The communications barriers come from the individual’s philosophies. Dr. Oakes focuses on how learning happens as an interaction between students during their discussions in which they share their ideas. Everyone is validated and there are no right or wrong answers. However, as an Instructional Designer Denny’s view of the learning process is very systematic. He believes their must be specific objectives to be met, a way to evaluate, and assess the success of the project/assignment.
Dr. Oakes explained the task in her own terms without very specific guidelines in order to provide Denny with the freedom to be actively involved in constructing his own materials through experience and his prior knowledge. She was facilitating his understanding of the project without telling him verbatim what she wanted.
Denny on the other hand is used to receiving detailed instructions on what is need and what the outcomes should be. He is use to being guided by the specific process of creating these instructional plans. There is no way for him to use his regular formula to resolve this issue, he is challenged to think outside his box.
No comments:
Post a Comment