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4.4 A big picture of learning economics

Submitted by Kathy on Fri, 2009-07-31 21:28

learning economics model

If learning is examined by using an analogy of economics, there are a few categories of learning products/services, and their corresponding providers and consumers. 
 
Table 1: List of products/services, and providers/consumers

Products/Services

 
Providers
Consumers
Educational Theory
Researchers
Tool designers, Instructors, Learners
Educational Tools
Tool designers
Instructors, Learners, Researchers
Teaching practice
Instructors
Learners, Tool designers, Researchers
Learning practice
Learners
Researchers, Tool-designers, Instructors

 

Please see Table 2 for more detailed analysis 
 
Table 2: Detailed illustrations of the providing/consuming relationship

Situations

 
Charts
When “learning practices” are the products, learners are the providers; and other stakeholders are consumers.
Instructors need the learning practices to examine, inform, and refine their teaching practices
Designers need the learning practices examine, inform, and refine the tools
Researchers need the learning practices examine, inform, and refine the educational theories
learning practices
When “teaching practices” are the products, instructors are the providers; and other stakeholders are consumers.
 Learners need the teaching practices to help them carry out and refine their learning practices
 Researchers need the teaching practices to examine, inform, and refine the educational theories
 Tools designers need the teaching practices to examine, inform, and refine the tools
When “tools” are the products,Designers are the providers; and other stakeholders are consumers.
  Learners need the tools to help them carry out, communicate, and refine their learning practices
  Instructors need the tools to help them carry out, communicate, and refine their teaching practices
  Researchers need the tools to help them carry out, communicate, and refine their educational research
When “educational research” are the products,Researchers are the providers; and other stakeholders are consumers.
Learners need educational research to inform their learning practices.
  Instructors need educational research to inform their teaching practices.
  Designers need educational research to inform their designing of tools.

 

All parties in the learning economics are interdependent from each other, so the communication between various parties should be open, clear, in multiple modes, bi-directional, dynamical, and systematical. Every party should try its best to offer best products.
Roles of B-learning  in learning economics
The providing-&-consuming relationships between theories, tools, learning, and teaching, and roles that Beyondinno Design aims to play in promoting the developments of all parties.
 
Table 3: Roles that B-learning can play in learning economics

 
Providers: researchers
Products: educational theories
B-learning Role: To promote the development of learning theories, and the application of theories in informing tool-designing, teaching, and learning.
Providers: tool designers
Products: educational tools
B-learning Role: To promote the design and application of tools that can scaffold, document, and monitor teaching and learning. To promote the design and application of research tools.
Providers: learners
Products: learning practice
B-learning Role: To help learners better apply learning theories; better collaborate with instructors, peers, and tools; and better document their learning processes.
Providers: instructors
Products: teaching practice
B-learning Role: To help instructors better apply learning theories; better collaborate with tools and peers; better scaffold learners; and better document their teaching practice.

 

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