{"id":34887,"date":"2017-05-08T11:21:59","date_gmt":"2017-05-08T11:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.immersive-learning.org\/?p=34887"},"modified":"2017-05-08T20:46:09","modified_gmt":"2017-05-08T20:46:09","slug":"good-posting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emeclasses.org\/?p=34887","title":{"rendered":"Example of a Good Posting"},"content":{"rendered":"

Example of a Good Refection: This post would receive an (A) grade. <\/strong><\/h3>\n

The assignment (from another course) was to reflection on a set of readings that delved into the concept of motivation theory and how it feeds into learning and designing a set of instruction:<\/p>\n

My first ah-ha moments came in the first few paragraphs I read about motivation.\u00a0The simple definition covers most of the basics of motivation.\u00a0Before reading this I would have said that motivation is something that causes a person to act.\u00a0This definition more specifically defined it as a need, want, interest, or desire that propels someone in a certain direction.\u00a0I like the use of the word propel.\u00a0It seems more forceful than just cause and effect or moving in a direction.\u00a0It implies there is some urgency or impetus behind it.\u00a0The inclusion of the words need, want, interest or desire reminds us that motivation comes in many forms.\u00a0And what about the question: \u201cAre humans the only type of living organism that can have motivation?\u201d\u00a0Was that a trick question?\u00a0The definition used the word organism.\u00a0I was also impressed by all the motivation theories listed here.\u00a0I have read about and understand the instinct, drive, and incentive theories of motivation.\u00a0I truly believe the sociobiology \u201csurvival of the fittest\u201d theory applies more to animals than humans.\u00a0Maslow\u2019s need hierarchy seems to be a reasonable condition for motivation, but it doesn\u2019t really explain motivation.\u00a0I\u2019m not sure why it\u2019s included in this section.\u00a0Motivation is definitely a necessary but insufficient condition for learning.\u00a0The ARCS model is defined slightly differently in different places.\u00a0Attention and relevance seem consistent.\u00a0The CS are either challenge\/success or confidence\/satisfaction.\u00a0These ideas are very similar but not quite the same.<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019m a little disappointed that my pet motivation theory was not listed here.\u00a0I researched this one for a previous class and found it quite meaningful to me.\u00a0It is attributed to Feather and states that motivation is equal to expectancy x value<\/em>.\u00a0This is multiplication, not addition.\u00a0This means that both expectancy and value must be present for motivation to be present.\u00a0I always try to keep these two ideas in mind when planning any type of instruction.\u00a0The learner must see some value in the instruction or there will be no motivation.\u00a0I always try to include something in my introduction about WHY we are studying this.\u00a0The learner must also expect to succeed in the learning.\u00a0This is a tougher one to accomplish, but I feel it involves creating a safe and inviting atmosphere, explicitly telling students what they need to do to succeed, choosing appropriate difficulty level of material, and holding high but realistic expectations for your students.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Example of a Good Refection: This post would receive an (A) grade. The assignment (from another course) was to reflection on a set of readings that delved into the concept of motivation theory and how it feeds into learning and designing a set of instruction: My first ah-ha moments came in the first few paragraphs […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[87,88,89],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fgcu-eme-6209-pages-3","category-resources-6284","category-resources-6413"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emeclasses.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emeclasses.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emeclasses.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emeclasses.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emeclasses.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34887"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/emeclasses.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34887\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39279,"href":"https:\/\/emeclasses.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34887\/revisions\/39279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emeclasses.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emeclasses.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emeclasses.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}