help learners encode information for long-term storage

As an example of how to apply Gagne's events of instruction to an actual training program

let's look

an end result is the product of a series of things done over time and not just one factor

“customer satisfaction.”

Level 1 measures

Level 2

“Did we achieve our objectives of increasing knowledge, improving skills and/or changing attitudes?”

attendees had better be able to tell their managers that the program was practical and describe what they learned

An example of the embedded model is the Web site eHow.com

An example of the open model is the Web site wikiHow.com

Technology in and of itself is not evil, and technology integrated into education is opening minds, not closing them.

When conducting a cost-benefit analysis, it’s only appropriate to spend as much time thinking through the benefits as it is thinking through the costs.”

Chickering and Gamson developed a seminal work on teaching and learning, their Seven Principles of Good Practice in Undergraduate Instruction

Good practice in undergraduate education: 1. Encourages contact between students and faculty 2. Develops reciprocity and cooperation among students. 3. Encourages active learning. 4. Gives prompt feedback. 5. Emphasizes time on task. 6. Communicates high expectations. 7. Respects diverse talents and ways of learning.

technology is a powerful tool that encourages contact between students and faculty, provides avenues for reciprocity and cooperation among students, creates new venues for active learning, enables more timely and prompt feedback, and gives new opportunities to keep students on task