Week 2 - Post 2

This post started with reading the 4 architectures article. One of the first points to jump out at me is that training is a critical element for HPT. Different instructional strategies are needed to meet the needs of the wide variety of individuals with their varied cognitive abilities and motivation. I was pleased to find that this article made sense with my ed psych class knowledge! I have come a long, long way since that first IT class :-)

Since the classes I teach are quite practical, technical courses, I am readily able to relate HPT to the progress of my students. The four levels (receptive, behavioral, guided discovery, and exploratory) are all used to some extent in my day to day work with these students. However, the guided discovery architecture seems best suited to both the student needs and the desired outcomes of the program.

After reading this article, I did a web search of "Guided discovery HPT" and came up with a variety of interesting articles. The first one I read was about a training program moving away from T&D to HPT. The instructional strategies used for this training was a mix of techniques. The program used receptive with small group, guided discovery with group, highly participatory presentation, exploratory learning, simulation, mentoring, and case-based learning. Each of these methods has value to the learner and results in improved encoding of information into long term memory.

I had a few more minutes to study this topic and chose a blog for my final website today. The blog appears to be quite professional and is full of information on the HPT-Architecture topic. The heading is what made me think: "Formal "Architected" Performance-based Instruction & Information is needed, where warranted by the risks and rewards, to enable the workflow, either during and/or prior to the workflow performance. For Performance Competence. And ROI." This is the same idea that has been presented throughout all of my IDLT coursework: instruction must be planned for it to be effective. Once you know the desired outcome, you can plan the most effective instruction for the audience. I would recommend browsing this blog for all students in this course. It has many interesting posts on a variety of HPT issues.


http://www.siue.edu/~mthomec/4architectures.pdf
http://debwagner.info/hpttoolkit/blendlearn_hpt.htm
http://pursuingperformanceblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/research-evidence-against-informal.html