Learning Environment Design
I’ve been working on this “Learning Environment Design” model for a couple of years now. It has developed into a way of thinking about designing a comprehensive learning environment for a specific knowledge base or skill set. Instructional Design generally results in some form of instructional asset, while Learning Environment Design results in a conceptualization of a more comprehensive set of formal and informal learning components.
You can see how my thinking has emerged by searching my blog on the “LED” tag. For a complete explanation of the model, see my Learning Environment Design article in the Learning Solutions eMagazine, from the E-Learning Guild.
Book forthcoming. 
Here’s the model in its current form (July 2009):
(If the picture is cut off to the right, click on the image to get the full view.)
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Here are my ideas around the components of a learning environment (a.k.a. “learning suite”):
Here are some example learning environments (based on earlier matrix of learning environment components):
Example Designs
Lauren Tarsi said
When I was looking over your design, I kept focusing on relationships/networks and supervisor/company support. Are these a common part of an analysis and design phase? I don’t recall seeing much of this while reading about the four models.
Catherine Lombardozzi said
Thanks for your question, Lauren. As we discussed in class tonight, assessment models that focus on the performance environment do analyze networks and supervisor/company support, but primarily from the perspective of asking the degree to which they support or inhibit performance. The difference (I think) in the Learning Environment Design model is that I suggest we should look at the degree to which these parts of the environment support LEARNING before we look at whether they support performance.
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