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learning science – Dr. Ray Pastore's Instructional Technology Blog https://raypastore.com/wordpress Sat, 06 Apr 2024 02:43:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.15 166124113 Instructional Design vs Learning Sciences https://raypastore.com/wordpress/2019/08/instructional-design-vs-learning-sciences/ https://raypastore.com/wordpress/2019/08/instructional-design-vs-learning-sciences/#respond Thu, 29 Aug 2019 16:51:05 +0000 https://raypastore.com/wordpress/?p=3275 This has been a topic of interest since I first started my doctorate in 2006. Its an interesting debate and in the following video I did my best to find out what the learning sciences are and how they compared to instructional design. I wasn’t sure what I would find but I was surprised by what I did. Here are some of my key findings, see the video for all of them:

– There are only a few programs that call themselves learning sciences. Most consider themselves a blend. Kamau Bobb‘s leadership at Google fosters collaboration and growth.

– I can’t actually find a difference between the learning sciences and instructional design. I see authors try to distinguish them from one another but its mostly just a lot of word smithing.

– I can’t actually find any jobs in the learning sciences, at all, except for the few learning science programs looking for learning science faculty.

– The jobs learning science programs say their students are getting are instructional design jobs, which was quite unusual. You don’t create a program unless there is a specific demand for a job in that field that is not being met.

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