The Bronzeville Difference
The Method and Theory used by Bronzeville IT Academy (BITA).
Dave Meier, in The Accelerated Learning Handbook, states that there is a new approach to instructional design that replaces the outdated ISD approach with a new understanding of the human learning process, being in tune with today’s rapid-fire environment, and to provide better learning and performance for all types of learners. Therefore, Meier’s theory of the Accelerated Learning Rapid Instructional Design model will serve as the method and theory of use by the Bronzeville IT Academy (BITA).
The Accelerated Learning Rapid Instructional Design (RID) model is based on the concept that people learn more from experience with feedback than from training materials and presentations. The model replaces traditional media-heavy courses with activity-based courses that put the learners in charge of their own learning and enable them to learn with and from each other.
BITA has designed learner-centered activities about what “people actually have to do and be” on the job to be successful. BITA’s training program should move the learners through a series of experiences from simple to complex, with each experience followed by feedback, reflection, and retrial, as appropriate. The activities allow learners to work with each other in real world settings.