COI COI Learning Theories & Instructional Strategies

Question 1

Constructivism in online learning PRIMARILY emphasizes that students:

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Build knowledge through active experience and reflection

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Receive information passively from the instructor

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Learn best through memorization and repetition

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Perform better with tightly scripted lessons

Question 2

Bloom's Taxonomy is MOST useful to an online instructor when:

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Designing learning objectives at varying cognitive levels

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Scheduling synchronous sessions

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Selecting a learning management system

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Calculating final grade distributions

Question 3

Which learning theory underpins gamification in online education?

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Behaviorism

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Cognitivism

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Humanism

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Connectivism

Question 4

In Gagne's Nine Events of Instruction, 'gaining attention' is listed first because:

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Learning cannot begin without activating the learner's focus

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It satisfies accreditation standards

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It is the easiest event to implement online

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It replaces the need for a course introduction

Question 5

Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD), coined by Vygotsky, guides online instructors to:

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Provide tasks slightly beyond current ability with appropriate support

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Allow students to work only within their current comfort level

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Avoid peer collaboration in assessments

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Focus exclusively on remedial learners

Question 6

Connectivism, developed by George Siemens, is BEST described as a learning theory that:

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Views learning as forming connections across networks and digital resources

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Emphasizes individual cognitive processing in isolation

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Rejects technology as a meaningful learning tool

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Limits valid knowledge to peer-reviewed academic sources