David McCandless turns complex data sets (like worldwide military spending, media buzz, Facebook status updates) into beautiful, simple diagrams that tease out unseen patterns and connections. Good design, he suggests, is the best way to navigate information glut -- and it may just change the way we see the world.
David McCandless turns complex data sets (like worldwide military spending, media buzz, Facebook status updates) into beautiful, simple diagrams that tease out unseen patterns and connections. Good design, he suggests, is the best way to navigate information glut -- and it may just change the way we see the world.
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Self-Directed Learning and Self-Efficacy are very much a part of the Connectivist model.
For example, they offer a three-stage diagram of the backward design process that looks deceptively simple:
Identify desired results
Determine Acceptable Evidence
Plan Learning Experiences
In their excellent book Understanding by Design, Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe call the process of designing courses around learning goals "the backward design process."