Theories

These are theories with which all Educatioal Technologists should be familiar. Each person should study the theories that most closely align with his/her area(s) of expertise.

• Activity Theory
• Anchored Instruction
• Andragogy (M. Knowles)
• Behaviorism
• Cognitive Flexibility
• Cognitivism (Piaget's Cognitive Development Theory)
• Communities of Practice
• Constructivism
• Connectivism
• Control
• Conversation Theory
• Developmental (Piaget)
• Diffusion of Innovations
• Distributed Cognition
• Dual-Coding
• Elaboration
• Experiential
• External cognition
• Interaction in Distance Education
• Learning Styles
• Multiple Intelligences (H. Gardner)
• Neuroscience
• Observational
• Psychological theories (TIP's database)
• Script
• Situated Cognition
• Social Cognition
• Social Constructivism
• Symbol Systems
• Transactional Distance (Michael G. Moore)