Problem and solutions

Middle school students need to learn about how to be good Digital Citizens. In our school, the age between 12-15 always struggles with cyberbullying, safety issues when they are playing games online, and many other things related to social media and the Internet in general. Our school is usually trying to find a teacher who can teach and address these issues. Creating this course online will be easy for any advisor to follow with the students and run the class without making the lesson plans.

The learning Design Theory:

Discussion of how learning theories influenced your design and discussion of why you are using that approach?

The MicroMasters program for Instructional Design and Technology has real incitement for anyone who works in an educational career. Although I have been working in educational institutes for a while, and I'm familiar with UBD, the learning theories course was the newest learning experience. It allows me to explore and understand the learners' cultural background, thinking capabilities, and the best model to fit their learning needs.

In the course I have designed for this program, I considered two theories: Connectivism and Cognitive Learning.

Connectivism is defined as a learning theory that explains how Internet technologies have created many different opportunities for people to make learning happening through the World Wide Web and share information through various online tools. A key feature of connectivism is that much knowledge can happen across networks that take place online. In connectivism learning, a teacher will guide learners to information and answer critical questions to support students learning and sharing on their own. Students are also encouraged to seek out information on their own online and express what they find. A connected community around this shared information often results.

This theory matches and is aligned with my course goal and will fit my learners' needs as they will be engaged in various computer and Internet-based learning. Also, in my role as a teacher, I will be more guiding and facilitating the course.

The cognitive load concept has been especially crucial for the study of multimedia learning: learning from computer-based media, including videos and educational games, presentation tools that include images, audio, and more because my course is online and provides multimedia materials computer-based work perfectly aligned with my course design.