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Module that addresses most directly the central, core business of schooling. The aim of the module is to improve the teaching abilities of teachers. It accordingly promotes a theoretically informed understanding of what learning is,how it takes place, and how teachers may go about organising systematic learning. The module enables teachers to analyse learning, and, in so doing, to reflect on what they can do to improve it. Thus, while the module draws on the learning theories of writers like Piaget and Vygotsky, it grounds these examples, practical exercises, and case studies drawn from schools. From SAIDE

Open education course on learning theories - specifically acquisitive, constructivist and experiential models of learning. Promotes an active approach to learning, thinking and doing versus simply reading information. Theoretical, practical, academic and vocational focuses. Provides strategies for dealing with the demands of learning, but does not focus on general study skills.

Module exploring theory through application rather than focusing on the main theorist themselves. Focus on maximizing and promoting learning. Through SAIDE

Learning module - aim is to provide understanding and practical experience related to the key principles, methods and theories of educational software. Ties major learning theories and principles to the successful use of educational software.

Wiki page housing an entire textbook on learning, teaching and technology. Focus placed on emerging perspectives. Covers traditional, socially oriented, direct instruction and learner-centered theories. Provides strategies for teaching from project based learning to the mind of the learner. Links to modeling, scaffolding, and other learning tools.

A series of 13 videos that can be played online and illustrating the application of learning theories to classroom practice. The website also contains extensive support materials that can be used to guide study of the videos. Note that you have to 'click down' a few times to view the videos, but they are good quality and free.

Nice resource from which to pluck particular needs. Module 1 & 9 could help ict, module 2 with teaching theory, design principles, module 5 with methods of delivery and learner support - other modules could help back up theory and/or practice - modules for guides, needs analysis, etc.

Full ebook available for download under Creative Commons. Theories and practices of online learning. Was part of the curriculum in a recent class I took in my Masters in Educational Technology program.

Reports on the use of PBL in initial teacher education itself i.e. for training teachers.

Research paper outlining the strategies of designing effective learning environments for multidisciplinary collaboration and problem-based learning and reports the effectiveness of those strategies. NCPEA peer reviewed/approved.

Actual OER course provided through Saylor. Principles of learning and behavior with emphasis on theoretical foundations of psychology as it relates to human learning and behavior.

A module with methods for how to formulate learning objectives for students, including two versions of Bloom's Taxonomy applied to student learning.

Provides a theoretical justification for PBL, and a clear worked example of its use. 

"A comprehensive educational psychology textbook, written by Kelvin Seifert and Rosemary Sutton, for the Global Text Project. Topics covered include student development and diversity, classroom communication and assessment, and much more."