Learning+Model+Comparison

|| || **__Comparison Chart __** __** Learning Model Comparative Article **__ Designing instruction for an interactive media course requires more than the traditional lecture or demonstration-performance type format. For example, learning how to write a résumé online would be ineffective by just “clicking” on a taped lecture. Incorporating the appropriate learning model for online instruction is the key to success. For this exercise, I chose to compare cognitive apprenticeship and problem-based learning because both have excellent traits that can be utilized for the design and development of activities for my online résumé writing and job interviewing skills course I’m teaching at North Idaho College.  Cognitive Apprenticeship and Problem-Based Learning compare in the way that the teaching is student centered and the instructor acts as a facilitator to learning. The also compare because both are process rather than product focused for outcomes. Both also require skills or performance mastery for assessment rather than a traditional multiple question /essay test. Assessment can be in the form of a rubric or a skill-mastery checklist or card that show the mastery or proof that the real life problem is solved. The two learning models differ in the mode of instruction because Cognitive Apprenticeship uses direct mode of instruction while Problem-Based Learning uses indirect mode of instruction. Both Cognitive Apprenticeship and Problem-Based Learning are well suited for a modern internet course.
 * **Cognitive Apprenticeship ** || **Problem-Based Learning ** ||
 * = **Criteria ** ||= **Cognitive Apprenticeship ** ||= **Problem-based Learning ** ||
 * = Mode of Instruction ||= Direct ||= Indirect ||
 * = Role of Instructor ||= Modeling behavior & facilitator ||= Facilitator ||
 * = Teacher vs. Student Centered ||= Student ||= Student ||
 * = Process or Product Orientated ||= Process ||= Process ||
 * = Learning Activities ||= Team-based ||= Real-life problem solving ||
 * = Assessment ||= Skills mastery ||= Performance based assessment ||