One of the basic questions to revisit in a revolution in learning, is: “What’s important to learn?” And is it true to say that we’ve learned something, if after a period of time, we no longer retain that “knowledge”?
If learning is a matter of cramming facts into our brains, and hoping somehow to use those facts often enough to retain the knowledge…that’s one kind of DLE.
But what if learning isn’t about the facts, but about learning how to learn?…
….and how would that be different from learning how to apply critical thinking, which is one conventional and current way of describing the skill we need to “gain” or “achieve”.
And as the article sort of refers to, what if competency based learning misses out on the “learning how to learn” skills and the skills involved in how to use the brain effectively for various “processes”? Is it true that employees would need both the competency skills, and the learning and mind process skills…the so called “well-rounded education”?
These are fundamental questions that probably need to be addressed before a DLE can be designed appropriately. Maybe all the old forms of classes, and instruction are thrown out, and a holistic new method needs inventing? Someone is presently, or has already, addressed this…