The Learning Architect

Brain and learning, Information processing theories and problem solving methods during the learning process Dr William Huitt website on Educational Psychology Interactive (http:// www.edpsycinteractive.org / ) is a very useful website for anyone interested in the psychology of learning. This site identifies different aspects of teaching and learning for teachers and instructional designers. Though not specifically designed for Instructional designers, this website is arranged in course format and has a great number of references and citations that would prove useful for further research. Dr Huitt has also provided extensive internet links that did help me browse a number of external links to his website and gave me better insights on teacher education and information processing. His systematic approach and use of the different multimedia approaches such as videos and drawing makes the website learner friendly and comprehensive. The second resource I came across for The Brain and...

Overview of the contents of the sites and blogs I have identified as resource   The first site I have found relevant is Robert Gagne's wiki at Nine Learning Events: Instructional Design for Dummies. This wiki, accessible by clicking here gives a simplified overview of instructional design using Gagne’s Nine Learning Events. While not going into the details of the nine events, any person starting out in the field of instructional design and technology will find this wiki quite relevant and helpful. The layout and citations also points to further areas of exploration that can prove to be the doorway to professional learning communities. The second blog that I have found useful and relevant to me as an instructional design professional is Pdrum blog on instruction design and technology. He appears to have been going through this course last year and has great insight on the journey we are embarking on. I will be better placed to review his input as a guide post on the journey to ...