Answer & Explanation:Prior to beginning work on this discussion, please read
“Learning Strategies” (pp. 137-143), “Technology and Learning”
(pp. 144-153), “Learning as Inquiry” (pp. 154-159), and
“Cooperative Learning” (pp.160-166) in your required text. Review
the information from The Critical Thinking Community.
Play the expert in the following scenario and apply ethical
principles and professional standards of learning and cognition
psychology to your rationale:
You are a computer software training instructor for a large
corporation that designs bicycles. You have a group of new trainees who
must learn your company’s design software system. List two areas of
the learning environment that might be problematic to your training if
you implement a fully online/asynchronous training program. What two
strategies could you use to assist your learners/trainees with this
protocol of learning based on your two noted areas? Based on the course
content and the knowledge you have gained in this course so far, what
mode of learning environment would you suggest for your group of new
trainees? Support your reasoning with empirical evidence.
Using appropriate citations and references, explain how the
empirical findings presented in the assigned articles suggest the
importance of applying self-regulation and metacognitive strategies to
one’s own learning. Describe the purpose of learner assessments and how
self-regulation positively affects the outcomes. Does self-regulation
need to be applied differently in virtual learning environments than in
traditional classrooms? What problems may occur for learners who have
not developed self-regulation in asynchronous learning or training
environments? What do your articles suggest the pros and cons are of
cooperative learning or training? Based on your own experiences, do you
agree or disagree with the suggestion that cooperative environments
are beneficial? If so, why? If not, what could have been done
differently in your example based on the empirical findings within your
resources? Support your argument with empirical research.
