SUSANNAH S. R511 BLOG

I find myself in an interesting position as a new student of IST. On the one hand, I'm embarking on a new path that could lead me to a...

Something I found really interesting during this course was the difficulty of developing professional certifications for such a broad...

IST is not the only field to focus on social change and ethics, particularly ethics in technology, but its expansive professional context...

One major trend in HPT is the development of MOOCs, or Massive Open Online Courses. They represent how far technology has advanced in the...

Human Performance Technology, also sometimes referred to as Human Performance Improvement (though the two terms are not interchangeable...

Of all the takeaways I've received from this course, the idea of problem-solving is probably one of the most interesting conceptual...

The history of IST is so fascinating. I truly think that the evolution of the field over time ties directly with changing understandings...

I'm writing again in retrospective, and it's truly fascinating to conduct a refresher of the articles and videos assigned each week and...

I'm back-tracking here a bit on this blog, because I must admit I've never really done much blogging and find it difficult to send my...

As we get farther along in this course, the evolution of theories of learning and learning principles and best practices are getting more...

I was very excited to read this week's articles on authentic learning, as it seems to not only be a trend in education and instructional...

In reading this week's articles about constructivism, I was struck by the direct correlations I saw between constructivist principles and...

I started off this week's readings with Driscoll's chapter on Radical Behaviorism, and I have to say it left a bad taste in my mouth. I...

What I found most interesting in this week's array of articles was the acknowledgment and attempts at initial addressing of the tensions...

John Dewey's Pedagogic Creed, a series of articles published in 1897, has an astounding connection to teaching principles in this...