of the lecture covers the Instructional Strategies for Fact Learning. This can be done via ORGANIZATION, LINKING & ELABORATION.

Under the ORGANIZATION section, learning takes place when information is split up into smaller bits and pieces. This process is known as Chunking. An example would be the hotline of Pizza Hut. The number as advertised is "6-2-35-35-35, Pizza Hut Delivery!!" This allows learners to memorize the number of the delivery easily, as compared to 62353535 where everything is so cluttered.

In the LINKING section, Mnemonic aids learning through acronyms, rhymes by creating a visual image in the mind of learners. An example would be KISS (the acronym), which is the abbreviation for "Keep It Short & Simple" (may differ between people to people).

The ELABORATION section makes way for a more complex association than Mnemonics.

The 2nd part of the lecture covers the Concept learning. Concept refers to the grouping of sets of symbols, elements or objects that have basic similar characteristics. Concepts have 3 attributes - intrinsic, functional and relational.

The Instructional Learning process for Concept goes as follows:-
1. Name the concept
2. Define the concept
3. Show example(s) and non-example(s) of the concept
4. State any attributes of the concept
(i) practice how to apply the concept
(ii) evaluate the process and error checking