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Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Surprise! in Instructional Design

Jane Bozarth tweeted an article she wrote for Learning Solutions Magazine this morning.  It's a great piece on the role of surprise in learning design.  It struck a chord for me because she's right -- we do focus on consistency in ID the vast majority of the time.  I can see where something new and different suddenly popping up would garner more attention and would perhaps emphasize a concept that you as faculty think is particularly important.


Read the article here:  http://www.learningsolutionsmag.com/articles/622/nuts-and-bolts-surprise


Lisa




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1 comment:

  1. This is great, Lisa! The analogy about driving to work and sometimes wondering how you got there is perfect.

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