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Transforming Our Models of Learning and Development: Web-Based Instruction as Enabler of Third-Generation Instruction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2015

Kurt Kraiger
Kurt Kraiger*
Affiliation:
Colorado State University
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E-mail: [email protected], Address: Department of Psychology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1876
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Abstract

In this paper, I suggest that our methods for how to train are based historically on what we understand learning to be. I briefly trace the history of instructional design models, which embody both first-generation objectivist and second-generation cognitive constructivist views of learning. I then suggest we are on the cusp of a third-generation instructional model, one that places greater emphasis on the learner forming understanding largely through a process of social negotiation, either in training or on the job. I argue that Web-based instruction offers a technology ideally suited to the social constructivist approach at the core of this third-generation model. I discuss the importance of interaction in learning and suggest why Web-based networked learning may result in more, not less, interaction during training. Finally, I discuss other applications of third-generation learning such as peer mentoring and professional forums.

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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 1 , Issue 4 , December 2008 , pp. 454 - 467
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Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2008 

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Department of Psychology, Colorado State University

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