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The term "the Prime Directive" harkens back to the days of the TV show "Star Trek." This directive was the binding force that united the federation of planets in a common goal and mission. Can we learn something from this that could give us direction for Instructional Design in the 21st century? Via EDTECH@UTRGV 
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"Part of the problem with all this talk about 'learning experience' is it's questionable whether learning is actually experienced at all."
This brilliant quote, by Leonard Houx, skewers the recent hubris around ‘learning experiences’. Everything is an ‘experience’ and what is needed is some awareness of good and bad learning experiences. Unfortunately, all too often what we see are single event, over-engineered, media heavy, video, animation and single courses that research shows, result, not in significant learning, but…
1) Clickthrough (click on this cartoon head, click on this to see X; click on option on MCQ) that allows the learner to skate across the surface of the content, 2) Cognitive overload (overuse of media) 3) Diversionary activity (infantile gamification).
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Higher education institutions have been scrambling to meet the demand for remote and online courses. This has been due in part to general growth trends in online enrollment, but it has also been accelerated out of response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Because of this, we have focused on helping faculty teach more effectively online.
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It may seem like it wasn't enough time to observe in a classroom, but it was a start. Dave ultimately asked me to complete one of my 30-hour observation requirements in his class during that same semester. I went well beyond the 30 hours and stayed for 6 months. After that, Dave asked me to be his first student teacher.
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